Guardian Cryptic Crossword Analysis

This page renders some charts from data gathered via the Guardian newspaper's cryptic crosswords. The data shown here was scraped via the web.

The git repository containing this data is here.

Last Updated: Sat Oct 13 02:01:12 2018

1. Total number of crosswords, set by author

This chart shows the number of crosswords set per setter. No real surprises here as to the most prolific setters.


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2. Crosswords per year, per setter

This chart shows an area span for the number of crosswords set per setter, per year. Interesting to see when a setter started and stopped.


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3. Frequency of word duplications across all crosswords, per setter

This chart shows the number of words a given setter has used more than once, across all crosswords for that setter.


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4. Setter Biographies

This shows information about each setter

Arachne
Araucaria
Atë
Audreus
Auster
Biggles
Boatman
Bogus
Bonxie
Brendan
Brummie
Bunthorne
Chaucer
Chifonie
Crispa
Crucible
Egoist
Enigmatist
Enigmatist and Paul
Enigmatist, Paul and Shed
Fawley
Fidelio
Fiore
Gemini
Gordius
Hendra
Imogen
Janus
Logodaedalus
Maskarade
Mercury
Nutmeg
Nutmeh
Omnibus
Orlando
Otterden
Pan
Pasquale
Paul
Philistine
Picaroon
Plodge
Puck
Qaos
Quantum
Rover
Rufus
Screw
Shed
Sphinx
Taupi
Tramp
Unknown
Vlad
Vulcan


5. Number of duplicate answers and their questions

This table shows the number of times a given clue has been used and the different questions which have been used to make up that clue.

Setter Answer Clues Crossword
Arachne OBSCENE Disgusting smell, revolting sight (7)
Having lost perp stupidly, poor copper's been blue (7)
25950
27228
Arachne DEPOT Beside Potsdam Central Station (5)
Where to find reserves of French bank (5)
25523
26093
Arachne CLUSTER Flock to see Charlie Sheen in Hollywood (7)
General concealing fifty bombs (7)
25390
24146
Arachne MOTET It's sung a second before New Year in Vietnam (5)
Whit's time for religious music (5)
24038
25183
Arachne STYE Filthy place ultimately became eyesore (4)
Abscess's yet to be treated (4)
27406
24510
Arachne TRESPASS Wrongly enter hairdressing establishment offering health treatments (8)
Very French attempt to seduce is wrong, legally (8)
25823
27478
Arachne FRENCHPOLISH What the Roux brothers brought to the table? (6,6)
Finish like Marie Curie? (6,6)
24908
25872
Arachne ELAN Starts to encourage Left to adopt extremely authoritarian style (4)
Style of northern beer, from a southern point of view (4)
23842
26093
Arachne GABON Publicity-shy actress runs away to North African country (5)
Yak trampling outskirts of Orpington, home to some West Africans (5)
25600
27109
Arachne SPARTAN Rigorous dispute with Brown (7)
He's part Anatolian, part Greek (7)
25273
24146
Arachne PASS Regularly praises exam success (4)
Meet one's maker, while wearing pyjamas inside out (4)
26103
26492
Arachne SOANDSO Someone unnamed and intrinsically average (2-3-2)
Don's a complicated and extremely unpleasant person (2-3-2)
25273
23888
Arachne PARDON What an indulgence! (6)
I couldn't hear inadequate lecturer (6)
25354
26093
Arachne ALSO Too regularly missing allusion (4)
Huge US city in recession, too (4)
Item found in hospital sometimes (4)
25446
27194
24426
Arachne CASTLE Order Lambert to be detained in fortress (6)
Drop line to Elizabeth Windsor? (6)
23938
25217
Arachne STURDY Strong and healthy runner learning limits (6)
Twenty-four hours without a sound (6)
25295
25926
Arachne UPSET Unhappy pups let off leads (5)
Completely ready for trouble (5)
26691
23842
Arachne OPERATIC Not very proactive, dithering like Norma? (8)
Ought little person to meet a jerk like Albert Herring? (8)
27333
25217
Arachne TERRIER Dog-soldier (7)
Volunteer soldier, one who endeavours to protect Her Majesty (7)
26153
25487
Arachne REALIST She has no illusions about top celebs (7)
He's down-to-earth about the rich and famous (7)
27258
24038
Arachne TUTOR Coach knocking back rough alcohol half-heartedly (5)
Instructor's rebuke to non-commissioned soldiers (5)
26211
24320
Arachne ASTATINE Radioactive element, which is used to lower cholesterol in casualty (8)
At a drug den, stripped off (8)
25823
24568
Arachne AIDE He helps virgin to shed clothes (4)
Adjutant in theory moving closer to the front (4)
25854
26784
Arachne BOSNIA Petty Officer First Class (Retd) seeing scene of recent war (6)
He's in charge of rigging sterling over in Balkan region (6)
25171
26076
Arachne AMISH Scotsman kicking drug, becoming strict Protestant (5)
Clapham is, historically, home to a sect (5)
25756
24079
Arachne TRIFLER He wastes time being terrible flirt and heartless roué in retirement (7)
Elitist rifle range welcoming dilettante (7)
25600
26976
Arachne HIFI In which I find a means to play music (2-2)
Hornby novel abridged for electronic reproduction (2-2)
24548
24830
Arachne ESCALATOR In possession of mescal, a torturous way of getting high (9)
Steps you can take to avoid exercise? (9)
24776
25577
Arachne ESPY See river moving east (4)
Discern the essence of Bernie's pyramid! (4)
25008
24730
Arachne EVENT First Lady's books reveal affair (5)
Group of Seven Treaty is a memorable occurrence! (5)
25057
24510
Arachne MODICUM A bit tight-lipped about being responsible following overdraft (7)
Bit backside of dim Conservative in contempt (7)
25756
26784
Arachne URGE Libido is located in our genitals (4)
Beg leader to abandon witch-hunt (4)
25330
26076
Arachne ANALGESIA Not feeling pain in part of alimentary canal that is gas-generated (9)
Carmen receiving a single wound, feeling no pain (9)
24908
27194
Arachne ISLE Key elements of Berlusconi's leadership (4)
Man, perhaps out of his league (4)
25008
25446
Arachne EGYPT African country, for example, attracts money from Japan, Britain and Thailand (5)
Perhaps unknown port in African country (5)
24190
27020
Arachne LEARN King, knight and master (5)
Find out Heath harboured this royal knight (5)
23842
27150
Arachne ANTWERP Port went off, in a manner of speaking (7)
Wandering with parent in Belgium (7)
27406
23842
Arachne MUSSEL Removing meat from menu, serves exceptional seafood (6)
Bivalve might be articulated (6)
25989
25026
Arachne AMNESIA Mixing up names is initially a symptom of this (7)
One seaman treated for memory loss (7)
24118
26492
Arachne DORMANT After no-ball bouncer Somerset tailender's out of action for a while (7)
Bouncer spent no time sleeping (7)
25130
24494
Arachne MYFOOT I don't believe that legend of Arachne (2,4)
The legend of Arachne? That's a tall story! (2,4)
27194
25872
Arachne ILLEGAL Wrongly say Capone is breaking law (7)
Unlawful 21 executed by getting rid of senator from an African state (7)
27001
24494
Arachne ECHT Authentic beach huts are regularly let out (4)
Real Charlie's in the ascendant (4)
24510
24730
Arachne NITROGEN Ridiculous ringtone is a gas! (8)
"Noun" in Roget represented as N (8)
26976
25721
Arachne IOTA Letter to Socrates written up in patois (4)
Ten cheers for tiny thing! (4)
26211
27001
Arachne INAMORATA Sailor, one from the Gulf, picked up a lover (9)
I'm grateful after a traveller returned love (9)
27333
26492
Arachne CHIC Stylish US city, previously obscured (4)
Girl is snubbed in style (4)
25295
26093
Arachne SHODDY Tawdry, casual fling is enthralling! (6)
Cheap attempt to entrap deviant (6)
27349
24830
Arachne PLACEBO Inactive medicine with rank smell (7)
Cable screwed Post Office over, which may humour some deluded people (7)
25110
26273
Arachne ARIA Antiquarian part song (4)
Song in which black sheep gets shorn (4)
25110
25721
Arachne ENRAGE Ends of Rice, Brown and Garner? Time for anger (6)
Spray a green bug on a large scale (6)
26457
26211
Arachne AIRLESS Husband leaves, bald and stuffy (7)
Smooth head shaved close (7)
25183
26234
Arachne VENICE City centre emptied after I came, according to Caesar (6)
Allen losing everything in Sin City (6)
City which is very pleasant after end of June (6)
27536
27333
26103
Arachne COPSE Policemen said to be dense, wooden lot (5)
Run away from stiff brush (5)
26192
26859
Arachne INAUGURAL Maiden name used during date by Laura, shortly after break-up (9)
Maiden's month trapped in dilapidated urinal (9)
26647
25577
Arachne CHASTITY Head of convent's eager to preserve it? (8)
Reduced speed in Washington DC, perhaps steering clear of Congress (8)
Virginity's finally lost in London? (8)
25446
25950
24426
Arachne STOMACH Mouth kisses companion, provoking desire (7)
Put up with some alterations to machines (7)
25558
27624
Arachne SARTRE Froissart recounting imprisonment of French intellectual (6)
Writer's art really captivated philosopher (6)
He discussed philosophy in prestigious Art Review (6)
25558
24776
24079
Arachne ADAMSALE First man to market water (5,3)
A woman swallowing salt water (5,3)
23842
24146
Arachne TRICOLOUR Guardian's oddly turgid column put forward as standard (9)
Triumphant leaders adopt standard flag (9)
26941
25026
Arachne APTEST Most likely asleep after disheartening match (6)
Most suitable time to feed monkeys tea, we hear (6)
26050
26691
Arachne SPOONERISM Promises no unfair wordplay (10)
Promise son to get treatment for speech defect (10)
26050
24190
Arachne NAURU Island producing coconuts, nitrogen and a couple of metals (5)
Part-own a Uruguayan island (5)
24908
25026
Arachne EMULSION Liquid mixture is sprinkled on muesli (8)
Paint big birds seizing big cat by its head (8)
25243
27536
Arachne EVINCE Show electronic cable? (6)
Incorporated into previous day's show (6)
25854
26170
Arachne SOSO Moderate request for aid by Oxfam leader (2-2)
Really big sizes are in the ascendant, OK? (2-2)
Average pair of immature boys (2-2)
25008
26457
26093
Arachne TWENTY No to this clue! (6)
Cardinal downing half of Australian beer (6)
24038
24908
Arachne ADEQUATE A court holds English monarch to be up to the job (8)
Cockney was required to make uniform of acceptable quality (8)
24610
26234
Arachne NUDGE Drug finally injected into bare elbow (5)
"Light touch" government's capital cuts uncovered (5)
27406
26887
Arachne ETERNAL Perpetual non-resident cross to be deported (7)
Regularly using set theory, nearly discover constant (7)
26887
25679
Arachne CISTERN Underground facility is, for some Swiss, integral to nuclear research centre (7)
Monk spies retreating tank (7)
26121
25989
Arachne ACHE It pains one to embrace husband (4)
Pain of brill swallowing tip of hook (4)
25086
27406
Arachne FOREIGNAID If ignored, a disaster for the world's poorest (7,3)
I'd a way to help poorer countries (7,3)
25086
25854
Arachne ANNE Woman unmanned guards (4)
Article read aloud for Queen (4)
25086
26859
Arachne BREAM Like Porgy and Bess at first are abused by many (5)
Support conservation of kingfish (5)
24548
24908
Arachne FOURSQUARE Firmly in favour of protecting upper-class fogey (10)
25, for example, supports 4 resolutely (4-6)
24548
25026
Arachne NIGGARD Miser drawing a grand less in retirement (7)
Scrooge briefly pulling up (7)
25130
27020
Arachne UNCLESAM I rejected calumnies about America (5,3)
Perhaps Tom meets South American in America (5,3)
25354
24730
Arachne ODOUR It's redolent of daisies, or umbrageous roses opening (5)
Do parts of us smell? (5)
Bees leaving Bob with grim smell (5)
Nod your heads off and hum (5)
27258
27587
27134
25926
Arachne OPERA Theatre cancelling 50% of surgical procedures (5)
1 down, for example, has no quiet period (5)
27553
24950
Arachne DECAMP Leave city's wet environment (6)
Mum returns quietly after month in Split (6)
25390
27624
Arachne EPIC Impressive record leads to impressive career (4)
In my sleep I composed a long poem (4)
27109
25390
Arachne UTERI Aunt Georgia oddly lacking internal organs (5)
Statute rigorously restricting temporary children's homes (5)
27455
24950
Arachne DODO Old fogey read the same thing again and again (4)
Old timer snubbing two setters? (4)
24378
26121
Arachne STALEMATE Draw old friend (9)
For Spooner, masculine condition is a no-win situation (9)
23804
26887
Arachne ASSASSIN He kills when soldiers do bad things (8)
Was SAS single-handedly apprehending killer? (8)
23804
26784
Arachne NESSIE Monster is seen at sea (6)
On vacation, notice species that is a rare sighting (6)
23989
26016
Arachne ATTACK Bout of illness whilst eating? (6)
Vacuous art, stuff that's tasteless and offensive (6)
25523
26941
Arachne CHEESE VIP junket? (6)
Bottom of league in Cheshire and East Lancashire? (6)
24359
26859
Arachne DATUM On reflection micron's a tiny amount, in fact (5)
Workers occupying barricade, showing modicum of intelligence (5)
25823
26492
Arachne WARMTH Passion is what rematch regularly exhibited (6)
Short form of county match regularly provokes passion (6)
27194
25217
Arachne EUPHORIA Bee leaves plant in ecstasy! (8)
Spurge purging bishop, producing feeling of bliss (8)
24634
25679
Arachne GODPARENT Gran opted to act as child's sponsor (9)
Font selection? (9)
27271
26121
Arachne SANGUINENESS Tin containing a beer full of energy and cheer (12)
Of sound mind, ultimately buffered by stout optimism (12)
27271
25823
Arachne TOLERANCE Give work to cleaner (9)
Capacity to endure retro rock band in semi-conscious state (9)
24320
25627
Arachne OBESE Regularly gobbles suet and fat (5)
Orders leader to engage with huge corporation (5)
25273
26153
Arachne ADVENT Approach plughole (6)
Five pound ten bill before the run-up to Christmas (6)
25273
26668
Arachne HOLYSEE According to Spooner, only that man Francis lives here (4,3)
Vatican report "entirely groundless" (4,3)
27587
26234
Arachne ONION Sequence from Antonioni tear-jerker (5)
Love recalled in touching tear-jerker (5)
27258
26170
Arachne SLATTERN Second coffee and Senior Service for slob (8)
A couple of slackers natter about untidy girl (8)
27258
23938
Arachne RHUBARB Sticks end of stair rod in eye (7)
Rival horticulturalists initially united to dig for food (7)
27258
25273
Arachne TOMTOM Boys get drum (3-3)
Two bits won't start to get you a musical instrument (3-3)
23804
25171
Arachne ADDER Computer element finally malfunctioned in middle of read-out (5)
Removing jacket, runs in tights in summer (5)
24062
27109
Arachne SPECULA Medical instruments head of urology inserted into awkward places (7)
Plastic capsule, which may be inserted into orifices (7)
24320
25989
Arachne BIKINI British family on island initially imprisoned for skimpy clothing (6)
Ms Andress famously appeared in one explosive scene (6)
27455
25243
Arachne NILE Blue and white flowers (4)
On hill we pick every second flower (4)
23842
25026
Arachne BEAR Live with Rupert? (4)
Carry, give birth to, and put up with Rupert? (4)
24452
26887
Arachne TREE May perhaps be middle-of-the-road? (4)
Perhaps the elder Turgenev gets noticed periodically? (4)
25487
25823
Arachne LOLLIPOP Lie about one's dad being sweet! (8)
It may help medicine go down, inserted into opening (8)
24568
25926
Arachne ERROR Conclusion of movie, Three Kings, skirting over inaccuracy (5)
Fluff found in belly of lesser rorqual (5)
27478
25721
Arachne RADII Bones from start of Common Era held in institution (5)
Tailless rodent with 502 bones (5)
26121
26691
Arachne HEROIC Showing courage he finally leaves, waving cheerio (6)
Noble gas — argon — is periodically cloudy (6)
25390
24684
Arachne USELESS Ineffective exhortation to inveterate consumer (7)
Reduce consumption to no avail (7)
25273
24038
Arachne MISHAP Graham is hapless source of disaster (6)
Reverse right away from acid on motorway (6)
Am I, Shapps, not a vacuous, pompous minor calamity? (6)
25354
27349
26273
Arachne NOSEGAY Posy makes horse noise, according to Spooner (7)
Posy says no, according to Spooner (7)
27134
25679
Arachne CALABASH Tree lily losing tip of leaf to slug (8)
A centre for research into breadfruit (8)
24359
26457
Arachne SLEIGHT Cunning in emptying small cube (7)
Juggling trick, extremely skilful 8 (7)
27300
26211
Arachne GRANITE Hard rock echoing in street in Argentina (7)
Resolute old lady takes on immature couple (7)
24118
24494
Arachne ABYSS Front half of cat only — it has no bottom (5)
Unfathomable depth of baby's subconscious (5)
25756
27194
Arachne SEANCE Attempt to raise spirits of Irishman with case of champagne (6)
Appease ancestors, holding spiritualist meeting (6)
27553
24146
Arachne DATE May I, perhaps, go out? (4)
See fruit become outmoded (4)
26103
27150
Arachne CREVASSE Church's induction of Reverend Jenny perhaps causes deep division (8)
Father Jack, perhaps, embraced by Anglicans, causing split (8)
25390
25854
Arachne ORWELLIAN It's suggestive of repression, by George! (9)
Completely surrounded by on-air broadcast, Nineteen Eighty-Four-style (9)
25330
26076
Arachne DISC Vicious about AC/DC's last album? (4)
Record in field event reduced by a third (4)
50% of 25 as a round figure (4)
27134
26976
25026
Arachne ARCH Knowing capitals of all regions and countries here (4)
Norman could be mischievous (4)
Chief elements of patriarchy (4)
26941
24146
25183
Arachne AUTHOR Hour at which working writer may be seen (6)
Source gold after gold filling falls out of tooth (6)
Chesterton, perhaps, or the individual behind "Thursday" (6)
24634
26859
26784
Arachne ENAMEL Gentleman enquiring about house paint (6)
With receding hair, he's finally long in the tooth, outwardly at least (6)
27455
25057
Arachne ASSET Mates saunter about surrounding bit of property (5)
A second TV is an advantage (5)
27373
24452
Arachne LANDOWNER She possesses tract with expression of pain hidden between old lines (9)
Prince Charles, perhaps, starts to lecture architects — numbingly dispiriting experience (9)
25600
26492
Arachne SUPERHERO Hulk perhaps has delightful woman round (9)
Perhaps Wonder Woman cured our herpes (9)
Comic character, wonderful Shakespearean role (9)
25794
27333
24700
Arachne STYMIE Where to find 12 (and Arachne sousing herself in Scotch) (6)
Stop progress, arrested by frosty mien (6)
25890
25446
Arachne STORYLINES Plots initially shock Conservative ranks (10)
Conservative succession secured by Nazi police plots (10)
25183
26103
Arachne HAVENOTS Poor asylum seekers finally opt out quietly in advance (4-4)
Retreat initially over cutting 75% of benefits for the poor (4-4)
25354
26234
Arachne PREMIER Do successors occupy country, having ousted last PM? (7)
Nick Bottom to make first appearance as prime minister (7)
26457
26273
Arachne INERT Sluggish ferrets regularly found beneath home (5)
Still upset (but not very) (5)
27406
26211
Arachne TRAILMIX Scoff when rambling confession of perjurer retracted in Texas (5,3)
Food for tramp in Spooner's mantraps (5,3)
26720
26492
Arachne REGNANT Scratching head, expecting ruling (7)
Ruling king's son leaves with child (7)
27373
25950
Arachne HALVE Split from husband, heading off to give birth in cowshed (5)
Shrink's experience end to mental blocks (5)
26457
25330
Arachne SUPEREGO Leader of Greece pricking Europe's uneasy conscience (8)
Organised last of the purges, having no conscience (8)
27624
24079
Arachne TATA Farewell, steel company (4)
Good-bye to All That, originally first part of autobiography (2-2)
26887
25295
Arachne ALOEVERA Emollient embrocation and Vaseline initially penetrating inverted part of nipple (4,4)
A person who likes sandwiches finally chose one that's succulent! (4,4)
25295
24684
Arachne NEARLY Almost too soon after noon (6)
Almost new potato (6)
24359
25217
Arachne BANQUET Mum disheartened after earl leaves beanfeast (7)
Spread Prohibition to Sleepy Hollow (7)
27536
25926
Arachne IDLE Slothful extremes of island life (4)
Vain creep needing no introduction (4)
27434
26103
Arachne ANIMAL Edges away from manic small creature (6)
Sensual Lana Turner embracing single male (6)
26814
25110
Arachne ITCH Left-wingers in Italian towns campaigned hard and long (4)
Failing to start to get rid of hunger (4)
Skinned bits ache and burn (4)
27406
24908
27536
Arachne NONMETAL For example, H. Mantel on Reformation? (8)
Type of element that is unstable mostly and molten (3-5)
25950
25505
Arachne POGOSTICK Bouncer quietly getting Oscar to leave club (4,5)
Old ghost chucking hard, sharp instrument about? It makes you jump! (4,5)
25823
25183
Arachne NUMEROUS In short, it's no country for the many (8)
Our men going off to join American legion (8)
25171
24684
Arachne ESTATE Test a Tesla stock car (6)
Best mate heads off in car (6)
27228
26170
Arachne USED You guess the lad finally took drugs (4)
Employed boy who's no good? (4)
25794
24426
Arachne OTHER Remaining to be gagged by Rothermere (5)
Men embracing the alternative (5)
26121
26814
Arachne AROMATIC Smelling a rat, old spymaster suppressed then rejected CIA brief (8)
Redolent of a half-hearted sentimentalist (8)
25171
26192
Arachne PRAWN Empty pan to be filled with uncooked seafood (5)
Seafood is not evenly pink outside and uncooked in the middle (5)
25794
25295
Arachne STIGMA Ultimately, "Scarlet Letter" is about disgrace (6)
Shame of Top Gear star's mum (6)
24548
26050
Arachne ASSES Fools most of the people (5)
Idiots appraise contracts (5)
24452
25890
Arachne TROCHEE You once held mythical creature's foot (7)
Doctor initially checked her toe and foot (7)
25171
24510
Arachne DEWLAP Friend tied knot round wattle (6)
Saggy neck of mate we had briefly found revolting (6)
26457
26273
Arachne UNMAN One local fellow's cow (5)
Ban is such as to make one fearful (5)
24700
25989
Arachne LUCRE Frenchman about to find riches (5)
River pike's eaten — it's filthy stuff (5)
24038
25794
Araucaria ANAGRAM A pair of beasts to make a muddle (7)
A couple of beasts as in 10 12 9 11 (7)
22306
23206
Araucaria PIERCE Cooking recipe - use skewer? (6)
Stick a bit right in (6)
23309
22460
Araucaria DEEPEND Trust devouring energy — don't go off it (4,3)
Don't go off where you're thrown in - hang onto the millstream (7)
25633
22081
Araucaria DORMANT Beetle having married insect is sleeping (7)
Jolly worker after party having a kip (7)
25422
23949
Araucaria BIDET Stay for a time in the bathroom (5)
Wait for time in bathroom (5)
Stay for a time in the bathroom (5)
23499
24336
22897
Araucaria AWARD Prize poster brought about considerable hostility (5)
Prize for one being protected (5)
24820
25492
Araucaria OCTAGON Figure of a man in charge with label attached (7)
Figure of 100 in part of New Zealand (North) (7)
Figure 0 on electronic device held by prisoner (7)
21936
23038
21704
Araucaria PLAN Map one may be as thick as? (4)
Map chap - that's resonant (8)
Map which finishes short of East Street (4)
24667
23876
24158
Araucaria POOL BG made of water (4)
See 9
Game of water polo? (4)
24633
23769
22897
Araucaria IWILL Fifty-fifty on bird losing head — it's a promise (1,4)
Did Shakespeare say it twice at his marriage? (1,4)
24739
22640
Araucaria BUTTRUE See 8
See 8
22963
24030
Araucaria CALVADOS One of 24 religious reformer's lost in troubles (8)
Gives birth almost without trouble, which calls for a drink (8)
25765
24019
Araucaria IMPLICIT The devil within the law is not expressed (8)
Without question, the mischievous child's within the law (8)
21637
24185
Araucaria PARISH Capital hot on administration unit(6)
Capital H for home base? (6)
22454
22640
Araucaria LOVAT Tax on part of capital suggested by one of the Greens? (5)
Green tax - see over it (5)
25902
24550
Araucaria ROMANCE Language of love?(7)
See 21 (7)
22647
22081
Araucaria MORISOT Impressionist goes to poll with drunkard (7)
Impressionist causing upset to treacher during assembly (7)
22211
21637
Araucaria CAMERON Premier setter embraced by Leslie (7)
Tory with some US input after 3 (7)
Photographer endlessly performing? (7)
Premier destroyer of romance (7)
25111
25729
25925
25938
Araucaria ISRAELITE One location in which British king turns to Middle Easterner (9)
Hebrew dress - sari, cream (9)
25902
22569
Araucaria BRITISHLUCK See 8
Jolly good fellow interrupted by lush, it may be, of which 25 is wished (7,4)
25385
22659
Araucaria TERRIER Row about stray dog (7)
Row about slip up in the inventory (7)
24956
22729
Araucaria CONSTABLE Force painter to study horses? (9)
Bobby at Tate Britain? (9)
See 22
25064
23882
25164
Araucaria GUINEA 12s little banks for old money? (6,4)
Land of 21 6s (6)
25542
21846
Araucaria RINGLET Covering letter features a butterfly (7)
25 curlicue in covering letter from girl, 10, about phone permit (7)
24376
26427
Araucaria SOFIA Capital one in seat for more (5)
Capital setter in resting place (5)
21709
22766
Araucaria DOWN See 22
This is the way to cover chicks (4)
23327
21721
Araucaria UNWELL International spring is sick (6)
International water supply isn't healthy (6)
24145
24855
Araucaria ANGEL Backer of good old coin (5)
Report of what happened to Lucifer, the biggest in the world (5,5)
Backer in the wings? (5)
The nurse from hell? (5)
25045
24879
22883
22222
Araucaria WENT Left London for Washington in flower (4,4)
Came between 2 22across 25 and South-West from 6? On the contrary (4)
25248
23206
Araucaria JENE Jo is Queen, as I wanted, having that mysterious quality (2,2,4,4)
A certain something from Jaques — 1 is one (2,2,4,4)
21979
25248
Araucaria HAIRBRUSH Toiletry article hard to treat as nonexistent (9)
Head start for image enhancer or head sweeper? (9)
23696
22002
Araucaria SPONGE Beg for cake? (6)
Rely on another for money and cake (6)
*Animal cleaner (6)
22074
23626
24252
Araucaria NEED Work with your hands saying what you should have (4)
Work with fingers said to be requirement (4)
21721
24097
Araucaria SAFFRON Leader to swallow insult: take time off to dye (7)
Second insult is incomplete, but you get the flavour (7)
24563
22168
Araucaria GUAVA Fruit from Antigua vastly overrated (5)
Fruit of a 5 a month back (5)
21637
23567
Araucaria LINOCUT Picture crazy - O for a lunatic! (7)
Student in love removed from picture (7)
24460
21860
Araucaria YOUTH Proof that you are deprived of ink, lad (5)
Solvers, this is missing in Salad Days (5)
Solver starts to think of Salad Days (5)
24269
22343
25813
Araucaria JACKFROST One below 12, disappointment to weatherman (4,5)
Man of low degree, a disappointment to the flag (4,5)
24395
21888
Araucaria DEAD Majority 13 2 22? (4)
Useless people in the Black Hills (4,4)
22806
25392
Araucaria NONET Group unable to work on line? (5)
Tennis impossible with this group (5)
23458
22460
Araucaria NORTHUMBERLAND Name Shakespeare hero's lost love capturing Tom and queen in place of Hotspur (14)
Nanny trainer accepts hitchhiker called Percy (14)
23924
24137
Araucaria ORION Black circle backed by hunting stars (5)
Belted 1 or charged one (5)
Hunter owned by Dettori once (5)
25546
24991
25645
Araucaria BACON Meaty writer in modern art (5)
Degree for Tory writer and painter (5)
Painter essayist successfully brought home? (5)
21734
21950
25248
Araucaria RALPH Name for Kubla Khan's sacred one? (5)
A record held by right-hand man (5)
Boy that ran through measureless caverns (5)
25488
23830
23746
Araucaria REAP Cut with agent keeping his head (4)
Insure a possible harvest (4)
24872
24298
Araucaria SUNBEAM Ray's girl holds note till morning (7)
Title on the side, which is enlightening (7)
23601
25925
Araucaria ROSEBUD Little flower transformed our little debutantes (7)
Girl with American friend, one may gather (7)
English girl with American man, one might gather (7)
23327
22187
21996
Araucaria SPIRIT Scotch hwyl? (6)
Courage and its Dutch origin? (6)
24699
22437
Araucaria HEART Clue to earth producing pulse (9)
See 13
16's was 1 across, having skill with explosive (5)
Try time at centre (5)
24539
25488
22580
24303
Araucaria DYNAMICAL Forceful young fellow holding 101 lots up (9)
Backward boy, about first century, with a lot ... with a lot of energy (9)
23177
22974
Araucaria HOLST A large number - about 50 - planets are mine (5)
Student in the army made music (5)
Composer of "The Entertainer" holding plate (5)
24460
21900
23746
Araucaria KYRIE First year in university is performing extract from Mass (5,7)
Piece of liturgy has Minogue changing sides (5)
Neighbours' girl has complete change of heart in the mass (5)
24937
23733
23995
Araucaria NOTRUMP This type of bid is top, not bottom (2-5)
Type of contract, not funny at start of play (2-5)
22074
23530
Araucaria WYVERN Shielded monster with nervy disposition (6)
Monster to see shortly in Newry, possibly (6)
25117
23649
Araucaria TITLE Press baron? (5)
Paper, sir? (5)
22878
23177
Araucaria RULE See 5
Veto letters being taken from true love by government (4)
25687
23130
Araucaria MAHLER Composer's written a lot of stuff keeping the left hand from the right (6)
Composer going back to camp by the French river (6)
23451
22033
Araucaria INITIAL Roman two with Latin twist to start with (7)
Opening letter (7)
25422
24193
Araucaria VAUGHAN See gold on its coast: am I going to enter with female title? I've been dead half a century (7,8)
See 1
24477
23499
Araucaria CLUB See 22
Striker often joined (4)
Weapon to suit? (4)
25033
23140
25447
Araucaria RICHELIEU Cardinal supplied a lot of light gas in cereal for everyone (9)
Hercule II, revolutionary French churchman (9)
25201
23212
Araucaria ROYALANDANCIENT 22 2 like Cole? (5,3,7)
Three boys: one in a hundred at club (5,3,7)
Three boys (over one in 100) with authority over game (5,3,7)
25033
24717
23530
Araucaria LYDIA Old countrywoman to see about parking eggs (she married 8) (5,8)
Country girl with lovely diamond piece (5)
Old country girl in family dialogue (5)
24655
25111
23567
Araucaria INFERNAL Broke nail grasping plant from hell (8)
Liner fan may be damned (8)
Gather nuts and lichen initially from hell (8)
24298
23733
25296
Araucaria BEEF Grouse as food (not 14) (4)
Complaint of the glade in Innisfree? (4)
24703
25717
Araucaria NAKED Daughter taken off, girl following: there are the bare facts (5,5)
Moved like a serpent losing something of its shape in birthday suit (5)
24937
25392
Araucaria PROSPERO Magician wins experts by love (8)
People in support through love of magician (8)
22777
25817
Araucaria METOPE Hit the bottle? Moi? In a Greek temple?(6)
Araucaria on the booze? Take a tablet (6)
22647
22361
Araucaria STAGNATE Don't move party when Etna erupts (8)
Beast with a 10 inclined to suffer from immobility (8)
25542
23561
Araucaria IKIDYOUNOT Idiot gets infatuated with Yukon — this is absolutely true (1,3,3,3)
It's true it's from the Yukon - idiot implicated (1,3,3,3)
25152
22413
Araucaria LOCKOUT Reverse of 10 making TUC look uncomfortable? (7)
13 closed to workers with crazy note about their heart (7)
22199
23219
Araucaria KATHARINE Star could be a thinker with a switched-on stream (9,7)
Thinker ran a pub: he might have been an actor (9,7)
23871
24703
Araucaria USANCE Time allowed for payment: what an _____ , says the creditor (6)
American ancestor's bit of time allowed for redemption (6)
21721
22652
Araucaria NEIGH Comment of stable relationship among those next door? (5)
Half the folk next door sound like horses (5)
22496
23458
Araucaria CEDAR Grace Darling's tree (5)
Abecedarian's tree (5)
22324
25164
Araucaria GRANT Ulysses' allowance (5)
Admit 28 (5)
Public money for Ulysses? (5)
24437
25236
22139
Araucaria RESIST Don't give in to ugly sister (6)
Among other things is "Don't comply" (6)
Stand up to the others, securing lives (6)
25111
25902
25597
Araucaria MANSFIELD Midland town of short story writer and misspelt humorist (9,9)
His range in 25 (9)
21797
23130
Araucaria INEPT Foolish one - majority of planet (5)
I find the majority of the planet silly (5)
23685
22068
Araucaria DOOR Entry, then die? (4)
See 13
23177
25380
Araucaria BEARARMS American right (it stresses) - no long sleeves here, say? (4,4)
Be a soldier, one that hugs the huggers? (4,4)
22257
24592
Araucaria SLEIGHT The trick is to say "aspersion" (7)
Trickery is no big deal, they say (7)
25343
22418
Araucaria WARMTH Anger causing strife for a month on departing (6)
Passion in fighting time's not on (6)
Affection for anger? (6)
22806
23935
25050
Araucaria NACRE Pole (a measure of land) produced by molluscs (5)
Northern area that gave birth to pearl? (5)
21950
23140
Araucaria AHEAD Each in the lead (5)
Early idea: the foam must be recycled (5,2,4)
25961
21625
Araucaria FRANC Was manager in football club given money? (5)
Currency of stock farm has no sign of surprise (5)
25949
23487
Araucaria LYRA Constellation with daemon (4)
Pullman's girl stars in family rave-up (4)
Stars of fairly radical sort among dark materials (4)
25343
24387
24180
Araucaria TOTALLY Without exception comes to agree (7)
To agree with what's said in 8, another 14 is so different (7)
24437
24089
Araucaria REGARDS Looks to finish letter (7)
Looks at message of greeting (7)
25687
22820
Araucaria NURSE See 1 down
Near us, refurbished steam engine sets off with tender (5)
25842
24376
Araucaria FIGHT Contest picture at altitude (5)
See 1 down
24303
25609
Araucaria ORDER Treat as a dogsbody RUC man backing lawyers on strike (5,5)
RUC man hits hard about right to put down guns (5,4)
Accompaniment to 17 19 across, thrown when just with 19 across (7)
Tell what the speaker wants? (5)
23482
23405
25949
24133
Araucaria ANCHOR Device for ship in Sri Lanka port, reportedly (6)
Weight to ride at? (6)
23284
22413
Araucaria APOLLO God's ahead when it comes to love (6)
God of love after an election (6)
Godhead after a 25 (6)
25729
25435
23118
Araucaria JEROME Ridicule about capital monarch by new composer (6,4)
Bible translator, the first person in French and Latin city (6)
24019
21642
Araucaria CARE See 13
Which people not standing and staring are 18? Many are (4)
25842
24324
Araucaria DREDGE Medicine man at side to clear bottom (6)
Tidy bed to get doctor on side (6)
24074
24924
Araucaria TULIPTREE Bad lie - putter used - big bloomer (5,4)
Bottomless bowl: covering the rim, a model magnolia (5,4)
23405
23505
Araucaria SHOP Talk of (but not at) work (4)
See 18
See 5
22878
25866
25350
Araucaria TASSO Dante's compatriot has taken to eating something like horse (5)
Poet into fool? (5)
25889
25067
Araucaria FOXCUB Keeper of the watch, an unknown copper, coming in: he's earthborn (3,3)
Trick most of third power lately come to earth (3,3)
21684
22437
Araucaria NINJA Martial artist is some man in Japan (5)
Killer of man in Japan (5)
23780
23685
Araucaria SHINER Star pupil's marked surrounds (6)
What Susan had, a bright one of 9? (6)
23589
25729
Araucaria ILLATEASE I'm going to a tantalising person to be made uncomfortable (3,2,4)
Embarrassed by finding items of Royal Mail late as ever (3,2,4)
22068
24891
Araucaria NOBLEST Number those in heaven, the poshest or the best? (7)
Absence of saints among the upper aristocracy? (7)
24460
21704
Araucaria HARDY See 21 (5)
Tough novelist (5)
22354
25147
Araucaria HITCH Seek a 13: something wrong? (5)
Marry at a church which is on strike? (5)
Drawback familiar to film director (5)
22354
21870
23882
Araucaria NEWTOWN Won't clue Telford, say? (3,4)
Scientist without direction, not good enough for Milton Keynes? (3,4)
23876
22974
Araucaria ALTER Edit recording of shrine (5)
Change of leader for ’orse? (5)
22676
25777
Araucaria OEDIPUS ... diphthong, one third of it American (7)
Bathe between Old English and American dramatised by … (7)
22289
25813
Araucaria SMALLARMS With tiny hands, carried by foot? (5,4)
French writer (not English) on board with rifles (5,4)
21648
24891
Araucaria TOPIC Theme to select: abolition of the monarchy? (5)
Subject to 20? (5)
Subject to choice when king departs (5)
22682
23733
23212
Araucaria MARBURG German city backed food for sheep (7)
University city raising food - mutton (7)
25675
22187
Araucaria AVOCADO 26 and more than 8 dozen eggs returned at a party (7)
A number of eggs served up at a party as a starter (7)
24467
22033
Araucaria DIGEST Summary of what stomach does (6)
Postprandial summary? (6)
25296
22509
Araucaria MOPED Vehicle was unhappy (5)
The vehicle that wasn't happy? (5)
23177
23530
Araucaria EVEREST It was there (it was said) the day before the sabbath? (7)
High spot for woman and others (7)
22722
25866
Araucaria TIPTREE Hint by old actor in Essex (7)
Piece of advice on genealogy in Essex (7)
24652
23074
Araucaria SPENCER Star reported by poet with girl's name (7,5)
West Yorkshire valley that can't lose lively actor (7,5)
23871
24703
Araucaria PORKPIES False hats? (4,4)
For those who have to eat their hats? (4,4)
24280
22682
Araucaria MACHMETER There's a boom when it reads 1, caused by hammer etc (9)
Mum keeps the sound of bells: I go here to find when I'll hear them (9)
21715
24471
Araucaria EQUAL Peer, member of the quality (5)
Uniform as in railway (5)
Just as in railroad (5)
24514
23038
24442
Araucaria SCRUTINY Report of wage much below minimum requires investigation (8)
Report of salary — very little — demands examination (8)
23421
25312
Araucaria HOUSE See 1
Audience of aristocrats in stockings (5)
Play with break after 23 down: doctor here? (5)
23189
23445
24303
Araucaria MARMOT 12 to spoil test (6)
Burrower to supply weapon in test (6)
25542
25813
Araucaria QUEEN See 28
Lady's man? (5)
See 1 down
23871
25366
24395
Araucaria ENTOMB Bury the top of it under some bug-hunters (6)
Study of insects - 50% the bee, they say - is to put one out of circulation (6)
25205
22437
Araucaria UNCLE Relative awaiting redemption? (5)
My stuff is redeemable, or I''m a Dutchman (5)
23189
22561
Araucaria MELON People about to see fruit (5)
Sometime lonely, now more like a squash (5)
25889
22074
Araucaria EASTEREGG Tea's brewed before horse takes part in the rites of spring (6,3)
Seasonal food, say, including flower, say (6,3)
25546
25805
Araucaria LASAGNA Italian strips to decline being captured by Turner (7)
Pasta as possible anag of Los Angeles? (7)
23470
25813
Araucaria STIMULUS Spur to suit slum characters (8)
I must turn left at the Guardian's prompting (8)
24784
24158
Araucaria STATURE Work of art about right for size (7)
Representation must include right height (7)
24699
25010
Araucaria CETACEA Volunteers to split churches, a monstrous order (7)
Dealt, with two aces, the first of two wales (7)
A pair of aces, possibly, held model in Wales, you may say (7)
24563
21637
22580
Araucaria RESTFUL Preserving one from fluster (7)
Having settled fluster? (7)
23571
23397
Araucaria TENORBELL Sphere with 12 and a half yard circumference at the bottom of the ring (5,4)
Don't keep a secret and don't be enclosed at end of ring(5,4)
23189
22390
Araucaria ASLEEP Wordsworth's birth was dead to the world (6)
Wordsworth's birth from 6 (6)
21828
24049
Araucaria INROADS Entrances made by trespassers? (7)
Appreciable amounts made into entrances? (7)
24655
22998
Araucaria EXPLAIN Previous partner wasn't good-looking - that will be the reason (7)
... but now pretty? Elucidate (7)
21709
23224
Araucaria WOOD See 7
Bowl dropped where Ada Doom saw something nasty (4)
25392
21704
Araucaria BURKE The orator sounds like a fool ... (5)
Orator and runner as 1 down(5,4)
21648
22454
Araucaria MYDEAR Letter opener between 24 and 24 (2,4)
Mrs in song, dreamy sort, on ancient, ancient language (2,4,3,5)
22199
25312
Araucaria BLUECOLLAR Group retaining changed locale for manual working (4-6)
Unskilled group circulating changed locale (4-6)
23780
21818
Araucaria ACT Second sight? (6,6)
See 14
23536
25205
Araucaria FURIOUS More than cross to hide notes? (7)
See 1
22306
24030
Araucaria NEUTER Disgust makes sodium turn to salt (6)
Non-21 description of Livingstone, say? (6)
22993
23738
Araucaria DISMANTLE Take apart that famous wedding dress? (9)
Take apart ideology, apart from the left, in a poet (9)
23949
24030
Araucaria GOOD See 5
What should be applauded should be reciprocated (4,4)
23104
24336
Araucaria RETICULAR Netted 100 lire at Rugby Union dance(9)
Copper in French bed, put back into back, is netted (9)
22647
25597
Araucaria RATAFIA Traitor finds Our Thing leaderless, which takes the biscuit (7)
The essence of good humour at a Fianna Fail rally (7)
22384
23615
Araucaria PINTAIL Duck drink and be sick (7)
Duck to take beer and be sick (7)
Drink to 21 down in 16 (7)
24753
22361
23815
Araucaria GRAMPUS Weighty matter for whale? (7)
Sea beast good with tomcat (Manx) (7)
24310
23757
Araucaria SHEBEAR Cupbearer in unfinished dress could be "cub-bearer" (3-4)
Ursa senior holding young shrub first (3-4)
23440
23249
Araucaria WITH See 13 (4)
See 5
22806
23104
Araucaria INGRID Girl at home with network (6)
The girl in the electricity supply? (6)
24660
23309
Araucaria TAINT It's not corruption (5)
Corruption? They say not (5)
22795
25405
Araucaria HORMONE Reciting "The Harlot's Lament" may be a stimulus (7)
Secretion derived from moorhen (7)
24484
22114
Araucaria ROAM Wander to the end of the road, say? (4)
Travel to capital, say (4)
22682
22448
Araucaria WATT T is for Tyler, according to the inventor(4)
Question for sound engineer (4)
22502
23746
Araucaria REFUSECOLLECTOR My old man (suitably clad) said: "Don't put money in the tin" (6,9)
Don''t grant a prayer or. . . (6,9)
23327
22460
Araucaria HOLLY Girl with tree that may be hocked (5)
Something of Christmas left among the sacred (5)
23924
25422
Araucaria CHEERIO Parting word to encourage 10 (7)
Farewell to revolutionary meeting his end somewhere in South America (7)
Ernesto at his first South American city - farewell! (7)
24049
24496
23847
Araucaria NASHE Elizabethan writer from first to last beyond the pale? (5)
Poet of the sweet spring has direction about tree (5)
22706
25392
Araucaria BATTY Mad as a 19 (5)
Like pipistrelle nuts? (5)
25343
23601
Araucaria MOULD Fungal pattern (5)
Off form? (5)
25291
23212
Araucaria MAXIM The proverbial shooter (5)
The proverbial gun? (5)
Saw gun? (5)
23445
23153
23746
Araucaria ABUSED Assaulted while sleeping without Guardian (6)
Rated the Guardian in 17, perhaps (6)
24539
22460
Araucaria LIBERAL Free Trade comes - Blair left party (7,9)
Generous remarks that are defamatory about artist (7)
22175
25050
Araucaria LANGUOR Lethargy does for love in a primate (7)
Weary feeling causes primate to inhale oxygen (7)
25777
23445
Araucaria NADIR Smart girl copper gets bond (5)
The lowest point in deception, a dirty business (5)
Low point of polar atmosphere encompassing the end of the world (5)
25949
22402
23567
Araucaria CLARINET Pipe of wine retaining its heart (8)
Pipe going a little way into the wine (8)
25248
23451
Araucaria MIDAS A touch of the Cretan summit? (5)
Scene of Zeus worship's a touch in 2 (5)
22057
23685
Araucaria RIDINGROUGHSHOD Ignoring qualms of Yorkshire hooligans on carrier? (6,9)
Yorkshire hooligans scuttle, ignoring all susceptibilities (6,9)
24655
24222
Araucaria ROBIN Round bird? (5)
Take in bird of 25 (5)
22777
23130
Araucaria PAPERS See 8
See 7 (6)
25279
21822
Araucaria RECITE Read out form of words about the City (6)
Repeat summons to speak in public (6)
25519
25248
Araucaria QUINCEMARMALADE Preserve carpenter and spoil the sick man of Europe (6,9)
Preserve carpenter (in a dream) and injure French invalid (6,9)
23482
24820
Araucaria TOBACCO To put money on and be in debt, say: it goes up in smoke (7)
Dangerous stuff, gas: explorer retreats before it (7)
22074
22240
Araucaria DRESSCODE Scottish element in nameless German city maybe asks for tie (5,4)
Various screeds do get written about ties, etc (5,4)
24699
22460
Araucaria ARIEL Marie Lloyd's enslaved fairy (5)
Fairy's sign with pound for shilling (5)
Fairy accepting signal, say (5)
Alleged receiver of waves from The Tempest (5)
25546
22384
24937
25657
Araucaria FAUXPAS Bloomer reported by Dario and Dad? (4,3)
Message about refined parent's bloomer (4,3)
22860
23626
Araucaria BRAND Splendid Scots keep North End struggling as it was in the beginning (5,3)
Hot type of play? (5)
24979
23983
Araucaria ANGLE Old English fish (5)
Original Englishman's club is L-shaped (5,4)
24174
23045
Araucaria DERONDA Name for one to embroider on Daniel's shirt (7)
See 20
See 4
23942
22740
23068
Araucaria NOTON Number and weight are inconceivable (3,2)
Emphatic refusal, one for Blair: rule only when reformed (3,2,4,5)
22277
24770
Araucaria SWEET Guardian entry into arranged course (5)
See 4
Love is s-small at the pictures (10)
See 21
Course of Spenser's 20 (5)
Term of endearment like 3 (5)
22384
23056
24303
24712
23045
21894
Araucaria ROCKPIPIT Bird, mythical one, with seed among equipment (4,5)
Bird giving offence during firework noise (4-5)
23487
22448
Araucaria KNEESUP Look into type of music arising in dance (5-2)
Keep sun off hop? (5-2)
25111
24180
Araucaria EVENINGPRIMROSE Governs empire in disorder from wild flower (7,8)
Flower (river) men settled with pigeons (7,8)
22246
22384
Araucaria LYTTELTON Last year's leaders pledged John Humphrey (9)
Literary baron not on with John Humphrey (9)
Theatrical musician and literary baron allowed back in (9)
23924
24097
22402
Araucaria BYGUM Adjuration of neighbouring tree (2,3)
Sticky method of expostulation (2,3)
25913
24447
Araucaria LIGHT See 27
Fast mover's lung? (I'm not serious) (5)
Not a load-bearing beam (5)
24133
23876
22402
Araucaria SCAB Half a purple flower unpopular with union (4)
Strike-breaker and poet concealing weapon (8)
25343
25925
Araucaria VIOLA Band member dressed as a boy (5)
Shakespearean in the orchestra (5)
25546
25201
Araucaria SPRING See 27 (6)
Well bound (6)
See 9
21752
24061
24984
Araucaria COMEHOMETOROOST See 4
See 4
1 across should do so, with disastrous consequences? (4,4,2,5)
24872
25343
23321
Araucaria FLICK Picture of the king of the fuzz? (5)
Arm to cut when filming? (5,5)
23780
24030
Araucaria DWELL Live having died before spring (5)
Live and die initially successfully (5)
24264
23038
Araucaria SCARCITY Lack of transport in southern town (8)
Shortage will traumatise the town (8)
23964
23577
Araucaria PAROLE Father's part of word (6)
Dad's part has promise (6)
25488
25817
Araucaria APASSAGETOINDIA 10's work has unwise translation, an idiot's (1,7,2,5)
Novel Nato leader missing about to spend time with home help turning up (1,7,2,5)
25417
24180
Araucaria EXTOL Praise for previous payment not complete (5)
Praise from former partner to student (5)
24460
22682
Araucaria BLOTTO Drunk at the second house (6)
Drunk artist on top of brush (6)
22361
22240
Araucaria CHRISTOPHERWREN A.A. Milne's boy's got the wrong bird: the great 3 gave him his chance (11,4)
Entertaining the lady, princes throw out architect (11,4)
22430
22265
Araucaria DRASTIC Forceful eccentric securing its retreat (7)
Wine prescribed by physician, more or less extreme (7)
23164
23615
Araucaria TWINGE One of two, for example, turning up with a bit of conscience? (6)
One of the 24 that is two and a bit of it: it hurts a bit (6)
22092
25597
Araucaria LOCUST Copper in "Missing Persons" finds destroyer (6)
Place and time can be very destructive (6)
24310
25813
Araucaria THUMBSCREW Torturer chucked around - what was it? - a science degree (10)
I'm not sure young scientist should be in cast — it's torture (10)
24528
25117
Araucaria ROBINSON Take home relative of castaway as christened (8)
Birds on course, maybe from Selkirk (8,6)
23660
25620
Araucaria HIGHASTHEFLAGON On top of the moon, called round like man with bottle on 7 (4,2,3,4,2,3,6,2,4)
Lofty American style has entered eighth work with bottle (British), stealing round with housefly just half swallowed ... (4,2,3,4,2,3,6,2,4)
23416
23278
Araucaria EXCHANGE See 11
Old money with rates by 18 6 (8)
24728
22163
Araucaria ELABORATE To be a real problem, go into detail (9)
The Spanish sailor's nil charge is complex(9)
22430
22611
Araucaria POSIT Make an assumption from 4 (5)
Assume one should be clad in mail (5)
21810
23224
Araucaria IVES Holy place where painters go for 'oney? (4)
Saint with polygamous inhabitant could follow 11 (4)
Composer is beheaded (4)
See 1
Composer as source of 'oney (4)
22025
25205
23451
24703
23701
Araucaria HUSTLE Move fast but not straight? (6)
Move fast and maybe illegally to deceive sleuth (6)
22126
22521
Araucaria UTTER Speak without qualification (5)
Speak without qualification (5)
23164
24490
Araucaria ANTONOV Not a different month for Russian flier (7)
Russian plane abandoning reported check on playwright (7)
24667
22301
Araucaria AXIS A side's lost the war (4)
A "Y" is one also (4)
24089
23649
Araucaria MIDDLE Location of curl in morally extreme girl of conventional tastes (10)
See 1
18's heart needing 20 hearts (6)
24496
22413
23068
Araucaria CASTER Sugar donned as home to the 11 (6)
Hardy spot for perennial in confinement on raised ground (12)
See 17
25064
23140
23589
Araucaria JAMANDJERUSALEM Marmalade's jejune, pointless, ridiculous - 2's trademarks (3,3,9)
… a chap with record player not quietly reading with small boy around (3,3,9)
22015
24652
Araucaria DETER Put off before Araucaria's to decide (5)
Stop some French potatoes (5)
Put off portion of French potatoes (5)
Put off some French potatoes (5)
Discourage resolve when setter's missing (5)
22103
24872
24660
21991
25067
Araucaria FLEA Run about somewhat minor annoyance (4,4)
Jumper to do a runner, say (4)
24528
22253
Araucaria NUDIST Devotee of nature creating hell among teachers (6)
Crazy fellow embracing underworld without cover? (6)
One exposed as lunatic around the underworld (6)
25201
25571
23074
Araucaria CLAPHAMJUNCTION Support actor's union at 16's 19 17 3 (7,8)
Major House of Lords account pin revealed by busy 4 (7,8)
24264
25687
Araucaria ROASTPORK Man of drift almost around a sacred river may have apple sauce (5,4)
Spooner's after the drift man, hence the crackling (5,4)
24193
23649
Araucaria TWITCHER Inter sorcerer with ornithologist (8)
Poke fun at beloved Parisian ornithologist (8)
25542
22168
Araucaria BOUNDERBY Jump race telescoped by character of 28 (9)
25's son-in-law obliged to run into horse-race (9)
23769
22324
Araucaria DASH Hurry between barrels? (4)
Hurry to get on board (4)
24592
25435
Araucaria EARL Report of 19 10 getting peerage for World War I general (4,4)
Count before time? Not quite (4)
25172
21968
Araucaria LISSOME Svelte model held back by romance (7)
Twice this number is a number that's fairly flexible (7)
25675
22998
Araucaria HOGMANAY Swineherd's agreement to celebration (8)
Homo sapiens chasing swine, a year's beginning — and end (8)
23470
24687
Araucaria SANREMO Ransome characters at the seaside (3,4)
Oarsmen in trouble on the Ligurian Sea (3,4)
22144
22139
Araucaria CHALK Snooker accessory opposite to 20? (5)
Butterfly provides clue about prince and king getting badly stuck between hard and soft (5,4,4)
24310
21637
Araucaria AUNT Relative of 21 and 22 (4)
Relative's friend put up to be put down (4,5)
24258
24899
Araucaria ORFEO Gluck's work shows goldfish need oxygen (5)
Goldfish love opera (5)
22008
25974
Araucaria GODS See 26
Gallery in the Pantheon? (4)
22860
25675
Araucaria SILENT Pioneering ecological book is back, fast bound (6,6)
Dumb boy in post (6)
24984
24170
Araucaria OLIVIER One in musical — "The Prince and the Showgirl"? (7)
First in musical house (7)
25045
24728
Araucaria WORD Fencing topped by verbal trickery (4,4)
Logodaedaly or data-processing left in the street? (8)
25266
22933
Araucaria WHEEL Revolutionary invention to raise water after 18 (5)
Archetypal invention with list (5)
25866
23219
Araucaria DORRIT See 1
See 19
23935
23882
Araucaria WHATSIT It's unspecified intelligence about overheads (7)
Thingamyjig has intelligence about covers (7)
23056
23416
Araucaria DIET What legislators eat? (4)
What's eaten in the chamber? (4)
22045
22509
Araucaria CARGO Petrol makes load? (5)
A load of French snails (5)
23589
22324
Araucaria RECUR History is said to place the city in partial country (5)
Note on incomplete remedy will not be for the first time (5)
City in partial country? Come again? (5)
23201
23038
23254
Araucaria WILLIAMS Playwright, prelate and ex-Chancellor before 17 with no end to a text (8)
See 1 across
See 11
24979
24477
24371
Araucaria DISINVEST Sell shares small boy put up, not wearing a shirt? (9)
Vice in its place - good guy is to withdraw backing (9)
25902
24012
Araucaria GROUNDDOWN Land with feathers reduced to powder (6,4)
Oppressed county cricket scene first (6,4)
22270
24745
Araucaria ARABLE Ploughed fields can, without a bit of earth (6)
Can nearly work this land? (6)
25172
25213
Araucaria OFFSIDE Not near to being illegal (7)
Is half the field illegally positioned? (7)
22361
23295
Araucaria NOONDAY High time to go forward in agreement, I agree (7)
12's agreement retaining other number's agreement (7)
22306
23607
Araucaria ILIAD First parliament backing epic (5)
Most newspapers mostly back a poem (5)
Part of 14 and of elevated newspapers (5)
25675
22336
23153
Araucaria HAHAS Cries of triumph make a hash of defences (2-3)
Laughs like dry moats (2-3)
22103
21960
Araucaria IRATE Cross, first class (5)
Buccaneer having lost his head - and his rag (5)
24621
22659
Araucaria FARTHING ...of such a remote object comes to 21 (8)
Remote object following 2 on the road (8)
21846
22020
Araucaria ENSIGN 9 officer (6)
Flag officer? (6)
23086
24174
Araucaria SLEEKIT Likedown Jerry, slippery customers climb over little Tom (7)
General in burlesque resembling a mouse? (7)
22002
25253
Araucaria OTELLO ... opera, the Ring: Archer repeated it (6)
Distinguish between rings set in Cyprus (6)
24592
21996
Araucaria REMODEL Stagger round defence ministry to change its structure (7)
Change form of dance with contemporary heart (7)
22015
22114
Araucaria SCOOP Exclusive ice cream server (5)
Writer's into ice cream (5)
23405
23177
Araucaria THEORY It may be true blue when he gets in (6)
Idea of man in blue (6)
25076
23805
Araucaria PIKESTAFF Fish stick which is absolutely plain (9)
1 down type of fish stick (9)
24007
22187
Araucaria CHAIR One presiding over church music? (5)
Meeting runner and companion a breeze? (5)
25675
23710
Araucaria KRIS Weapon that needs ironing, would you say? (4)
Dagger heard to fold (4)
22289
24703
Araucaria TURIN Mathematician didn't finish in Italy (5)
Mathematician didn't finish in Italy (5)
22282
23942
Araucaria JUNIOR Glorious day for 24 down? Not so important (6)
Glorious day for gilded youth (6)
25477
22766
Araucaria CRAB Fruit with pincers (4)
4 apple (4)
23859
23254
Araucaria KERB Report of restriction on pavement (4)
It's a bit audible at the roadside (4)
22277
25152
Araucaria RAREEARTH Metallic element from old show for old king shedding old city (4,5)
Old show for old king (not original) from 57 to 71 in the table (4,5)
25022
23733
Araucaria REREDOS Engineers left bone behind altar (7)
Recipe for love ? embracing journalist behind the altar (7)
First notes after second notes in church? (7)
24437
22144
24652
Araucaria RESIDUE Is hesitantly returning what's owed - this is left (7)
Have house outside university to get rest (7)
23386
24914
Araucaria SUMUP Have a meal, eating some muffins, and digest (3,2)
A little music for 17? (3,2)
25147
22897
Araucaria TWOLEGGED Lay into old wet characters, preferably isosceles (3-6)
Being so disciplined, we get gold (3-6)
24222
24161
Araucaria TROUTFARM Schubert's work distant by a mile - fishy business (5,4)
Some trawl a long way from land - a mile - to find a supply of fish (5,4)
22068
24447
Araucaria MIAFARROW Actress of the extreme right and what Pussy said about it (3,6)
Actor's reversal of purpose to produce swine (3,6)
23201
24687
Araucaria TRACY See 1
See 25
23871
24703
Araucaria INSTITUTE Set up something for women? (9)
See 6
23386
23212
Araucaria JAGUAR Cat 8-ed in 25 down 21 (6)
Beast painted by Kipling and loved by Precott (6)
25205
21697
Araucaria TWINE Time to drink a twist (5)
One of two, energy or wind (5)
Time for drink in a ball? (5)
22795
22126
23746
Araucaria GERMANMEASLES Spots convergence of same river and same glen (6,7)
Disease and its cause, an ego like the French (6,7)
22795
22402
Araucaria SCRAM 24 s-stuff (5)
Runner Steve, run! (5)
25889
23882
Araucaria ARREST Stop and have a breather, do you hear?(6)
Detention for translating Sartre? (6)
22390
24252
Araucaria BULB Light in bed? (4)
Tulip may be lit up (4)
24655
24592
Araucaria TED Bill's left off boring another boy (3)
See 13
25961
23987
Araucaria ETHYL Solver's in line for 26 (5)
Solver's inside line on alcohol (5)
23189
23440
Araucaria FIRM Business compact (4)
Reliable business? (4)
25889
21888
Araucaria ROUGH It's not nice to be harsh (5)
More or less unkind (5)
25458
21841
Araucaria KNOT Speed possible danger, demarcated by box (4,6)
Speed of marriage? (4)
25566
25894
Araucaria MAELSTROM Whirlpool in the West: fifty corpses resurrected (9)
US parent outside a film studio, with no errors excepted, in a whirl (9)
22795
22265
Araucaria CHINA Mate with great power (5)
Mate for tea? (5)
See 5
24991
24310
25350
Araucaria ABOUTTURN It's a volte-face to call a fight entertainment (5-4)
It's a volte-face to consider a boxing match entertainment (5-4)
23421
21900
Araucaria PROMPT Supply lines with no time wasted (6)
Supply lines with no delay (6)
24777
23273
Araucaria WORLD Outlook when king and lord briefly struggle amid great success (5,4)
Promise to include student with everything (5)
24652
23567
Araucaria STAG Party when going to 23 - a hind? (4)
P for self-starter on day in Berlin (4)
22354
24929
Araucaria BIRTHDAY Special occasion, maybe third in recess (8)
P for Pinter, broadcasting John's gas with Robin (8)
25817
24929
Araucaria CHESTER City street in good mood (7)
City succeeding to win for another (7)
Cathedral rendering of 13 in Durham (7)
City street in comfort (7)
25675
21668
22139
23386
Araucaria NOUSE Gumption to the English is futile (2,3)
Intelligence and energy are ineffective (2,3)
22068
23386
Araucaria OASIS Refreshing spot of love for a relation (5)
Love in its present form is a bit green(5)
24298
22484
Araucaria MICHAEL Tea amid honey rendered by angel (7)
West German puzzler on the inside left by 19 (7)
26 27's leader has one to tea when there's honey about - leaders contain an expression of disgust (7,7)
22229
24667
23499
Araucaria ORNATE Far from plain talk about name (6)
Near to elaborate (6)
23104
24855
Araucaria PROCYON Star supporting ends of comedy gets on (7)
NCO half back that is a star (7)
22974
25106
Araucaria PARTHIAN Role call: solution, fiery exit line (8,4)
Leave with greeting by an archer leaving? (8)
22496
25925
Araucaria PROGRESS Advance price for "The Wicked Lady" (8)
Part of Troilus accepted by lodger sometimes found in Royal Society after 8 by … (8)
23487
25477
Araucaria CROWN 5 6s per head? (5)
Prosecutor with bird's name? (5)
Bird on pole, no friend to our friend (5)
Major mark of forty times 1 across (5)
21846
23638
24567
22922
Araucaria BELOWTHEBELT Most of my pants are against regulations (5,3,4)
Foul phone call about anything from Yorkshire youth on short time (5,3,4)
23440
22301
Araucaria BEAM See 22 (4)
Light wood? (4)
22229
22448
Araucaria BRUNEI (Formerly) British-controlled oriental island (part of) (6)
Sultanate, live one, outside series (6)
23189
24264
Araucaria PRIM A proper rose? (4)
28 19, the proper one? (4)
21822
22521
Araucaria TORCH Light piece for light orchestra (5)
Light is a killer in theology (5)
Light of love? (5)
23482
23601
22020
Araucaria TUTELARY Protective expression of disapproval at upsetting beer on line (8)
As Guardian, we rather disapprove of a see without a river (8)
25392
23379
Araucaria NEGRO Lack of protest makes one grow black (5)
Black note held by fiddler (5)
22175
22002
Araucaria GRAIL Holy object on German lines (5)
Good transport is a desirable objective (5)
24222
24303
Araucaria SCHEDULE Plan for audience you'll shed when the order's changed (8)
Abandon Christmas, say, according to plan (8)
21818
24137
Araucaria TITLEROLE Hamlet, say, could guide tiller with toe (5,4)
Newspaper with part of 3, 5 and 21 in 13s, perhaps (5,4)
24660
21996
Araucaria LARGESS Girl swallows anger not getting a donation (7)
Generosity sees glass re-turned (7)
Bounty's lost leader's gear dispersed on ship (7)
24269
25213
23949
Araucaria TORSO A bone, roughly, in the main body(5)
Trunk growing from roots (5)
22647
22897
Araucaria DANCEATTENDANCE Wait on your toes when news is due between reels (5,10)
Wait carefully: take to the floor at 2200 hrs - again (5,10)
24674
23038
Araucaria REINDEER Wet weather, darling? Sounds like we could use huskies instead? (8)
Beast to check what sounds expensive (8)
22246
23523
Araucaria POINT See 22
See 10 (5)
25279
22098
Araucaria WORRYBEADS What people say about playing by ear as a tranquilliser (5,5)
Such as 'The Rosary' played by ear, piercing lyrics (5,5)
23793
24336
Araucaria ACTUARIAL Tune up in real term connected with insurance (9)
Central square in current test concerned with insurance (9)
22133
24351
Araucaria TRAIN "Service" not permitted, they say, to militia (5)
Educate followers on-line (5)
See 18
24054
21739
25974
Araucaria CHRONICLE History isn't acute to the French (9)
Honorary cleric misrepresented in history (9)
22277
23219
Araucaria APHRODITE Manx primate's time todie, possibly of love (9)
Love for other - other paid (9)
24460
23074
Araucaria NIGEL Boy from black African country with opposite ending (5)
Boy goes on batting when uplifted (5)
25546
22050
Araucaria SIGHT Express regret at model spectacle (5)
… one of 11's problems, which could be jolly (5)
Vision may be jolly (5)
21852
25147
24679
Araucaria FAIR ,1,12 9 (part1) finder revealed as not one indeed? (4)
Just stalls and amusements (4)
Jolly good Australian misjudged if I am drunk (4,6)
21752
25129
24960
Araucaria ROMULUS Founder shows pointless to wake up around cross, pointless (7)
Our slum is inclined to founder (7)
24145
23309
Araucaria FUCHSIA Club's about turn on his awful first bloomer (7)
Flower unsuitable as present, say? (7)
24007
23487
Araucaria ASTILBE Plant for bestial characters (7)
Bestial characters make a bloomer (7)
23780
25147
Araucaria SHIRLEY Don't talk audibly before time to novel heroine (7)
Novel way of exchanging lire to chuck about (7)
23429
21691
Araucaria ORTOLAN Bunting from Windsor to Lancaster (7)
Bunting from church door to lancet window (7)
22092
21960
Araucaria RUBADUB Polish article - name, a roll? (3-1-3)
Polish part of Hungarian city backed with sound of drum (3-1-3)
21852
25201
Araucaria ECRU It hasn't been bleached, a doubtful cure (4)
English company heard to be greyish brown (4)
24109
24336
Araucaria FREDERICK Defer changing Sam's boss's name (9)
Fire starting on haystack engulfs busted dam of European monarch (9)
23201
25492
Araucaria STRAW Worthless object with flaws from right to left (5)
5 down politician (5)
23350
25164
Araucaria AGREE Say yes to a vice that's no end (5)
Fellow traders don't take a horse without right (5)
Extraordinarily eager to say yes (5)
24049
24030
22301
Araucaria TOWER Rescue vehicle sometimes of ivory? (5)
Drag queen in old prison (5)
See 14
23421
21860
22922
Araucaria ALARUM Warning, spirit style (6)
Bell rung in the style of 25 (6)
22521
22437
Araucaria DENNIS Price of 21 25 and 4 down was wrong returned (6)
21, the dramatist, did the wrong thing the wrong way (6)
25331
21739
Araucaria RANCOUR No officer is reported for ill-feeling (7)
Spite is private, they say (7)
23327
24984
Araucaria GIRL Friday's child? Some giving, right, and a little loving? (4)
Dress up student intelligence for chance listener: king to phone for painting book (4,4,1,5,7)
22253
23104
Araucaria ISHMAEL Antisocial person hails me, strangely(7)
Outlaw is king when field's reversed (7)
22611
25350
Araucaria SCEPTIC Poisonous to swallow carrot top? I doubt it (7)
I doubt if an austere person would go topless and embrace the piano (7)
24460
23445
Araucaria DEEPCUT Serious wound for the military establishment? (7)
Far-reaching reduction in military establishment (7)
Far-reaching reductions in army base (7)
23429
23038
25106
Araucaria TERENCE Old playwright reduced to tell when told (7)
Boy from centre turning East (7)
25571
24122
Araucaria BUNYAN Creator of pilgrim sounding footsore? (6)
… tinker who sounds footsore (6)
Pilgrim sounds footsore (6)
22092
25477
25076
Araucaria LIEGE Lord or vassal, say, in romance (5)
Feudal superior for Walloons? (5)
23571
24679
Araucaria HIDEBOUND Stuck in the mud? Don't let anyone see you jump! (9)
Very 21 leather next spring (9)
23589
22671
Araucaria RECESS Most of economic problem comes when parliament isn't sitting (6)
Niche for holiday? (6)
24860
25492
Araucaria HIMSELF Call for writing by spirit in person (7)
Emphatically he who could be Flemish... (7)
22144
21960
Araucaria HEAVE Guy greeting gag (5)
Pullman - greeting! (5)
23561
24371
Araucaria ENGLAND Motherland is pregnant, according to 11's signal (7,7)
Nut and (etymologically) acorn country (7)
25147
23499
Araucaria LIMIT Setter's in bed in Paris? This is the end! (5)
It follows report of member, as far as it goes (5)
22521
25620
Araucaria SIDEBURNS FH as conceit used by poet (9)
Conceit which poet has to face? (9)
25422
22216
Araucaria DELIBERATE Consider on purpose (10)
Classy food shop, which to criticise adversely is on purpose (10)
24280
21860
Araucaria THONG Strapping youth on grass - remove your butt! (5)
Piece of music lisped by beater (5)
Strap may follow report of some difference (5)
22074
23701
23458
Araucaria WHISKY Beater, in the past a young lady with plenty of spirit(6,6)
One of 24 is getting £1,000, within reason (6)
22611
25765
Araucaria ATROPINE Belladonna causing a dreadful crime - city leaves on tree (8)
Belladonna produced work of art? Say what you think (8)
22126
21697
Araucaria SATAN
4 took a chair if old (5)
21668
24796
Araucaria SURRENDER Insurer's right to final yield (9)
Yield tear, there being less doubt about it (9)
24007
25152
Araucaria HOMERIC The Odyssey is its destination with king in charge (7)
Ancient poet's coming back almost wealthy (7)
Imposing residence for the endlessly wealthy (7)
22580
21691
24471
Araucaria RAILWAY 12 feature ever constrains one to think during drink (7,6)
Where I saw to train layout? (7,7)
23164
24264
Araucaria WALDORF Hotel in wood (German or French) (7)
Something wrong about punishment being reversed in hotel (7)
23942
25488
Araucaria SALIERI Be in bed in dress contemporary with Mozart (7)
Romance in a long dress was said to have finished Mozart (7)
24514
21960
Araucaria DECIBEL Bed lice make some noise (7)
Some noise for a month and bad-mouthing won't start (7)
25422
24269
Araucaria FORAULDLANGSYNE Words of finale range so fully and extravagantly (3,4,4,4)
End of 3 night and 4? Don't forget 1 (3,4,4,4)
22199
23470
Araucaria EARTH Connect for safety in 13 (5)
Land of the Arthurian legends (5)
25392
23607
Araucaria MOBCAP Financial restriction on the Mafia covering the Old Lady in the morning (3-3)
Financial restrictions on the proletariat are old hat (3-3)
22025
22068
Araucaria TELEGRAPHY Communication from party dancing with Hegel (10)
Signalling start of the poem about 8, largely (10)
24467
24745
Araucaria KISSMEKATE Raptor without wavering asks me to show in 18's clue (4,2,4)
Takes mikes to get musical effects (4,2,4)
22211
23505
Araucaria ORIFICE Hole for gold provided diamonds (7)
Opening for gold providing diamonds (7)
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25740
Araucaria EMETIC It brings up and up - quote me! (6)
Quote compiler the wrong way - it makes one sick (6)
24061
22108
Araucaria STEWART The Royal Scot beginning without directions (7)
Royal family's skill with slow cooker? (7)
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23987
Araucaria BEARINGS Directions in heraldry (8)
Positional sense requiring lubrication? (8)
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25883
Araucaria BETTER Left the bar, ordered by the wife (6,4)
Mrs 51%? (6,4)
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25312
Araucaria TRAGEDY Ancient in shot at Hamlet, perhaps (7)
See 11
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25813
Araucaria DOWNCAST Ulster actors depressed? (8)
Northern Irish actors seem dejected(8)
25488
22454
Araucaria ROACH Fish for pharmaceutical firm's report (5)
Swimmer approaching centre (5)
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24395
Araucaria NEWGATE Modern way to get into prison (7)
Further entry into prison (7)
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24891
Araucaria OUNCE Imperial cat? (5)
Imperial cat? (5)
Weight that's white with spots (5)
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22820
Araucaria TOCCATA Piece of one with fur in new coat (7)
Piece of music audible to former US President (7)
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23701
Araucaria BARGAIN See 9
Return 16 down is cheap at the price (7)
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24914
Araucaria SYSTEMSANALYST Last nasty messy problem for adviser with computer (7,7)
Nasty, messy and last (possibly) operations I scrutinise (7,7)
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23960
Araucaria TUESDAY Forerunner of 28 used differently in river (7)
When the gracious appear to make a point in a study? (7)
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22689
Araucaria OVERSTATE Exaggerate situation of government? (9)
Exaggerate what's no distance in Russia at a point (9)
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25938
Araucaria THEFATLADYSINGS Robbery featuring a girl in grammar school with no head is an essential element in opera (3,3,4,5)
Article in the Financial Times, sadly working in guineas, shows itês all over (3,3,4,5)
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21870
Araucaria JAMES Henry Cary, writer of 28 (5,5)
Fictional agent in sticky situation, no beds available (5,4)
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25894
Araucaria ABRIDGE Precis a game (7)
A game 1 across (7)
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22897
Araucaria OCTOPUS A month's work on the bed (7)
… earlier piece more like squid (7)
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25279
Araucaria VIDELICET Live edict upsetting to wit (9)
Something wrong about good food shop — time given to wit (9)
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25141
Araucaria TITHE Portion of object found in article (5)
Bird (cock) takes small part (5)
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24712
Araucaria COMIC Number part of Greek letter? That's funny (5)
Shortly two to three sightless rodents may have us in stitches (5)
Opera in 22 -- sit with it (not in charge) for that in 27 (5)
Fellow -1 down to be amusing (5)
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22187
23793
21930
Araucaria BIOSCOPE One very large policeman in live cinema (8)
Oboe is politically correct in arrangement for the 20s (8)
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23733
Araucaria BEARER See 5 (6)
See 13
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23254
Araucaria TEMPLE A front for religion?(6)
Religious building goes ahead (6)
22390
25817
Araucaria REPARTEE Skill in right weapon gets quick answer (8)
Riposte with sword, retaining skill with right opening (8)
Theatrical skill slips aside with ready wit (8)
25350
23284
24712
Araucaria SALADIN A boy in the wrong beat the crusaders (7)
Meal at home attacked in crusade (7)
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23440
Araucaria CHIPS Carpenter with salt and vinegar? (5)
The last thing one has to eat? (5)
Gas keeps fruit and veg deep-fried (5)
24739
22229
23487
Araucaria FOOT Measure one's bottom? (4)
Labour leader put in 9 after 12 (9)
Party leader once on the ball? (4)
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24924
25385
Araucaria ESPY Telepathy gets its last notice (4)
See English agent (4)
With telepathy you begin to observe (4)
24777
23362
24621
Araucaria BAHAMAS Lamb's remarks about Bacon in the Atlantic (7)
Meat - reports of lamb - around in islands (7)
... one of whom talks about meat in coral islands (7)
Islands of ham among mutton? (7)
22795
24514
21668
22265
Araucaria REDCARPET Welcome to Cleveland, darling! (3,6)
Welcome for Cleveland favourite? (3,6)
23201
23757
Araucaria HATCH 17's track opening (5)
Plan in shade of doorway (5)
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22057
Araucaria ESTHER 3's funny girl in the Bible (6)
Set out before her season's in progress (6,9)
Waters part for modest heroine (6)
21739
23882
22222
Araucaria COCKTAIL Bird with excellent record in provocative 2 3 (8,5)
P for Eliot: prepare to shoot follower (8)
24150
24929
Araucaria ETHIC Code for the thick-headed (5)
Code in English almost impenetrable? (5)
25902
23177
Araucaria FIRST Here there's little time for trees ... (5)
No. 1 Conifer Street (5)
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22883
Araucaria KINDNESS See 15
Cup of milk for human 8? (8)
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23470
Araucaria ABASH Embarrass a party? (5)
An attempt to shame (5)
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25889
Araucaria SHEFFIELD City life with female arranged in outbuilding (9)
Attempt to muzzle Euphemia would come to the city (9)
25633
24161
Araucaria OLDPOSSUM 3's mature marsupial breaking moulds without orders (3,6)
Senior citizens' concession returned, all with book of 1 6 (3,6)
25711
22593
Araucaria FLICKS Policeman at King's for the 20s (6)
Cinema detectives hold £1,000 (6)
23733
21797
Araucaria BRIGHT Sunny river entering bay (6)
"This ____, 26, 10, and 13-ing being - 17 dancing 1 down in the 9" (Churchill on George Bernard Shaw) (6)
25542
21888
Araucaria BISECT Split a trifle with dry inside (6)
Split piece with second piece split (6)
21846
23859
Araucaria THREE Here and there, maybe (5)
See 22 (5)
(5)
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22139
23607
Araucaria LIMITED Small creature in cover, not the whole hog? (7)
As company is to 2? (7)
Restricted cover covers minimal finance (7)
Cover keeps little creature within bounds (7)
21734
25711
22229
23757
Araucaria UNDERFOOT The downtrodden shadows of the early 1980s? (9)
Downtrodden like Old Labour? (9)
23601
22402
Araucaria REPORT News of the Bang? (6)
Journalist's piece about wine (6)
25129
24848
Araucaria STUD Fixer for breeders? (4)
Sexy fixer? (4)
Poker in the nose or ear? (4)
Shoes for horses? On the contrary (4)
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24477
24340
22659
Araucaria LEGLESS It's tight being without members (7)
Drunk students entertain birds when there's a shortage (7)
23033
22240
Araucaria AUTUMN Gold inside pole for one of set in 10 with ... (6)
*Detail relative to keep inside (6)
Fall for a 10 (26)'s subject (6)
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22706
23577
Araucaria COCKPIT Where fighter pilot is to die, holding back old lawyer (7)
Scene of fighting with control column? (7)
21752
25164
Araucaria FOREST Trade on offers supplied by Shakespearean scene (6,2,5)
The front way to Nottingham? (6)
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21828
Araucaria SUSPEND Don't allow us to write in Black Hills state (7)
Turn the Guardian blue and it will stop functioning (7)
22384
21668
Araucaria DREAM Fancy starting again inside mummy? (5)
Fancy 250,000 sheets? (5)
Fancy 250,000 sheets? (5)
Something very pleasant caused endless trauma to 21 7 (5)
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25022
23960
25106
Araucaria THRONE Are audiences held in the loo? (6,4)
Quality time included for the monarchy (6)
14's other seat (6)
25343
23153
22897
Araucaria AESOP Old storyteller makes one sit up (5)
Suggest a rise for the storyteller (5)
Sit back after opening of "Absolutely Fabulous" man (5)
Sit back alongside a storyteller (5)
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23482
22336
26427
Araucaria HYSTERIA This year's problem is out of control (8)
The ray is possibly not the controlling factor (8)
25687
22883
Araucaria CHINLESS Game about an inch length, for a wonder (8)
Home student in game is probably going to wonder (8)
23182
24019
Araucaria ROVER Dog going right across? (5)
Queen finished with dog? (5)
21979
24097
Araucaria LEWIS The French want a poet as a driver (5,8)
The French West is part of an island (5)
Snowman, as it were, in the French fashion, to work the other way (5,5)
24186
22301
21642
Araucaria STET Result of test: don't change after all (4)
In haste to correct correction (4)
25417
24766
Araucaria AMPERE Bilingual acknowledgement of paternity in a measure (6)
A politician before electricity is applied(6)
24848
22454
Araucaria OPOSSUM A piece of music when a very large amount is pouched(7)
Marsupial to work with large amount (7)
22454
23321
Araucaria EXPAT Take in about 10p from one far from home (5)
Former partner, boy or girl, who is not at home (5)
24085
23757
Araucaria OILWELL Base of rig — lubricate generously (3,4)
Eliminate all friction from fuel source (3,4)
24660
24514
Araucaria TOTAL You need to talk - in part? The lot! (5)
Destroy nearly everything after a drink (5)
All volunteers replace one in work (5)
Sum given to model, one pound (5)
23405
24085
22777
25164
Araucaria FONDA Henry and Jane sound absent-hearted (5)
Affectionate letter from Henry to Jane? (5)
22336
23960
Araucaria REALLY Sapper's friend? Are you sure? (6)
Get together again? No kidding (6)
21900
24652
Araucaria TETRAGRAM Four-letter word causes great problem in public transport (9)
Four-letter word used by Margaret raised with final twist by model (9)
22384
25805
Araucaria VICE What's wrong with upper part of church? God's not died, he's in higher education (4-10)
Substitute for bad habit? (4)
21860
25385
Araucaria TRAUMA Goethe's dream, a problem for the psyche (6)
A sequel to the European dream isn't good for the soul (6)
22246
23086
Araucaria TITANIA 12 lost her page - ain't it a shame? (7)
I'm in the wrong place for one who painted a queen in the 14 across (7)
Shakespearean 9 (part 1) who sleeps on a bank some time (rest of 9) (7)
Leaderless council crushed by aunt to the Spanish queen in the 25 (7)
24395
23960
25067
25106
Araucaria IDLERICH Boy held by left hand following instincts far from working class (4,4)
Unemployed having lots of money (4,4)
25519
22108
Araucaria CLOSURE End of the Spanish when French vicar's about (7)
Finish with remedy for the Spanish invasion (7)
22820
23278
Araucaria ELLINGTON The Ron Duke? (9)
Duke topped by Duke (9)
23429
23201
Araucaria INTER Nice try — it may catch the train (9)
See 1
West's out of season, getting put into a hole (5)
Wearing Sikh headgear, monarch comes in between cities (10)
Porter with line distorted becomes gatecrasher (10)
Season for topping put into the soil (5)
24674
24812
23321
22324
24712
23397
Araucaria MARDI Feast like artists in a heavenly body (5,4)
Mess up excavation of painter before the end of 7 (5,4)
22722
24490
Araucaria CHESTERFIELD 8 that was 22 23's (12)
Coat with a twist could be sat on (12)
24679
23660
Araucaria LACONIC Wasting few words on Tory layabout? (7)
Study in people's brief (7)
21996
25717
Araucaria OVERSEE Supervise poems written in Old English(7)
Invigilate lines in Old English (7)
22647
22324
Araucaria ELVIS King lives in an 18 (5)
Singer and golfer, about 6 (5)
22306
23451
Araucaria SINEDIE Do wrong drug and snuff it, who knows when? (4,3)
Little girl pursues wrongdoing till further notice (4,3)
24437
23876
Araucaria ABIGAIL A large 'allo for King David's girl (7)
A giant to be sick for a maid(7)
One 2 to have a problem with old servant (7)
22092
22611
25205
Araucaria TONY Spooner's Napoleon X, now a political institution (4,4)
Award for 19 (4)
24679
24667
Araucaria ORCHESTRA Gold box used by painters and musicians (9)
Sun lights (top to bottom) leading players (9)
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23830
Araucaria LITTLE Set fire (a short story) to flag and call sailors with glossy fruit eaten by Queens' fellow having Christmas dinner? (6,4,6,3,2,1,6)
Dickensian letters induced alternative go-slow (6,6)
Letters were guide to gold - go slow! (6,6)
See 2
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23935
23882
23206
Araucaria BANANA Fruit followed by artist with one of 7 (6)
Prevent publication of an article on fruit (6)
25111
23033
Araucaria RESIN It's sticky to repeat wrongdoing (5)
Be naughty again, by gum! (5)
22490
24030
Araucaria ROCK See 22 (4)
Sailor on ice, an outstanding musician (4,4)
21852
21860
Araucaria VENUS Wanderer with seamen on the "Victory" in Europe? (5)
It's nearer the sun - that's some evenings from the East (5)
Body of little beauty after 19 (5)
24844
23626
25253
Araucaria GOLF BG is upbeat (4)
Set of players or striker, here from days of old (4,4)
24633
25033
Araucaria IMAGO Last stage of setter's past? (5)
It's possible I shall leave, taking a year off, before the end of the grub (5)
22336
21900
Araucaria VESTAL Virgin saint eaten by calf (6)
Virgin gets garment for a pound (6)
Meat has trapped holy virgin (6)
25883
22192
25765
Araucaria MARTIN Damage to colour by superior contributor to the 13 (6,6)
King with a 25 suffers terminal hurt (6,6)
23517
25106
Araucaria FIELDS 15 11 with WC? (6)
W.C. could be 18 (6)
24699
23512
Araucaria HUMUS Sound American fertiliser (5)
Pooh's work for the Guardian? The answer's in the soil (5)
23201
22002
Araucaria SWAN Shakespeare was Avon's? Not initially (4)
Pole with pale on river (4)
22509
24914
Araucaria TULIP Beginners for Pulitzer prize make a bloomer (5)
1 down object of French familiarity and impertinence (5)
23638
25571
Araucaria PTOLEMY See next page - setter's after the French astronomer (7)
Astronomer royal: the French setter's on the next page (7)
23451
24180
Araucaria ANTONIO Venetian soldier takes on 10 (7)
Revolutionary topped by 10, one of several in 14 (7)
Merchant with a fanciful notion (7)
24310
24582
21625
Araucaria AISLE Gangway is swamped by liquor (5)
Drink is included in passageway(5)
24174
22484
Araucaria LOVE See 5
See humour with bridge system 651 to end game (23 12) (4,2,1,4,7)
Nothing and none 18 between those at 26 24 (4)
See 28 and 22
Cosmic rotary factor? (4)
23660
23314
25159
23626
22437
Araucaria ASHES See 5 (5)
Fool keeps fellow disputed by 26 and 15 (5)
Trophy we lost like men (5)
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23499
22766
Araucaria TIEPOLO Artist to draw explorer (7)
Artist to draw game (7)
22108
22974
Araucaria ADONIS Exemplar of beauty, a tonic when evil turns up (6)
Fuss about wrongdoing with good looker (6)
25385
23278
Araucaria FEMINIST Champion of women has Tracey in hand(8)
No lover of "Mrs" takes Tracey in hand (8)
22502
25312
Araucaria TEABAG Leaves (or 8) in this to be potted (3,3)
Bat, wrinkled with age, may go to pot (3,3)
23182
22437
Araucaria TENDULKAR Cricketer, nurse and student in this country have a right (9)
Leading 27-er packs trunk with lead (9)
23964
23499
Araucaria NOTICE See you don't skate here! (6)
Someone else the establishment - cavalier lot - won't take 21down 13 (6)
See 5 (6)
24674
23505
22098
Araucaria VETO Some love tokens current during Prohibition (4)
Forbid check on love (4)
Forbid to check 22 (4)
23379
25326
23660
Araucaria ISSUE The baby is a girl (5)
Is a girl a boy or a girl? (5)
21752
25458
Araucaria ADMIRAL Officer's commercial station in space above male prison (7,2,3,5)
Boatman 25 (7)
23942
26427
Araucaria OMEGA Times up at last (5)
Girl first after love letter (5)
23062
23780
Araucaria TRIMMER One going to hedge? (7)
I'm going to hedge (7)
I'm going to hedge (7)
25164
23314
23104
Araucaria ISLAND Setter starts to badmouth refuge in road (6)
See 23
Middle of the road, like Britain? (6)
See 2 (6)
See 24
25111
22850
25687
22045
25620
Araucaria GLEN Hoddle in Scotland for a single night? (4)
Club better the 8 in the Highlands (10)
22253
24717
Araucaria PARKINSON Leave car at home, taking issue with lawman (9)
Lawman finds gingerbread's available (9)
23470
23567
Araucaria THABO President, a change from Botha (5)
South African with a bone but no drink (5)
21950
24703
Araucaria SHEEN Brilliance of Martin on stage (5)
Roisin's reported radiance (5)
Brilliance of man confined by some of his elders (5)
23615
25291
24652
Araucaria ALTHORN Instrument that's low even if fleet (7)
Instrument for a pound a point (7)
21950
23536
Araucaria OBLIQUE Slash brains? There's nothing Tory about that (7)
Round, with brains in colour, not straight (7)
22133
22033
Araucaria ODIOUS It's sweet, but not honey, and could be offensive (6)
Poem doesn't end on notes that are nasty (6)
Nothing can replace extended play for making 4 across horrid (6)
24185
22216
25813
Araucaria INCH Little distance from island (4)
One of the twelve islands? (4)
24484
22509
Araucaria LUMPY Put up with your starter being like my sauces! (5)
First of fruit to end year, not good to eat or sleep on? (5)
21936
23815
Araucaria BEAGLE Dog second to bird (6)
Transport for bicentenarian's dog (6)
21968
24621
Araucaria FISH Footman in 5, said to be somewhat officious (4)
See 22
12 try to be complimented (4)
14, say, in brief, is hunted (4)
22878
23273
23254
22883
Araucaria MOIST Wet? Me? A holy man? (5)
Article dropped by revolutionary with some fluidity (5)
22126
25326
Araucaria ENID Eat up, girl! (4)
Get fed up with girl (4)
26's knight's girl to eat up (4)
Eat up, girl! (4)
24346
25698
22753
21642
Araucaria ELGRECO Painter like Zorba? (2,5)
Painter and composer with a missing novelist from Italy (2,5)
24471
24447
Araucaria LORETTA Young film actor's plays to alter (7)
Young actress turning role model before Thanksgiving (7)
24796
21704
Araucaria GOLD First for Goliath - part with David's head (4)
First attempt at numbers (4)
... No. 79, first, and ... (4)
Guide leader aged something like 3 or 5 (4)
First virtuous, then venerable … (4)
24387
24905
23284
25477
25561
Araucaria SHELF See from the foregoing where the book is? (5)
Here volumes are drunk in propria persona? (5)
23571
22306
Araucaria THAI Bond's said to be Asian (4)
Bond reported in Bangkok? (4)
24703
22265
Araucaria REFRESH Give food and drink to judge concerned with call for silence (7)
What a course could do to back her keeping a slave (7)
23224
21691
Araucaria SWINDLE Southerly breeze the French do? (7)
What brings warm air to the French is a fast one (7)
23769
23987
Araucaria RATIO Part of operation kept in proportion (5)
10 on beast can be expressed as a fraction (5)
Proportion in preparation (5)
Change sides with 10 as quotient (5)
Quotient achieved by beast and 10 (5)
Philosopher in 26 losing house to relation (5)
25488
22963
23038
23987
24089
24914
Araucaria EMBARGO I keep a number of lawyers from Prohibition (7)
Prohibition? I've kept my head about it (7)
22229
25633
Araucaria SHARDIK Princess swallowed by fish or bear (7)
Adams' work a tall building? Not now I know (7)
Fictional bear gets fish that's eaten half dish (7)
23327
25961
25488
Araucaria IDOL 27 character doesn't sound like a worker (4)
Object of worship not working, they say (4)
My performance is of a student - at a matinee? (4)
22277
24674
22187
Araucaria THESEUS Hero from Athens, not a name to use indiscriminately (7)
This and this for American hero of mythology (7)
24185
22640
Araucaria VOICE What's gripping about love is the sound (5)
Sound round gripped by gripper (5)
25291
25698
Araucaria ROYALARMS Boy scares holders of polo sticks? (5,4)
Here's a rampant lion, with cry about setback to hand (5,4)
23769
22561
Araucaria MISSIVE Girl I have reached by letter (7)
Letter to girl No 4 and No 5? (7)
21668
24998
Araucaria TOKEN Symbolic presence granted to Livingstone (5)
Excuse for not doing things thoroughly, addressed to London mayor (5)
21715
22133
Araucaria TUMMYACHE Childish complaint of boat in loch being both unfinished (5,4)
Universal myth came about from internal problem (5,4)
22922
24030
Araucaria DYER Person of colour sounds terrible (4)
One with woad maybe heard applied to straits (4)
24660
22652
Araucaria SKITTLE Unpredictable after opening of safety pin (7)
Slow starter and touchy, I'm easily knocked down (7)
23295
23626
Araucaria FOURTH (d) with houses all of a kind, that's us (6,6)
Guardian articles a model among a lot of newspapers? (6,6)
23379
22831
Araucaria THIRDWORLD Thora's pupil in promise to be developed (5,5)
Bronze sphere that's developing (5,5)
25189
25010
Araucaria SERENDIP Finding scene, which is said to include river, bathe! (8)
Return of food without tear from land of lucky finders (8)
22354
25296
Araucaria INCUR Encounter dog’s home (5)
Become liable for dog at home? (5)
25842
22301
Araucaria EDWARD See 23
See 20
Waged war determinedly to show 1 (6)
22850
25974
22715
Araucaria EDDY Little boy doing the rounds? (4)
Circulator to bear losing head (4)
Boy in a whirl (4)
22671
23971
25620
Araucaria BERNARDO Chilean soldier and outlaw controlled rebel uprising with traps (8,8)
Sailors in appropriate guise love opener of 16 (8)
23935
22652
Araucaria EXAMPLE Inconclusive appeal following test case (7)
Model used to be more than enough (7)
23374
24049
Araucaria STARKERS Model in island the Queen's exposed (8)
Such as 2, king and queens with nothing on (8)
23189
24745
Araucaria CHURCH See 22
See 5
23561
24728
Araucaria WIND Success with number is a blow (4)
Go round object of sowing to be 23-ed after … (4)
Take scenic route with blower? (4)
23571
24872
25279
Araucaria SINCERE Something wrong with the wax, it's true (7)
It's wrong to wax without pretence (7)
What's wrong with wax being 2? (7)
Genuine engineers follow later (7)
Genuine error by Wax? (7)
22144
21968
24807
23960
22402
Araucaria STRANGE Athos's clue? Which bearded soldier was 18? (7,5)
How far can the street go with its French counterpart a laughing stock? The answer is really unexpected (7,3,4)
Believe it or not, good guy has scope for container of wine and herb (7,3,4)
24324
22963
24030
Araucaria OFFICE See 21
See 4
See 1
25091
25566
23421
Araucaria LENGTH Margin at which delayed things happen (6)
22777
21697
Araucaria DETHRONE Take top job away from idle fellow in whom is the problem? (8)
Take seat from un­manned aircraft, concealing the problem (8)
25961
25010
Araucaria HAPPENATSEA See 14
See 18 (11)
23649
21822
Araucaria IRENE Name for a dove, perhaps, in dire need (5)
Wrath at hand, in which we get led astray by 9 5?'s "The Woman" (5,5)
Lazy fellow covering Near East turmoil that could have scandalised Bohemia (5,5)
21734
23062
22289
Araucaria HAPLESS Unlucky to lose leader, splashes out (7)
Unfortunate way of spelling "speshal" (7)
25645
25788
Araucaria PLATINUM Quiet language hesitantly described as very precious? (8)
It's valuable whether or not one has money in it (8)
No. 78, fruit in a can? On the contrary, outranking ... (8)
24 down girl, one not feeling capital on getting lost in picture (8,6)
25366
22652
23284
25477
Araucaria DROWN Render (doctor's confession?) inaudible (5)
Doctor to confess - don't let anyone hear! (5)
25711
21841
Araucaria INCOG Fashionable firm appearing finally disguised (5)
Unknown at home with tooth (5)
25458
23212
Araucaria MATTHEW Boy with no glossy cut (7)
Arnold's poem at the worst part (7)
24514
23530
Araucaria DELTA Mouth of the Dee? (5)
Letter to 14 towards the end (5)
Letter at the end of Nile (5)
25711
24235
25620
Araucaria AREA See 13
Region with a reason, without an issue (4)
25805
22253
Araucaria MOVIE Short life in French film? (5)
Little time to struggle in celluloid (5)
22795
23733
Araucaria FORWARD See 1 across
See 17
23487
23949
Araucaria POLO BG version of 10, also with water (4)
The explorer is game (4)
24633
23649
Araucaria UNREADY No scout and (for Anglo-Saxon king) no scholar (7)
Loth to remove party from reactor site and insert number (7)
22306
24137
Araucaria AGARIC Mushroom and some rice on cooker? (6)
A culinary herb, left out, is 1 (6)
Where to cook some rice with mushroom? (6)
22175
22151
21900
Araucaria AREFREE See 24 (7)
See 25 (7)
21960
22659
Araucaria COPPER Not much change being in the force (6)
… then policeman (6)
24371
25561
Araucaria GRAS See 24 (4)
See 16
22722
24490
Araucaria POLECAT Rod, one with extra lashes, a stinker (7)
Rod plus whip — it's a beast (7)
24395
24784
Araucaria OVER See 21 (4)
Capsize vessel that's in full view? (8)
Set aside part of the laws of cricket? (8)
Finished on top(4)
See 13
More work? That's clear to us in more than one case (8)
20's half hidden in the open when there's no sun (8)
22175
24049
25687
22454
23309
24687
24891
Araucaria ANTONYM Friend of Caesar, J., or the opposite (7)
Oppo of Caesar, J., or the opposite (7)
Oppo, perhaps, of Caesar, J? (7)
25645
24717
23470
Araucaria ABOVO With final change on top from the start (2,3)
Originally on top with new end (2,3)
23482
22133
Araucaria GROUND See 24
Earth like coffee? (6)
See 2
24984
23660
22413
Araucaria GUNSHOT Return cosy and glowing from report (7)
0s coming out from 12? (7)
21668
24137
Araucaria HOWARD Housekeeper for Norfolk? (6)
Vulgar query as to difficulty of 14 across, the one who was 18 (6)
25296
25462
Araucaria CHOLESTEROL Trainer retaining Piggott — non-starter — one doesn't want too much of this (11)
Many lousy places, let or otherwise, will affect the blood (11)
24679
24019
Araucaria MOPE Be depressed about arrangement of 12's work (4)
Setter holding piece reaches peak (4)
24567
25326
Araucaria AMMO Live doctor's rounds (4)
A little while after morning rounds (4)
22211
25805
Araucaria GENERAL Far from private (7)
Real time left to the public (7)
23219
22002
Araucaria NATAL Related to one's origin in South Africa (5)
Lana Turner's head turned at birth (5)
25045
22729
Araucaria PICK Choose a burner of papers? (8)
See 21
21637
25253
Araucaria EARDRUM Contributor to the Listener committing a murder (7)
Vibrator committing a murder? (7)
22580
25717
Araucaria KNIGHT Man sees funny thing happen to 15 (6)
Man with title that can't go straight (6)
25366
25117
Araucaria GLIDER Cover in partly foreign aircraft (6)
Italian and German articles in silent flight (6)
25392
22050
Araucaria HOODLUM Rough cover for chimney (7)
Cover for chimney is criminal (7)
23309
22033
Araucaria MALARIA Complaint of girl about US city (7)
Complaint of West Side girl about US city (7)
Complaint of girl about US city (7)
24264
23321
23626
Araucaria SCHEMER Machiavellian German admiral traps Bond's boss (7)
Intriguing fellow at opening of Scottish border to monarch (7)
24324
24097
Araucaria GRASS Provenance of pot found by ordinary people (5,5)
See 20
23589
23241
Araucaria NOTIME As object not subject I appreciate the gift: 1down 2 5 (2,4,4,3,7)
Correction for "take you and I", for example? Pleased with your gift? Get on with it! (2,4,4,3,7)
23362
23746
Araucaria EVENS Fair chance this number's lost its line (5)
Timeless things that happen by chance (5)
Girl at the poles goes fifty-fifty (5)
24514
25291
21894
Araucaria ISHERWOOD One scene in 25 worked with Auden (9)
Writer goes first to the forest (9)
23130
23321
Araucaria MAGICAL Mummy's girl going round in charge of spelling? (7)
Maybe spelled wrong, claim about silver (7)
22282
22081
Araucaria OPEN Confide one's inner feelings to surgery (4,5)
Love to write 20 that's spaced out (4)
Not being tied, fuel producers rake in one less than 9k (4-4)
Start shooting to increase global warning? (4,4)
Profound love holding desire back? I'm amazed! (4-4)
Frank and actors are mine (4-4)
We showed recently that without minimal knowledge work comes to a stop (4,7)
25488
25949
24467
24419
24860
22098
25717
Araucaria BLACKEYED Servant in country going to America with name of flower dear to 17 (5-4,5)
Plant servant in county (Guardian article) (5-4,5)
22257
23074
Araucaria TRAP See 13 (4)
Return of piece to go with 23 (4)
Measure piece the wrong way, making hole in floor? (8)
22246
23487
25380
Araucaria SARAWAK Out of Scotland in small island part of Borneo (7)
Scots out in island in Malaysia (7)
23871
23224
Araucaria DREAMER What's gloomy about me - I can't concentrate (7)
King of America, 3 in song (7)
22015
23261
Araucaria LISLE Man, say, after end of doleful yarn (5)
Yarn from Cornwall is legendary (5)
Yarn from Innisfree? (5)
24490
24998
23445
Araucaria CIRCLE Round part of English game raised the French (6)
Not a straight line (6)
Enchantress gripping student group (6)
23056
23983
24133
Araucaria TRIPLE Breaking into rubbish fifty-three times (6)
Nonsense about 50 x 3 (6)
23983
24924
Araucaria OVERAGAIN Concerned with a profit another time (4,5)
See 22
23482
23182
Araucaria HEGEL Dialectician providing hair fixer for men? (5)
Boy and girl with synthesiser (5)
24567
24784
Araucaria WRITHE Summons man to squirm? (6)
Summons man to squirm (6)
22289
24914
Araucaria HAGGIS Dish eliciting a laugh with half 25 (6)
The man's eating a horse said to be from a sheep (6)
22746
23470
Araucaria WIMP The West Indian politician is a feeble fellow (4)
Feeble specimen of Mayfair politician (4)
22057
22640
Araucaria LUCIFER A match for the devil? (7)
A match for Nick? (7)
Free, they say, provided Queen takes 4 (7)
25597
24582
24796
Araucaria TIMID 8's instincts are to be scared (5)
Shy boy's instincts (5)
24937
24820
Araucaria CHARIOT Vehicle at tea party, a wild one (7)
See 4
See 21
23350
23056
24712
Araucaria ARCHAISM Sort of lamp used by radio operator is included, not as present (8)
Former term for a river on island in the gulf (8)
21864
23206
Araucaria GRASP Great snake suffering 'eat loss - comprehend? (5)
Understand what's good on file (5)
24054
23571
Araucaria GUIDANCE Virtuous winner securing name with help from mentor (8)
Little heraldic Red Indian's first ball, maybe given by a dog (8)
25380
22098
Araucaria BLANKET Cover for audience, dash it! (7)
Speculation about limp could be 18 (7)
25129
23512
Araucaria HOTEL Accommodation in summer on railway? (5)
Accommodation on the danger line? (5)
25853
23649
Araucaria ARTHUR Half year and half day in charge of 15 (6)
Author of the 20 shows skill a little way into 10-er (6,6)
A king for half a day, past and future? (6)
23793
24161
22753
Araucaria ALBATROSS Bird heard in African lake and southern sea (9)
I take 1 across at sea in the Antarctic, under a pound (9)
Bird has a weight at sea (9)
24766
22544
23710
Araucaria MACBETH American subject holds award for play (7)
Decoration held by singular subject of Scottish king (7)
Scottish king with American subject clasping imperial award (7)
Scottish king, an American subject, retaining award (7)
Stake stuck into companion after mother's play(7)
23696
22246
23350
25050
22454
Araucaria BISHOP Man making mistake at work (6)
Encore for dance piece (6)
25366
24860
Araucaria DUKAS Composer unhappy about... about country (5)
Pathetic turn about country composer (5)
22795
23805
Araucaria NATIONAL 1, the race of the race? (8)
See 1 across
24490
24812
Araucaria ICENI Boadicea's part in the Celtic enigma (5)
British on the rocks with Ulster? (5)
23451
22998
Araucaria GENESIS Origin of the Bible (7)
Beginning and seeing off second (7)
21668
25813
Araucaria EMPIRE See 29
See 4
’anging plant leads to anger as a rule (6)
23429
25205
24855
Araucaria JAMPUFF Traffic not moving? Let off steam and it's a piece of cake (3,4)
Prevent broadcasting of advertisement for cake (3,4)
22448
23626
Araucaria SERIF Flourish put on back burners? (5)
Backfires (5)
Flourish backfires (5)
Flourish among the Passeriformes (5)
24007
22008
25633
23254
Araucaria SHEBA Realm of queen who has a degree? (5)
Bachelor girl in touch with Solomon? (5)
25711
25067
Araucaria REEVE Woman pursuing engineer officer (5)
Old magistrate about the day before (5)
24085
25462
Araucaria STATION See 17
Boy restricts comedian to point on 12 (7)
See 17 (7)
24264
25687
23960
Araucaria SEDATE ... on which the home counties are composed (6)
Seated uncomfortably but not inclined to move (6)
23321
25266
Araucaria CONSPIRACY Studies a form of theft which gives ... (10)
Studies theft as 23 to account for misfortune or ... (10)
23638
23805
Araucaria TROPIC Hot line to subject imprisoning 2 or 15 (6)
Hot line? Theme's about right (6)
25366
23935
Araucaria ZINC No. 30 and last, limited? (4)
Last in number 30 in the table (4)
23284
25141
Araucaria GRAVYBROWNING Poet's round against poet, a juicy addition (5,8)
Verse in poet with another saucy addition (5,8)
22216
22974
Araucaria PLAUDIT Putting archbishop in hell gets a cheer (7)
Approval of archbishop being in hell? (7)
25343
21642
Araucaria FANATIC I'm tremendously keen to dissipate fat and I can! (7)
Cooler part of house, say, for extreme enthusiast (7)
23224
25282
Araucaria FISHOUTOFWATER I call the regulator: infer I'm badly placed (4,3,2,5)
Infer one has to cry to utility regulator being unable to breathe (4,3,2,5)
Stranded creature to save from drowning? (4,3,2,5)
22544
25350
24340
Araucaria ALMS A left hand writing for the present (4)
A way for schools to organise money for charity (4)
22057
25152
Araucaria OPRAH Chat show hostess's work gets a cheer (5)
Chat queen's piece gets applause (5)
22133
25894
Araucaria TIME Enemy one can 18 (4)
See 21
See 15
24539
22502
24687
Araucaria THAMES Flower of the morning — there are articles about it (6)
Sam Weller's face doesn't appear with a message (6)
Swine's flesh eaten by group that's sent back flower (6)
See 5
25519
24831
24687
23045
Araucaria TACITUS Roman historian's account suppressed by emperor (7)
"The Quiet American" historian (7)
25597
25164
Araucaria EMMA 11's favourite novel? (4)
Austen's letter to old signaller (4)
Miss halves of 8 and 6 or 22 across 21 (4)
25147
25236
24777
Araucaria STRIKE Hot iron available? Come out! (6)
Come out with second vehicle (6)
22199
24712
Araucaria ENGINE Motor concluding greening process (6)
Boy's ambition to go with Virgin ere end appears? (6-6)
See 2 (6)
25488
21979
22831
Araucaria SAISQUOI See 22 (8)
See 13
21979
25248
Araucaria GOTAT About time Billy was nobbled? (3,2)
… which retains temperature when attacked (3,2)
24660
25597
Araucaria SCHOOL Classes of fish? (6)
See 4
See 11 (6)
24382
22647
22033
Araucaria OPERATIONAL Hospital-wise 3 is go (11)
Begin (don't finish) with reason in working order (11)
24621
25620
Araucaria IMPALA Antelope, a fiend on the wing (6)
Monkey in style of deer (6)
22413
24252
Araucaria SUPREME Best drink with technical unit (7)
Drink with army branch, the greatest (7)
23601
25279
Araucaria PERPETUALMOTION Laureate for ever? It can't be done (9,6)
Peter and Paul upset Andrew? It can't be done (9,6)
22706
22033
Araucaria NEVER Return most of my income? Certainly not! (5)
Half the HP in Arthur's queen (5)
Absolute refusal comes near to defining womankind (5)
22795
24956
24030
Araucaria INCUBUS Nightmare at home with youngster going to America (7)
Burden for young animal breaking in America (7)
24998
25633
Araucaria RAPHAEL A painter's painter finding another a help (7)
... which could be a help to one recently exhibited in the 15 square 4 (7)
22361
23458
Araucaria AMPERSAND Sign for and accept a morning by the beach? (9)
21s topped with additional sign (9)
22199
25022
Araucaria SHERIFF Law officer gives a lady a piece of music (7)
Female figure repeated by authority (7)
21709
23830
Araucaria HAVE Construct a heaven for people who are puzzling to an establishment that keeps them at a little distance and see what's in it for you (4,2,3,2,3,4,6)
See 12 (4)
22841
22192
Araucaria OKAPI Authorisation for a relation ? of the giraffe (5)
Beast took a pill - no charge! (5)
Beast that's comfortable with a relation (5)
22199
22544
23440
Araucaria VERTIGO It makes my head spin before I turn green (7)
I turn green in front of 25's work (7)
24766
25974
Araucaria UNION What bicentenarian fought for hurt foot, not head (5)
Sore toe, not head, at wedding? (5)
24621
22933
Araucaria SLANG Chucked old English manner of speaking (5)
Saintly archbishop, in a manner of speaking (5)
25546
24186
Araucaria CHAPLET Wreath for little fellow? (7)
Wreath for the little man? (7)
Little fellow going ahead (7)
24739
22108
23701
Araucaria SNUG Weapons returned, as is very well fitting (4)
Cosy joining one in 14 (4)
21721
24582
Araucaria LOOFAH A scrubber (John take note) (6)
Clown turning up on a high with a scrubber (6)
22722
22831
Araucaria PLATONIC Half play a note for love? (8)
Mountain climbing, an encouragement for a sort of 24 down (8)
22025
22437
Araucaria KEYHOLE Surgery for the listener? (7)
Surgery that's transparent when unoccupied? (7)
23321
25385
Araucaria WELL , 19 across, 8 Quite satisfied with treacle, according to the Dormouse (4,7)
Healthy source of water (4)
Fit word to start an answer (4)
24133
26427
23397
Araucaria STRIPPER Provocative person canonised criminal Jack(8)
See 8
22390
25205
Araucaria CORMORANT I take 1 across as part of flower or insect (9)
Origin of 17 or insect or bird (9)
22544
25571
Araucaria LOGO Trade mark mathematically undefined (4)
See attempt at trademark (4)
Sign ball after the record (4)
25729
22671
24185
Araucaria ABOMASUM Nearly a lot of money, a 12 to stomach (8)
Stomach a lot that's somewhat hateful at first (8)
Sailor finds worthy folk a lot to stomach (8)
25064
23254
25385
Araucaria MORIARTY Polls with aesthetic tastes opposed to 9 5 (8)
See 17 (8)
23062
22144
Araucaria NOYES The poet can't decide (5)
Can't Alfred make up his mind? (5)
23649
23118
Araucaria SNORKEL King entering sound asleep left for a breather (7)
King going in to be stertorous, having left tube (7)
23470
23249
Araucaria ROSEHIP Fruit to make one quiet after horseplay (7)
Fruit came up before joint (7)
25645
24395
Araucaria CAMPION The flower of detective fiction (7)
See 28
22229
24049
Araucaria SHOULD Finale: work of college cad had Burns' quotation (6,3,12,2,6)
Ought to be quiet when dreadfully loud (6)
22199
23278
Araucaria TIPSTER I can tell you who will win — keep it dark — there's a row about it (7)
Row about missing love letters from financial adviser (7)
24872
24324
Araucaria COXCOMB Foppish fellow to steer horse round mountain (7)
Conceited fool to steer the Crest (7)
24460
25164
Araucaria GARLIC 1 down object, French, with one change of side (6)
Changing sides in French, being in 11 (6)
25571
24855
Araucaria THEFOURTHOFJULY See 1
See 9
23416
23278
Araucaria ELIOT Poet and priest at his location (5)
See 10
25711
21642
Araucaria CINCTURE Generalissimo with true twist of belt (8)
Belt for senior officer? Possibly true (8)
24567
21900
Araucaria YESTERDAY Song of repetitious date (9)
Is the song history? (9)
25147
23241
Araucaria MISCHIEF Writer's black: main road's leading (8)
21, perhaps, top line in Bond's "Who's Who"? (8)
23177
24340
Araucaria COBALT An officer on a horse shows his metal (6)
No. 27, as Latvian to Lithuanian (6)
24655
23284
Araucaria FOUGHT Engaged with reporter's stronghold (6)
Fragile opener should be boxed (6)
22841
25566
Araucaria TROUBLE Time and money, that's what's wrong (7)
Rue bolt being off gun? I can fix it (7-7)
21950
21810
Araucaria BERNSTEIN Composer's important name changed a bit where the rubbish goes (9)
Composer at the end of months playing tennis (9)
23601
22074
Araucaria SEETHING Very angry look at article (8)
Observe article in a very bad temper (8)
24550
23470
Araucaria SAMURAI A wall painting not left in South Island depicting Japanese soldiers (7)
I get a drink when back to fighting Japanese (7)
24660
21642
Araucaria IMITATE Ape - monkey puzzler's one - at the pictures (7)
Copy of setter's first pictures (7)
I am first with pictures to be 25 in 15 (7)
23571
25147
24807
Araucaria ARAMAIC A Catholic, about a month in France, uses a Semitic tongue (7)
Language of a male with a lot of diamonds (7)
21625
23830
Araucaria ONIONSKIN 9's relations reduce the weight of letters (9)
What one should know, like, from paper (9)
22777
23830
Araucaria BLACK Credit given to 24's a disgrace (5)
Illuminated character of 28 (9)
Deficiency in Broad-casting House leads to troubles in 26 (5,5)
Bad mark is creditable and 3 (5)
25913
23769
24550
23261
Araucaria SPLIFF Joint meshing of lips making a lot of noise (6)
Slip out (far from very quietly) of the joint (6)
24674
23505
Araucaria SNOW Show whose twin is shown (4,5)
See 20 (4)
It's at the pole for the moment (4)
Precipitation is, for swine, about the end of it (4)
23995
22108
24784
24687
Araucaria ADDRESS Speak at home to publicise what one is wearing? (7)
Tell us, with skill, where you live (7)
See 22
22795
25492
24621
Araucaria SINGER 19, perhaps, or sewer? (6)
See 21
22020
24496
Araucaria WELSHPOOL Powell's little house built in Powys (9)
POW's hello out of Powys (9)
21936
23470
Araucaria PASSIVESMOKING Risk from others I don't know, with saint a short time on the throne (7,7)
Approve English saint's family entering cat: DIY and it's even more sick-making (7,7)
25129
21841
Araucaria MODEM Numbers (including verses) make a connection (5)
Converter's way with Frenchman? (5)
23130
23074
Araucaria AGGRANDISE Good with gardenias, perhaps? Want to expand? (10)
To enlarge silver and a bit of gold currency is ecstasy (10)
25519
22878
Araucaria CHLORAL Number of singers about fifty (7)
Performed by singers restraining novice with a sedative (7)
22496
23309
Araucaria RIALTO Take one voice in Venice (6)
Bring money from Tehran to appropriate part of Venice (6)
Arabian money given to Italian market (6)
22860
25883
25205
Araucaria ROYAL Rising of the people or of the crown (5)
See 1 down
22133
24395
Araucaria IBSEN Playwright with drug - ditch posh professor and put in saint (5)
Author of 17 and (with model) of "The Railway Children's Return"? (5)
Timeless children's author upset by playwright (5)
24186
24979
25597
Araucaria POPLAR Tree non-U, if non-U (6)
Tree of people without heart(6)
25961
22454
Araucaria GRANDPIANO Impressive, also soft and not upright (5,5)
Thou - quietly - not upright? (5,5)
21864
23567
Araucaria POLONIUS Game, the first in the "Rising Sun", finished behind the arras (8)
Game I found in paperback finished by 16 (8)
22025
22652
Araucaria BEGONE Ask a person to leave (6)
Request single 24 (6)
22850
25889
Araucaria MUG Face of fool? (3)
Passport photograph makes fools dangerous (3,4)
23983
23793
Araucaria EXCLAIM The Old Pretender's call?(7)
Cry over what was staked by former partner (7)
22454
22002
Araucaria HEARTS See 21
See 21 (6)
Suit of a kind?(6)
25331
22253
22611
Araucaria DUGONG Marine mammal moved soil on string (6)
Continued to excavate graves starting at the Mermaid? (6)
22425
22676
Araucaria THEATRICAL Many in the entrances left for the stage (10)
Bicentenarian's end was a century in the first test (10)
23649
24621
Araucaria OSCAR Award for 4x4? (5)
Writer of Alice with words that are extraordinary(5, 5)
Writer taking very great pains to hide being very angry (5,5)
Prize for 4x4? (5)
23482
23638
25022
23995
Araucaria LOGCABIN Supposed origin of president's diary in taxi at home (3,5)
1 down of bicentenarian given gab with his large heart? (3,5)
22689
24621
Araucaria ALLBUT Very nearly a fish if I 'ad replaced plate (3,3)
To be a neighbour is about fifty-fifty - or forty-nine forty-nine? (3,3)
24264
24442
Araucaria REPUBLICANPARTY 15 represent them in the case of landlord at shindig (10,5)
In a theatrical company of aesthetes mine host is an elephant(10,5)
22092
22611
Araucaria IDEAL Best if you cut to me? (5)
I'm a businessman, one hundred per cent! (5)
Just the job, so I give out cards (5)
23615
22074
23362
Araucaria TIGER See 1 down
See 24
25343
23212
Araucaria FAMOUS ... of note: one was a dog, in lieu of a mouse (6)
Boy servant entertaining animal without tail to awaken 2 (6,6)
21828
25765
Araucaria CATER Provide authorised spectator for sovereign? (5)
Provide for pet corgi owner (5)
24991
25902
Araucaria MAYFLOWER Craft on the hawthorn (9)
1 5's craft is quite likely to prosper (9)
21936
22963
Araucaria URBAN Not from the country of original Prohibition (5)
See 11 (5)
25129
22324
Araucaria SUMMER Calculator of number in old part of Iraq (6)
Dumps drugs in me, disguised by lots of berries and bread (6,8)
"___ born great", said Malvolio, the mathematician (6)
Work of 12, the epitomist? (6)
24061
25949
25753
23397
Araucaria UNITED See 29 (6)
Loose with queasy inside needs to be put together (6)
22586
24161
Araucaria MEACHER Minister, female, on setter's account (7)
Politician came out female (7)
22354
23949
Araucaria CAPTAIN Killer keeps fit: 13 was a 1 down 3 one (7)
Killer devouring suitable officer (7)
24054
24991
Araucaria PUNCH Puppet is drunk, which is a blow (5)
Blow that's pleased (5)
22192
23033
Araucaria ONLY Nothing but inversion of French city (4)
See 24 across
25657
25266
Araucaria MILLER Runner, about 50, could use a stone (6)
See 5
21818
24161
Araucaria ATOMIC A cat first with cat's first baby? (6,6)
(and 19) Group heard, I see, between a cat and its 23 (6)
First volume in account of a sort of number (6)
25111
22442
23701
Araucaria UNDO Take back part of the sound of silence (4)
Ruin a French party (4)
Somewhat run-down ruin (4)
25050
21968
21870
Araucaria CATHEDRAL Cardinal ends holding a red hat awkwardly in his seat (9)
Church creature finds cure without physician (9)
Pet (male) to doctor - one left in city building (9)
21991
23219
22187
Araucaria MONDAYCLUB Balcony spattered with mud, but they are far from wet ... (6,4)
Crowd engulfing Lucy and other Tories (6,4)
24567
23577
Araucaria DELINEATE Draw from good food shop undiluted drug (9)
Mark out where to get the best food (unadulterated English) (9)
25326
25717
Araucaria NOMADIC Read up about crazy individual that's unsettled (7)
Roving detectives take a day to turn up (7)
Not still angry? Toss coin about it (7)
22706
23321
22897
Araucaria ANYWHERE New Year, when the scene is immaterial (8)
See 15
22682
24807
Araucaria THIEF In 10 I effectually see a criminal (5)
He will take if the possibility is available (5)
22246
21625
Araucaria TREADING Stationary motion and time study? (8)
Time study requires putting one's foot down (8)
23512
23362
Araucaria TREACLE Tree retaining a classical part, which is sticky (7)
The Dormouse's well content (7)
22998
22897
Araucaria NOSEBAG Montefiore forbidden to give horse its dinner? (7)
Live like this, backing into horse and its food supply (7)
22057
23309
Araucaria DETAIL See 14
Particular stump (6)
21704
22270
Araucaria WILSON Slow in working out predecessor of 15 (6)
See 1 across (6)
25729
22057
Araucaria BULLION Heavy metal shows signs to be telescoped (7)
Two of the 24 merge with valuable mass (7)
Telescoped signs mean big money (7)
22336
25597
24471
Araucaria TREAT Doctor to negotiate for a party (5)
Negotiate for pleasure (5)
23182
22777
Araucaria AGOUTI 12 makes a complaint on island (6)
A soldier keeping out a rodent (6)
25542
25462
Araucaria DAMAGES Consequence of libel "Mum's getting long in the tooth"? (7)
Mother's getting on with award of court (7)
Mother is getting on with legal compensation (7)
23757
23458
25405
Araucaria DIGITAL Fool in face of using fingers (7)
A fool in face of modern technology? (7)
25698
24879
Araucaria BROTHERS See 20 (8)
Soup marks are dispersed at sea by fellow to part of 14 and 19 (8,9)
22490
23847
Araucaria CHILD See 15 (5)
See 27
Robin recently hatched (9)
See 9
Drama of 2 etc is a doddle (6,4)
22092
22442
23710
25205
25740
Araucaria DERBY Game with neighbours at 14 (5)
City matched with neighbour (5)
Hat played against neighbours (5)
24012
25633
22114
Araucaria COLORADO Depression or trouble caused by beetle? (8)
... contains a flower with a beetle on it (8)
22860
22168
Araucaria PLOT Intriguing piece of ground (4)
... power to everyone with a piece of ground (4)
Piece of land that has 21 down lisping (4)
... page number for land (4)
24960
23638
23815
23805
Araucaria TIDAL Ebbing and flowing from Mount Ida lately (5)
The wave that laid much of Mount Ida low (5)
23219
21797
Araucaria OCHRE Remark of Scot about paint (5)
Paint, tedious work led by the heart (5)
Source of colour from Loch Resort (5)
24150
24371
23278
Araucaria RUTH Pity her loss of initial facts (4)
Not like Naomi to be so cruel (8)
25883
23487
Araucaria NOVEL Romance as we've never seen it before (5)
Opposing introduction to Christmas book (5)
24514
24303
Araucaria EQUUS English question American horse (5)
Transatlantic power blocs invest queen with horse (5)
23685
23810
Araucaria THERETO ... maybe sounds like 2, at that (7)
He-otter in trouble, at that (7)
23571
23536
Araucaria DEFECT Change sides, which is a bad thing (6)
Wrong to change sides? (6)
21797
24180
Araucaria LECTERN Hannibal's new desk (7)
Where to read Hannibal's name (7)
In church it's part of the collection, a bird (probably an eagle) (7)
24660
23780
23626
Araucaria SILVER Second half of 18? On the contrary (6)
... No. 47, second (6)
25 pirate (6)
Pirate team gets the beef (10)
Pirate repeated in 2 (6)
… then pirate … (6)
24089
23284
24477
25657
25477
25561
Araucaria HARRY Vex 12 character (5)
21, the young wizard - don't leave him in peace (5)
What cross-country runners do to a boy? (5)
25777
21739
24089
Araucaria RELATION One of the family? That would be telling (8)
Family member telling a story? (8)
22057
25010
Araucaria PAPER Caller holding forward one person less powerful than he looks (5,5)
We used it to 24 across after 12 (5)
25343
24924
Araucaria INTERNATIONAL Test for doctor at first on a line (13)
Test for doctor at island on lake (13)
25777
23607
Araucaria PRINCE 6's Wessex is 11 (6,6,6)
Wessex island? (6,6)
Way to vote in church for top person? (6)
22850
25974
21864
Araucaria ORANGE Ape taking note (6)
Colour known as point-blank? (6)
See 24
24831
21721
25657
Araucaria LIMP Feeble devil chasing his tail (4)
Walk with difficulty needing 10? (4)
22706
25447
Araucaria RINGO Top of range: enter Beatle (5)
Percussionist circles (5)
21668
23212
Araucaria CROCUS American reptile first (6)
Reptile, American, not technically 1 down object (6)
Reptile takes American bulb (6)
24831
25571
23278
Araucaria RATE Value speed? (4)
See 10
23405
24133
Araucaria CADGE Beg that initiator of debt be put in prison (5)
Beg for a degree while in prison? (5)
22336
22081
Araucaria SINK Go down to wash up (4)
Decline to do wrong for money? (4)
24170
23416
Araucaria CAMUS French writer passed, only first out of university (5)
Writer of the century, humorous at first? (5)
25842
22561
Araucaria IVANHOE So I can do the weeding? That's novel (7)
3's house, one with wind indicator outside (7)
23638
22222
Araucaria NAOMI Setter laments rise of Biblical widow (5)
Girl I complain about (5)
One complaint raised by Old Testament character (5)
23038
22766
22402
Araucaria ANABOLIC Relating to a molecular process where love pierces the monster Caliban (8)
Said to be cross about a supporter that's kept in charge of drug (8,7)
22418
22175
Araucaria STREET Where wisdom and credibility are rated by setter? (6)
See 23
(and16) Two ways of surviving in the urban jungle (6)
Setter reset in 15 11 (6)
Setter's funny way (6)
See 1
See 18 (6)
Popular acceptance of disturbed rest — and the rest embarrassed? (6,4)
25542
23062
22418
24699
25753
25213
22222
24712
Araucaria IMPEACH Setter's pretty girl in charge (7)
Charge a monkey per head? (7)
23942
24097
Araucaria MOLEST Interfere with doctor in case (6)
Harry doctor in case (6)
24264
22265
Araucaria ESTELLE Morris — is she from Paris? (7)
Pip's girl - is she from across the water? (7)
25938
22897
Araucaria SUSAN See 11 (5)
See 13
22257
23074
Araucaria ORPEN Some portraits by writer, an artist (5)
Artist — did he use golden ink too? (5)
25458
25571
Araucaria YORICK City, about first century, first to die in 16 (6)
First city's head in city whose head Hamlet held (6)
22652
24855
Araucaria BOTANICAL Such gardens give trouble to Caliban (9)
Sort of gardens unfamiliar to Caliban (9)
24264
22883
Araucaria EROTICA Ear's in, ear out - lovely stuff! (7)
About time symphony was produced as 17's work (7)
22544
23626
Araucaria DEARTH Wanderer from end to end not having enough (6)
Die on land which isn't sufficient (6)
24844
22240
Araucaria BOTTOM Base player playing lover of 16 down 11 in dream (6)
Bed that had a 25 (6)
25805
25106
Araucaria TONGS Gripper to clothe pole with clothes (5)
Clothes without number are a sort of pick-me-up (5)
25711
23530
Araucaria RULING Decision classes? (6)
High class umpire's decision (6)
22277
23660
Araucaria SCARED 5 down can be out of the society minded (6)
Engineer in 5 is frit (6)
24539
25902
Araucaria MATTINS Non-drinker among utility providers giving service (7)
Heat absorber for containers needs service (7)
25645
24193
Araucaria MIMIC Copy number from La Bohème? (5)
Bohemian girl's c-copy (5)
24158
25717
Araucaria ROAD Travelled on boat or horse, say - preferably the latter here (4)
15 11 reportedly went on river (4)
24269
24699
Araucaria CYPRUS Land of mercy, Prussian style (6)
Ancient king keeping page in island (6)
Island of fancy, not cooler part of old German kingdom (6)
24324
25531
24150
Araucaria INDOMITABLE Home - half of it with furniture - that can't be got down (11)
Never to be beaten at home with half home and board (11)
23935
24484
Araucaria RURAL Right old city with others not citified (5)
Right to range in the country (5)
25064
22081
Araucaria THEOSOPHY Religion of the opposition with strange hoops to go through (9)
Blavatsky's boy and girl? (9)
25633
23118
Araucaria EMERALD 26's colour and time would hold me (7)
Topless announcer keeps setter green (7)
22777
24914
Araucaria UNLIKELY Odds against posh cathedral town being on the back burner (8)
Turn oven up at cathedral? I wouldn't bet on it (8)
23278
22659
Araucaria EAGLE Bird doing well at 22 (5)
Top bird, perhaps, not top dog (5)
Good shots to point — will get to 50 in time (5)
25033
24937
24820
Araucaria ROUND Drinking song? (5)
The canon should be shot (5)
24563
23118
Araucaria LOPER See through one making great strides (5)
See 22
21888
24712
Araucaria FALLIN Join the ranks, darling! (4,2,4)
Join the ranks and down may follow (6)
23626
22437
Araucaria AUDIT Check on half the listeners (5)
A rebellion occurs before time to check (5)
22490
25106
Araucaria NICOTIANA Inaction is bad for a plant (9)
Action in a struggle with tobacco (9)
23615
23045
Araucaria TRANCHE In sleepy state, take hot slice (7)
Slice round 14's head during unconsciousness (7)
23074
21996
Araucaria LESOTHO Sign about its first awfully hot country (7)
The French drunkard's house in a country in Africa (7)
Land of the French emperor (7)
24269
22354
23278
Araucaria BRIER Rose, the British Queen (5)
Dairy product, a small river going into a pipe (5)
23696
24030
Araucaria THEOREM There's about zero miles from what can be proved (7)
Those people comprehend nothing about the proposition (7)
24891
24336
Araucaria STAMFORD ..... Lincolnshire town game for 17 players won by 4ac (8,6)
Harold's success at Chelsea the way to early crossings (8,6)
24258
23278
Araucaria CENTRALLY Little money for get-together done without devolution (9)
Little money for meeting at heart (9)
24158
25717
Araucaria EMPEROR Monarch sets up agent in capital (7)
Possible 1 down with Roman instead of Catholic ruler (7)
23601
25805
Araucaria LIBERTY Department store wrecked by half 11 (7)
Free range item cooked by litre (7)
24567
25282
Araucaria PLAIN It's quite obvious you should give level ground urgently to Eisenhower and Co (5,2,1,9)
Homely type of country (5)
Labour starts in suffering reaching climax, when candour is needed (5,8)
25902
22187
24703
Araucaria LOCHNESSMONSTER … maybe to catch Pole during board game battle — Fate and the Queen must cover it (4,4,7)
A hundred and fifty honest sermons? Could be an illusion (4,4,7)
25405
22460
Araucaria NIGER ... from land and water in Africa (5)
One first taken from another country (5)
21810
23499
Araucaria IRON No 26 club? (4)
Club with which to 17 (4)
See 10
See 22
25853
24979
23045
23505
Araucaria LABOUR New is old at work (6)
P before 1 across (6)
25159
24929
Araucaria TELLUS Don't keep us in the dark planet (6)
Don't keep us in the dark: it's Earth (6)
23206
23068
Araucaria LIKE See 26
Similar to or less than 24 down (4)
23362
22437
Araucaria AGANIPPE Silver for a boy, endless fount of inspiration (8)
Take a bite in a love-feast as a fount of inspiration (8)
22448
21894
Araucaria FIELD See 20 (5)
See 9
21900
23241
Araucaria ASHPLANT Stick with scheme to be in funny hats (8)
Never, never split transverse stick (8)
24180
23738
Araucaria LEEDS City is 3, say (5)
Intercity waterway they say guides organ game (5-9)
21715
25633
Araucaria STAY Remain in support (4)
Abide in support (4)
Visit of supporter (4)
25698
24528
22229
Araucaria IDIOT Dot what should be dotted, silly fool (5)
Dictator books fellow to 2 6 (5)
23696
23847
Araucaria LESS See 3
See 21
See 13
23487
22343
23321
Araucaria BOXER 16 with shorts (5)
Dogfight participant? (5)
25698
23153
Araucaria TURNTABLE Re-director of entertainment on board (9)
Pitched battle over container holding record (9)
23710
25106
Araucaria DIVES Rich man goes down rapidly (5)
Rich man takes plunge (5)
25422
24484
Araucaria ONESELF See 9
Feels no grief for nobody else (7)
21654
23536
Araucaria ELEPHANTS Peel off county and church and I would find Kipling's little giant (9,5)
Footballer backing county student enters scolded by character in 25 down 21 (9,5)
22092
25205
Araucaria ACADEMIA Intended to account for a return to the ivory tower? (8)
A rebel's elevated goal, the world of learning (8)
23815
23045
Araucaria KNIFE See 5 down
Some said "an eye for an eye" after 19 (5)
24030
25253
Araucaria HALFMARKS Hard for bald comedian getting as much wrong as right? (4,5)
1 out of 2 and the rest Spencer? (4,5)
23374
23153
Araucaria FLAG Flower to wilt (4)
See 26
23086
21637
Araucaria BEAT See 7
Space patrolled and exhausted? (4)
24539
25435
Araucaria STAMPEDE Being out of step made for an ugly rush (8)
Put foot down hard with energy and mad rush (8)
23793
23397
Araucaria TRIPLEALLIANCE League like 1 across, come to grief with loyal one breaking weapon (6,8)
Journey with trustworthy weapon keeping one in pre-Great War pact (6,8)
21734
22114
Araucaria EASYASPIE Stop snake? That's no problem (4,2,3)
Treatment for payees is a doddle (4,2,3)
23440
25740
Araucaria ANTI Relation may be related on the other side (4)
(and 24) I may be only a theoretical construct, but to the social worker I'm of importance (4)
Bad guy in book hit off when there's a fiddler about (4-4)
24280
22521
25492
Araucaria NOTABIT The whole lot? Far from it (3,1,3)
Nothing or everything, stick up for it! (3,1,3)
23321
23530
Araucaria CLEMATIS Fastening for rope is squeezing top of man's beard (8)
Change of climate's needed for climber (8)
24371
25076
Araucaria DOLPHIN Toy flipper said to belong to 15 down (7)
Aquatic beast ran off from Churchill home (7)
Churchill ran off home with friendly swimmer (7)
24563
23056
23995
Araucaria OUTLINE Sketch of partial rail strike? (7)
Parthian shot in sketch? (7)
24447
25938
Araucaria ELDERLY Getting on with tree at each end of library (7)
... shrub with tips from laboratory getting on (7)
24937
23949
Araucaria TRAFFIC Deal with cars on road (7)
Deal with cars etc (7)
22544
23499
Araucaria ANTE Stake and it is quite slow (4)
See 15
24905
24899
Araucaria ACHE A revolutionary's yearning? (4)
A revolutionary's yearning? (4)
23362
22098
Araucaria CHELSEA Historic port with no success for club (7)
Russian-owned American girl (7)
Clinton's flower show (7)
Provision of much else as well (7)
24258
23086
21691
22586
Araucaria TIGHT One over the eight? A near thing (5)
Only just having one too many? (5)
Too spirited to be miserly? (5)
Drunk, but still tense? (5)
22682
23254
25350
22240
Araucaria SIDE See 10
Incidental information is about pleasure (9)
See 28
25566
24133
25657
Araucaria VIRGINIA State what beast sounds like whose fearfulness has been questioned (8,5)
State what could be a replacement in 10 12 9 11 (8)
25189
23206
Araucaria NOEL Rail travel impossible for boy like 21? (4)
Boy would make cold fish (4)
24019
24122
Araucaria BARRACUDA Lawyers and copper among would-be actors with large 9 (9)
Big fish finds unfinished military quarters for loyalist group (9)
22192
22301
Araucaria IMPLIED The monkey told a porky, it goes without saying (7)
Devil said as expected what wasn't said (7)
22192
23607
Araucaria OPERATIVE Without time to choose I have been working (9)
Worker working on musical show nearly backed another (9)
23062
24679
Araucaria THING See 7 (5)
Object to feeble note (5)
22521
24447
Araucaria CLEOPATRA Queen cat holding one page for the Sun (9)
Send parcel to a needlewoman (9)
25788
24158
Araucaria TREMAIN Novelist has time to stick … (7)
Rose to be an author and stay after time (7)
25571
25492
Araucaria MIDGE Insect from the heart of the earth? (5)
Insect, for example, with faint backing (5)
21797
22746
Araucaria DEVONSHIRECREAM Cornish Eve, flighty in fancy, takes neighbour's product (10.5)
Sickly cheer over loveless Madison County elite? (10,5)
22722
24336
Araucaria CORACLES Many divine voices have little craft (8)
A number of mysterious utterances on boats (8)
22163
25609
Araucaria SNOOKER In Peterborough there's no right for BG (7)
Object of cocker (?) to thwart at the 20 (7)
Gesture deriding the Queen needs six 19s (7)
24633
24161
25253
Araucaria EPIC Like "Gone with the Wind" for the picture industry? (4)
English film, a long one? (4)
21822
24019
Araucaria LENTIL Forty days with a forty-nine pulse (6)
Nearly sick with fast pulse (6)
21822
26427
Araucaria GERANIUM Eastern princess enters tree and flower (8)
Plant split by queen makes another (8)
22270
25076
Araucaria HAIRCUT Musical with bits removed to reduce overheads? (7)
Cover sheltering most of circus was fatal to Samson (7)
23164
22593
Araucaria SKIPPER Boss that's been given rope (7)
Boatman 25 (7)
Person in charge is the one with the rope (7)
24007
26427
25106
Araucaria ICING I celebrate audibly with cake (5)
3 getting cold? (5)
22998
21894
Araucaria ITALIAN Fixer at first backed for the National (7)
Caliph in parliament with lost leader like 11 (7)
22998
25740
Araucaria ELEANOR Cross lady gives English film director the gold (7)
Queen (English) to depend on gold (7)
22998
25788
Araucaria CONUNDRUM Sister, being into fish, takes to drink, which is puzzling (9)
Riddle to study: what does Kofi have to beat? (9)
24753
23685
Araucaria JUPITER It takes a god to injure (badly) hell (7)
Wanderer, former invader, right across the front page (7)
24652
24844
Araucaria WILLIAM Shakespeare's Niamh (who shall be nameless) shakes before 25 26 23 (7,5)
26 for setter between future and present (7)
23086
24467
Araucaria HOWARDSEND 10's work in D? (7,3)
Novel conclusion of 19 10 (7,3)
25417
25172
Araucaria AFRIC Bill keeps a day for the poet's continent (5)
One day short for a hundred: the poet''s continent (5)
22282
21996
Araucaria WORSETHINGS Direction in Sussex town: home guards (Latin, not English) are in Form I - consoling thought (25 11 for example?) (5,6,6,2,3)
Not an utter disaster, but it made an awfully hot saga in the 7 25 (5,6,6,2,3)
23649
21822
Araucaria OWNER He has now upset the Queen (5)
I have finished in Scotland (North included) (5)
One who has a point in divorce centre turning up (5)
21810
24097
23567
Araucaria RACEHORSE Runner careers wildly round house (9)
Transport backed by heroes turning from much backed animal (9)
24844
25894
Araucaria MALADY Is the child-bearing aristocrat a problem? (6)
Boy in the grip of spring fever? (6)
24280
21864
Araucaria TITANIC A huge loss? (7)
Something hit it — an iceberg? (7)
23942
24717
Araucaria ANNA Girl no longer tender? (4)
Girl with little money - and that obsolete (4)
Girl no longer current (4)
24's daughter wasn't worth much (4)
22277
22103
24298
22289
Araucaria WEIRDO Odd bod with dam at party (6)
Funny fellow finds waterfall a tonic (6)
24960
25657
Araucaria STEER Guide on the ranch? (5)
Beast — make sure it goes the right way (5)
23876
24812
Araucaria SOLDIER Sun to depart, right, traditionally without 3 (7)
Joiner grabs first one in the army (7)
Fighting man takes second right, holding magazine (7)
25422
23254
22820
Araucaria REGAIN Get back small change from the Queen in 6 (6)
Recover, say, in wet weather (6)
22850
24979
Araucaria DEADBODY See 12
See 24
23876
24770
Araucaria OVERMY Shroud for setter is 15 24 (4,2,4,4)
Emphatic refusal where I might hope for some mourning (4,2,4,4)
23876
24770
Araucaria LION 5 could be dandy, say (4)
King whose heart was 23's? (4)
23254
22437
Araucaria GREEN Environmentally friendly chap, a runner (5,4)
See 6
Not the building site for Labour's Pauline and Frank (5)
22092
24419
21900
Araucaria ACTION Case for stations? (6)
I enter London suburb in case of battle (6)
24158
24860
Araucaria CHAIN Feature containing a measure of pitch (5)
22's length of pitch (5)
22033
25894
Araucaria PARTY Person privy to celebration (5)
See 9
25172
24150
Araucaria BRONZE British and French XI - and the third? (6)
Relative to the All Blacks, the English followed 24 down and 3 (6)
22033
25477
Araucaria ALLAH Everyone expressed satisfaction with God (5)
Everyone's expression is divine (5)
God gives every satisfaction (5)
25172
22544
21930
Araucaria APERIENT Nothing over water in a favourite laxative (8)
Beast interchanged in opening (8)
24674
24340
Araucaria AGGRO A horse, say, or other cause of trouble (5)
Silver starting to develop problems (5)
25925
22402
Araucaria APPLE Request to be served one of 19 down's just so story? (5-3,5)
Pupil mimic encompassing his ends (5)
25949
24387
Araucaria DAME Pantomime character in Britain and America (4)
See 17
21691
24703
Araucaria VENTRICLE It is in heart when little flow is uttered by cockney (9)
Chamber separating Turkey and Luxembourg in Italian city (9)
25291
23104
Araucaria BULL See 1
2 at the centre (4)
Nonsense letter from buyer (4)
23983
23254
22265
Araucaria SHIFTY Evasive throw, about 12 ins (6)
Evasive throw about 12 inches (6)
24097
25609
Araucaria TANGERINE Spike swallowing wrath, like Lady 15 (9)
Fruit adds characteristic flavour to Ireland - English! (9)
21752
24376
Araucaria VISIT Call number on question of identification (5)
... is it? (5)
Call number — does it exist? (5)
23810
22192
25159
Araucaria BOTTLE Second at the ring brings courage to last year's winner (6-6)
P requires courage (6)
21841
24929
Araucaria OTHELLO Jealous husband to return greeting (7)
Books acknowledgment in 14 (7)
Look both ways to circumvent the tragedy (7)
24872
24582
25925
Araucaria OILLAMP 10 pm and all is shattered by a hurricane (3,4)
Work keeping unhealthy early hours — it's wicked (3,4)
21841
24770
Araucaria DANIEL Ulster church officer gets on in nihilistic movement in 1across 9 (6,7)
18's venerable Ulsterman getting on amid artistic nihilism (6,7)
22740
23068
Araucaria DROPLET One obligated to work for hire gets very small drink (7)
Allow tenancy to lapse — it may be suspended (7)
24872
25435
Araucaria SNOWDROP Not so much cocaine in flower?(8)
Precipitation in flower (8)
22484
23397
Araucaria ENTRAMMEL Put constraints on much of programme during Lent, possibly (9)
Confine mortal men affected with errors instead of omissions (9)
23482
21888
Araucaria SKIN Covering? Having 7 I'm on guard (4)
Footwear named in swindle (4)
25961
24170
Araucaria STONEAGE The theatrical profession includes one from long ago (5,3)
Old-fashioned individual in the theatre (5-3)
21870
22413
Araucaria ATRANDOM Without currency it's a tiny bit anyhow (2,6)
African currency comes in a little bit casually (2,6)
24074
22729
Araucaria UNMARKED Immaculate, which is an advantage on the field (8)
Immaculate, yet to be corrected (8)
21828
23440
Araucaria ENHANCE Improve the wretched English Channel no end (7)
Improve and ruin English Channel, nearly (7)
22045
21642
Araucaria CLEF Split, not junction, as indicator of staff (4)
Sign for staff of muscle formation (4)
23859
23649
Araucaria LOCK See 3
Security letting craft through? (4)
23309
23649
Araucaria METROPOLITANATE Top church job, making tea - optional term (15)
Line at Eastern Church job (15)
23638
25447
Araucaria ATLANTIS Continent, not island, shortly to be put in geography book (8)
Lost land last carved up without objector (8)
21697
25385
Araucaria UNDER A French theologian keeping ceremonial robes attacked by 3 (10)
Foreign articles are not 10 (5)
25279
24049
Araucaria SMITH The common man a forger? (5)
See 25
25417
23086
Araucaria BAND See 1
Report of forbidden group one can 18 (4)
Musicians defining council tax? (4)
24054
24539
24109
Araucaria ALEPPO Drink fizzy pop with port in the Middle East (6)
Syrian port to drink, a form of pop (6)
22289
22437
Araucaria NASAL German as a language has a certain twang (5)
Consonantal sound of North American girl (5)
24174
21870
Araucaria LOST See good guy in hell? (4)
Missing conclusion to 1 down's 4s (4)
25350
25159
Araucaria ROSIE Tea or cider for her? (5)
Say tea with cider? (5)
… around one that drank cider (5)
25645
23130
25571
Araucaria ABANDON A set of players on leave (7)
A veto on academic leave (7)
25913
23140
Araucaria DALE See 2
See 10
24784
22729
Araucaria CATBIRD (Predator and) prey, pack member, snatching bit off (7)
Flier, predator and prey get punishment - time in prison (7)
24455
23086
Araucaria COASTLINE Tails twisted in marker between land and sea (9)
Incline to install oven at Land's End? (9)
25458
23212
Araucaria SUGAR Term of endearment sets back newspaper (American) (5)
Term of endearment for drug money (5)
24145
21894
Araucaria DEMON The spirit of my version (5)
Devil opening the show (5)
24753
25938
Araucaria WHIP See 10
Sweet punishment (4)
24603
23206
Araucaria INTERN Doctor's American — don't let him out (6)
Doctor put in camp? (6)
24717
22753
Araucaria EPITOMISE Eastern promise — it replaces the right to sum up (9)
To sum up, English boy is into food (9)
25462
24030
Araucaria NEITHER No sense in it? No, none: her merry heart is broken (7,5,3,6)
Exclusion of alternatives for those who have done it here (7)
22282
24514
Araucaria ASSUME Fool both of us? Suppose (6)
Both of us fools? Take it as read (6)
24807
23626
Araucaria ANGERLY Ancient cross featuring heavenly being's shortened lines (7)
German student in any case has a bad-tempered old style (7)
23224
23971
Araucaria PRESIDE Take chair at piano and stay there? (7)
Take chair before team? (7)
24460
22253
Araucaria BALACLAVA 22 hood in lake (cold) and stream (hot) (9)
Lake has more or less volcanic effect on headgear (9)
Battle overhead? (9)
22640
23847
22460
Araucaria LOTTO Painter's house (5)
Venetian painter's 21 (5)
23254
23445
Araucaria PARSIFAL Zoroastrian flower in opera (8)
12's friend's holding is far off (8)
24298
24496
Araucaria STRIDENT Shrill in complaining of southern weapon (8)
Making a 7, start to scrap missile (8)
22092
23738
Araucaria STELLA A girl to confess being inside it (6)
Intelligent woman at long last a minister, as missing out (6,9)
22715
23746
Araucaria DEATHCAP The black one on the judge? It's 1 (5,3)
Toadstool for hanging judge? (5,3)
22151
24848
Araucaria NIAGARA Falls once more, rising with the sun (7)
A painter gets a profit that rises and falls (7)
Falls back once more on painter (7)
24395
22586
21930
Araucaria PLAY Commit suicide - be Plautus' Asinus, unlike Macbeth(4,3,5,4)
Fork out about a quid for the show (4)
See 24 down
Perform words and music of song on piano (4)
See 1 across and 22
22366
23530
25266
23738
22933
Araucaria ROWAN Horse eating a quarter of a tree (5)
Producer of red berries from Lambeth? (5)
23964
22922
Araucaria NASIK City of moment in religion, as I know well (5)
When a Sikh has an honoured place among Hindus (5)
23964
22659
Araucaria GATE Entrance money, 1 down for 2? (4)
Scandalous conclusion to entry (4)
24905
25477
Araucaria WHITE Colour of the man's suit, a success in the Guardian(5)
See 20
22611
23995
Araucaria OBBLIGATO Piece of music unsuitable as voluntary? (9)
Accompaniment for Bilbo struggling with wild goat(9)
24905
22484
Araucaria THROW Disconcerting way to produce pottery? (5)
Cast hasn't finished the quarrel (5)
22336
21668
Araucaria CYMBELINE King of Wales, abandoning rugby, on direct path that's pointless (9)
Play with my number backed by live queue (9)
25201
24336
Araucaria HALF See 3
See 3
21654
25312
Araucaria ADAMBEDE Novel lodging kept by a lady (4,4)
18's first lady outside the border (4,4)
24235
23068
Araucaria HOODOO Sounds that act as jinx (6)
Jinx on poet with rings (6)
24351
22216
Araucaria ALALIA Function of traditional alias is bar to communication (6)
It leaves airline in speechless state (6)
24351
25326
Araucaria SACKBUT Bottomless wine cask for old musician (7)
Almost 108 gallons of sherry in old brass (7)
Get rid of qualification formerly in the wind (7)
21654
21810
22897
Araucaria EQUIP Provide point to joke (5)
Provide English joke (5)
22045
21841
Araucaria MANIC Chap in charge is wild (5)
Chap in charge of Meryl keeping time with arrivals in group (5,6,9)
24784
22974
Araucaria COMPEER Olympian hiding what he was, the Queen being his equal? (7)
Arrival includes physical education by an equal (7)
Fellow politician always fellow? (7)
25805
21991
23882
Araucaria CASHMERE Feast for moths about tree and water (8)
Money only wool? (8)
24170
23660
Araucaria NARROWBOAT Canal dweller, not broad in the 23 (6,4)
Craft book about means of shooting snake (10)
22229
24812
Araucaria LARAMIE Story about a sheep in a Western town (7)
Western town's story about a beast (7)
21691
24848
Araucaria RESUME Start again from the River Meuse(6)
Continue with employer turning to setter (6)
22454
24161
Araucaria EUSTON American in school in London (6)
From which to take us to Nuneaton? (6)
24879
22216
Araucaria NITROGEN Most of our air needs re-toning (8)
No. 7, otherwise 9, taking in opening for cave-dweller (8)
21715
23284
Araucaria NURTURED Brought up by unexpected U-turn at sign of danger (8)
Turn out a posh left-winger by upbringing? (8)
21637
22265
Araucaria ASPEN Shaker when writer? (5)
Tree, like bird, may be on the river (5)
25045
21860
Araucaria LIEF Preferably ... speak truth piano? (4)
Faith be dismissed, gladly (4)
23327
26427
Araucaria JOHN Scots sweethearts surrounding wrong half of Greenham right after most of 21 (4,5)
27 finish with blunder in English type (4,4)
25729
23983
Araucaria STANDARD Ordinary sort of lamp (8)
Flag for 24 across, maybe, also in commendation end to end (8)
The usual flag (8)
The measure for a flag? (8)
Person that's 'oly and tough going to flag? (8)
22257
25883
22442
23815
23295
Araucaria NAIRN Scottish town, the Irish being held by Granny (5)
North wind on north Scots town (5)
Tune named after northern Scottish town (5)
21739
25813
25620
Araucaria ARTIST Creator of 17 with nasal defects? (6)
When he turns up, it's a model he needs (6)
22020
22257
Araucaria BERIBERI Fruit repeatedly said to cause disease (8)
Report of a couple of fruits producing disease (8)
25366
23512
Araucaria LUCRECE Rape victim gives money to church (7)
She was raped and the money went to the church (7)
25633
21841
Araucaria STATEOFTHEUNION Message sent to feast over 16 (if not 20) (5,2,3,5)
Fountain tee shot smashed, in the President's words (5,2,3,5)
23056
24879
Araucaria LINGUAL Some Irish fliers with others connected with the tongue (7)
A gull in trouble about speech (7)
24998
23964
Araucaria REFRAIN Hold back the chorus (7)
Don't sing the chorus (7)
22544
21996
Araucaria DEUCE Nick 2 (5)
Two for the old one (5)
24796
22045
Araucaria TREVISO Three seen in Italian city (7)
Italian city with fountain like this (7)
24796
23249
Araucaria FLANERIE Swanning around for something to eat on lake (8)
Dawdling with tart by lake (8)
23517
24019
Araucaria SPLIT Having no children touched off divorce (5)
To separate, cut outside page (5)
24937
24991
Araucaria OSTRICH Initially operate sand to receive invisible creature's head (7)
Most of Austria's self-styled bird (7)
21991
25477
Araucaria EVENT East wind across the water, as it happens (5)
Point to hole in Rumsfeld's stuff? (5)
English getting flu, say? It happens (5)
25152
23710
23130
Araucaria TURN See 10
See 24
24049
24336
Araucaria WATERLOO *Crapper's invention (according to the myth) (8)
Final defeat with game crossing the Thames (8,6)
WWC, the final defeat (8)
25213
25435
23033
Araucaria ODEUM Poem dubious for Roman theatre? (5)
I leave French deity among worthies in Roman theatre (5)
24346
23224
Araucaria CANAPE Nibble has primate power? (6)
Snack has copyright? (6)
23421
25266
Araucaria GRIMM Speaker's forbidding writers of tales (5)
Forbidding many brothers that told tales (5)
24563
22460
Araucaria WHICH Spellbinder's report for magazine (5)
1 25 11 incontrovertible, magazine diarist having sweets at hand, reportedly (5,6,3,4)
23421
23295
Araucaria SKIER Highball on a slope? (5)
One going up in the air or along the snow (5)
23273
24376
Araucaria NEWS Every 22 across 21 across has broken 3 like us (10)
Points for 25 when international (4)
Press (the Queen's) after all points to soft food (10)
25279
25883
21822
Araucaria AGENTS See 25 (6)
Reps need a loo (6)
22831
24621
Araucaria TRIP Journey before the fall (4)
Prelapsarian journey? (4)
21691
24848
Araucaria TINCAN Money has power and it preserves (3,3)
One or two containers for South American in Tennessee (3,3)
22033
24844
Araucaria YOBBO Bad boy may develop into booby (5)
"Greetings, Blair!" (Bush) (leaders love layabout) (5)
24998
24395
Araucaria NORTHERN Throne rocked by ships of the line (8)
Air display (and not the Navy's) with pet food (8,6)
23983
25817
Araucaria EARACHE Eastern spider (not northern) causes trouble for the listener (7)
A problem for the listener, right one in every point (7)
Eastern spider (not northern) causes problem with organ (7)
21648
22033
24447
Araucaria VICTORIANA 19th century effects not applicable on line (10)
Turn round a tune, following 6th century to 19th century stuff (10)
23983
24351
Araucaria LISTERIA Inclination to reverse Yorkshire river with bacterial infection (8)
Table where Yorkshire river rises poisons food (8)
23983
22366
Araucaria STARRY Wait under a second with the eyes of an optimist (6)
Second wait for optimist's eyes (6)
Second to wait? It's like heaven (6)
22216
23660
23738
Araucaria JUBILEE Line of blue I detected during my translation (7)
Line every 50 years? (7)
23983
25447
Araucaria EARLYBIRD Journalist holding new library responsible for lark (5,4)
Aristocratic girl, possibly, should get 8 (5,4)
22442
22270
Araucaria STEP Slight progress — bird all gone by Boxing Day commemoration (4)
Old connection paid into source of power and energy (8)
25566
24703
Araucaria CABALLERO Gentleman's vehicle has everything — nothing fails to start (9)
Spanish gentleman takes taxi to go round in France (9)
Horsey gent caught having a good time with Love unfinished (9)
24784
23810
25925
Araucaria HAIKU Poem elevated characters one after another read aloud (5)
Exalted line of people recited poem (5)
24089
22490
Araucaria KIRBYGRIP For overhead security the king and I take the limits of Barnaby and his raven(5,4)
Clip from "The Sound of the Dog" by Raven (5,4)
22502
23033
Araucaria INSIGHT Visible intelligence (7)
Understanding isn't over the horizon (7)
24387
25350
Araucaria RICHARDSON See 21
See 26
25050
24667
Araucaria ELINOR Sense personified by 5 turning to gold (6)
… her sister's flower is coming up gold (6)
25296
24860
Araucaria STUMM Not talking German must upset Monsieur (5)
Quiet inside with sergeant major outside (5)
22993
25291
Araucaria HASTE Lose no time from 25 15 (5)
Coming in with a steady speed (5)
22746
23295
Araucaria AFRICAN Picture of 4 20 without 1 down 23 down of Balkis? (7,5)
Demon gripping Clive on a bender with indoor plant (7,6)
23871
25266
Araucaria FOOL Sweet companion of 15 in 14 (4)
See 21
See 18
Sweet and silly? (4)
24582
24351
22366
21642
Araucaria LASER In a cathedral a service requires concentration (5)
Amplifier to help retail a service (5)
Cooked meal with a Slav interrupting concentration (5,4)
In general a service requires concentration (5)
25422
22676
22229
22998
Araucaria BRISTOL This foal is born disorderly becoming orderly(7, 7)
City of fashion (7)
23638
25633
Araucaria OPUS Address to cat in sound work (4)
Address to Manx cat by 8 across 1s, maybe (4)
Musical work for piano in part of 10 (4)
Piece soup? (4)
Piece of round matter (4)
25152
22715
22490
22766
21996
Araucaria GIGLI Musical engagement with first line a former tenor (5)
£1 for one performance by tenor (5)
25147
22081
Araucaria MELANCHOLY *Fruit for dog, say (10)
What is 6? 2 says "fruit and veg" (10,6)
Brave officer retaining vigour has blessed a 10 (26)'s subject (10)
22706
25296
23577
Araucaria LOSETRACK Security without tears, possibly - fail to follow (4,5)
Be unable to find what the railways did after Beeching (4,5)
22133
23499
Araucaria ATHENS City as spelt? (6)
How row starts on keyboard (6)
24699
24603
Araucaria SLEEPY Nodding to agent general inside (6)
Agent holding general is likely to go off (6)
24984
24137
Araucaria ENTER Woodworker deprived of fish to go through ... (5)
Welcome command to do computing? (5)
23219
25067
Araucaria CON See 13
,13 Read subject that causes universal cowardice? (10)
23987
24133
Araucaria EASY Stop rowing on the street (4)
Breaking solvers' back, like, is no problem! (4)
How to stand on a chair? No problem (4)
25974
21625
22098
Araucaria HODGE Patricia who plays Johnson's cat (5)
1 4's pet pig swallowing first of drugs, ecstasy (5)
22114
25201
Araucaria METRO Railway served by Scots police? (5)
Underground police take terrorist's part (5)
23350
22561
Araucaria HARBOUR Support back in time for port (7)
Shelter in shady spot after end of March (7)
Shelter from heat starting with shady area in garden (7)
24471
25925
22521
Araucaria SCRUMMY Forwards to setter's - it's delicious (7)
Part of 9 setter's is delicious (7)
22151
25492
Araucaria LOITER Hang about to see the Queen of Italy? (6)
Circle in American measure: one can do it with intent (6)
25842
24582
Araucaria WINDOWS Acquire note with points that could be 18 (7)
They shed light on computing frames (7)
23512
25925
Araucaria GUITAR Sailor following some guidance could be 18 (6)
Instrument protector nearly keeping it (6)
23512
23876
Araucaria LUSITANIA Girl heard by another in Portugal, maybe (9)
One girl heard with another in Roman province (9)
22580
22777
Araucaria ORANGES Nothing extends from Lady 15's big brothers (7)
General stationery on fourth floor, with book not necessarily incompatible with 4 (7,3,3,3,4,5)
21752
23530
Araucaria ANDANTE An Italian writer in no hurry (7)
Not so fast with stake (7)
21810
22974
Araucaria WYCHELM Tree's parts in Restoration dramatist's film (4-3)
Why heartless half of Essex town formed a tree (4,3)
22998
25405
Araucaria DRESSER Welsh contribution to theatre? (7)
Sideboard behind the scenes? (7)
24186
24652
Araucaria BATHE Night flier, male, to take to the water (5)
Creature of air (male) to take to water (5)
Robin's partner, perhaps, to have a dip (5)
21810
25067
23212
Araucaria GERSHWIN Musician to spread her wings? (8)
Composer of swing with her composition (8)
25753
25889
Araucaria PERCH Fish for birds (5)
Fish for bird (5)
22139
23321
Araucaria SOHO Like this little house in London? (4)
Like this house around Greek Street? (4)
22168
24170
Araucaria REENGAGE Give back the job of pollarding the fruit tree? (2-6)
Summer fruit doesn't start to take on again (2-6)
21900
23206
Araucaria OLDACQUAINTANCE Ken (not the present one) appears odd during change of name with accolade (3,12)
See 1
Cancel a do strangely retaining odd bit of finale which is forgettable (3,12)
Revival of Cantona clique with little advertisement: he goes back a long way (3,12)
22706
22199
22033
23470
Araucaria JOURNEY See 2
Container of tea drunk by kangaroo on its way? (7)
23523
25201
Araucaria MOURNING 12 9's 3s 4: the Guardian's name's in China (8)
The Guardian's name in China is black (8)
23523
23284
Araucaria CHICKWEED Plant smart sum of money on Guardianeditor (9)
Little bird with little daughter on my lawn (9)
24728
22490
Araucaria NATURAL Wild and sure to succeed, as you would expect (7)
Obvious choice for bicentenarian as to the 1 down of 5 across (7,9)
23219
24621
Araucaria DIAL Betted, backing out-of-form steeplechaser up from Hitchcock film (4,1,3,6)
Face erratic form by returning legendary horse in 25's work (4,1,3,6)
21637
25974
Araucaria HOMER Pigeon for writer of 20 (5)
Poet to take one back? (5)
25236
22216
Araucaria REIGN Start to light again as a rule (5)
Sound of waterfall as a rule ... (5)
Be king of Niger? (5)
24728
21810
22777
Araucaria REMAINDER Note without a rest (9)
Rest of article put in souvenir (9)
24728
23987
Araucaria PERSONANONGRATA I'm not welcomed by a nameless child at a 20 centre first (7,3,5)
Deserter, first following through (unnamed) in vocal work, is unacceptable (7,3,5)
23487
23045
Araucaria EATS Food, eggs and toasted sandwiches (starters) (4)
Makes 'ot food (4)
24484
22057
Araucaria RETREAT Give another party and retire (7)
Have another party in a quiet spot (7)
21797
23793
Araucaria NANNY Goat's name to be aggravating without love (5)
Grandma pregnant? She must be kidding! (5)
25675
21960
Araucaria WINCE Show pain when caught in drink (5)
Success for church to exhibit pain (5)
24193
24998
Araucaria LOCARNO See what's on licence plate in place of pact (7)
See what should be on plate by agreement (7)
24193
25189
Araucaria SPEAR Weapon used by the Mint? (5)
Weapon for society over fruit (5)
22682
25152
Araucaria CAPRI Island from one of the 24 … (5)
Island with corn for a 4 (5)
25597
24133
Araucaria BRIDGE See 24
See 7
See 12 (6)
See 11 (6)
See 18
See 18
See 12
24258
23140
22168
21991
25213
25435
23278
Araucaria NATASHA Russian girl with some facial hair in North America (7)
Alas! the devil's returned to take our idol — cruel's the incursion (7,10)
21810
24667
Araucaria SEVERELY Trust Ballesteros as to how he may be handicapped?(8)
Cut little city very hard (8)
22647
22289
Araucaria ROAST Right oven for joint? (5)
Right oven? Cook in it (5)
24563
22343
Araucaria CASH 16 when in church (4)
Cents and shillings have forerunners (4)
24979
24137
Araucaria JOHNGILPIN 5 across of 5 down may be nigh during ragtime man's change of heart (4,6)
Famous trustworthy Londoner joining Phil? I must not be there, confound it (4,6)
24054
22974
Araucaria BIBLE Peevishness about book? That's a good one (5)
See 6
24979
25152
Araucaria VALENTINE Veronese gentleman's girlfriend? (9)
Shakespearean promoter of love first transferred into plant (9)
24699
23589
Araucaria TEMPTER Disposition restricting time of siren (7)
Devil, cross, in a rage (7)
22229
22114
Araucaria ETHIOP Possibly the first work of the man from Addis (6)
Call, in poet's translation, for one with jewelled ear (6)
24298
22050
Araucaria MASK Disguise for monarch after end of season? (4)
Man's first question: what to put on one's face? (4)
23379
22883
Araucaria AINTREE One among the leaves, of course (7)
One in 2 or 20, of course (7)
24012
22922
Araucaria FLOWER Spooner's rain to form river at 17? (6,4)
See 18
24258
25296
Araucaria DELIGHT Pleasure obtained from French fast mover (7)
Source of good food at good height gives pleasure (7)
23038
23458
Araucaria LINCOLN 15 president left depression in pub (7)
City shot in the theatre (7)
23219
25633
Araucaria FIRE Sack to do with 13 (4)
Sack to go with 17 (4)
Sack could be 18 (4)
See 6
See 2
Elemental spirit? (4)
22430
24979
23512
23995
24419
22050
Araucaria SUBJECT Theme that has to be mastered (7)
Inferior theme (7)
22496
25687
Araucaria PLANT Faked evidence of factory growth (5)
Growing buildings (5)
24820
23710
Araucaria WINTER ... Westbury, 24 and 25 (6)
25's of our 22 begins what Bosworth ended (6)
Direction to bury a mate in play (7,4)
24061
21968
22074
Araucaria MERINGUE See 11
Sugary affair heard to come back after being booed? (8)
25949
22831
Araucaria KICK Excitement to be fatal with 18 (4)
Cast aside excitement involved with the girl astride a horse (said right?) (4,4,3,4,5)
25866
23241
Araucaria RUPERT Prince gets by when in the groove (6)
Rugby forward, namesake of 10 and half of 1 (6)
25961
25883
Araucaria SATISFIED Day is provided when retiring editor has had enough (9)
Much of day is left, leaving remaining horses happy (9)
24937
23987
Araucaria AUTONOMY Gold award for actors maintaining order and freedom (8)
Freedom encourages my aunt to keep ducks (8)
Car number of setter, usually less than the day of 24 (8)
22676
25266
23278
Araucaria NABOB Name for what (or two) he has? (5)
Plutocrat puts sodium on old coin (5)
Magnate died after kidnap (5)
22963
22306
23949
Araucaria PROUD Sticking out for what 8 was said to be (5)
Reminder about upper class being haughty (5)
21797
23505
Araucaria TANGO ... are necessary to make effect of sun disappear (5)
Sunburn dispenser? It takes 2 (5)
24310
22448
Araucaria WITCH One of three which can be heard in 20 (5)
Astringent vapour: a number follows with about twice as many (5,5)
23696
23273
Araucaria OFLAG Prisoner's camp (5)
POW camp with prisoners' regulator? (5)
24085
22715
Araucaria CLAPHAM ... or on the American lady writer in German house, after applause (7)
Applaud bad actor at junction (7)
22139
25405
Araucaria MADAME Be mother twice over: nothing to change in 14's work (6,6)
French lady's psyche seriously disturbed? (6)
24777
24419
Araucaria LAMEDOG Delay about building of Dome - help needed with stile (4,3)
Halt, friend, at stile? (4,3)
21668
22580
Araucaria EXILE Send away footballer who won't start without his team (5)
One left in river, not in the country (5)
23536
22640
Araucaria METHOUGHT Duty on a lot of spirits? That was my idea (9)
Heroin substitute should be, in my view (9)
21668
24891
Araucaria STAB Attempt crazy rising (4)
Attempt at crazy return (4)
22448
24914
Araucaria MERCANTILE Trading company leader opposed to be eaten by blackbird (10)
Seamen worry airmen twice with energy and tender loving care (10,6)
24490
23321
Araucaria GALLERY Extended passage of river in boat ... (7)
See 27
Take in cookhouse on the top floor (7)
24490
23212
23458
Araucaria DIDO Wasn't a performer in "The African Queen" (4)
Wasn't a performer in "The African Queen" (4)
23201
24770
Araucaria RIDER Jury's comment on horse (5)
Additional comment being carried (5)
25675
25925
Araucaria WORDSMITH Skilled writer with writing on doctor's round up for inclusion (9)
Writer sadly dims in value (9)
23201
21668
Araucaria SHEAR There's a war raging - I'm taking flight overseas (10)
Cut the end off 1 across to take 1 across (5)
23201
22544
Araucaria EDITOR Organ manager in credit, organically (6)
You need to ride craftily to manage a title (6)
25519
23068
Araucaria TEETH See 1
Committee that has effective powers (5)
23033
23830
Araucaria TYPEWRITE Use keys for 40, not for seat in church liturgy (9)
Use keyboard, well worn, to conceal unknown seat (9)
23201
24471
Araucaria SPARTACUS Pole to split bill with American gladiator (9)
Persian ruler's return embraces copper as gladiator (9)
23685
25067
Araucaria THEBEST Ancient city time insufficient, I'm afraid, among single characters at liberty: we purchase only seconds (3,4,6,2,4,3,4)
Old city races hinge around wrongdoing by learner, I'm afraid, not being detained: love, for example, is nothing (3,4,6,2,4,3,4)
21960
22659
Araucaria GLEANER Enlarge possibility for Ruth? (7)
Collector of string less bulky? (7)
Refuse collector, one dependent on string? (7)
23140
23224
22033
Araucaria THUS 1 wanting poetical goddess like this (4)
How do you put something between gold and myrrh? (4)
Shut out in consequence (4)
Holy smoke, as demonstrated (4)
Time for Protestant to use incense? (4)
24258
22057
23177
23451
24145
Araucaria PUNT Boat once current across the water (4)
Old currency gamble? (4)
22671
25938
Araucaria OPTICAL Work to amuse the audience could be an illusion (7)
Visual movement in a stone (7)
21960
25717
Araucaria LEARNER One that won't stand up is about right with a plate (7)
Student making a bob or twenty? (7)
22795
23949
Araucaria LORDS House of cricket (5)
House hosting game in 14 (5)
House for 11, say (5)
24728
25213
23499
Araucaria ACADEMY A rebel at the setter's school (7)
A rebel setter's 13 body for the new ... (7)
24085
24395
Araucaria ONEGIN Unity of spirit in opera? (6)
Tchaikovsky hero's individual spirit (6)
23983
22050
Araucaria REDHEAD R for Rebekah (7)
Revolutionary leader called Ginger? (7)
25422
24455
Araucaria HAMLET Climbing tree to break cover in village play (6)
Village drama society's production? (6)
22652
25296
Araucaria BRANDY See 1
Spirit before 4 for Christmas pudding (6)
One of 24 comes by restricting currency (6)
24592
25117
25765
Araucaria BARRIE Playwright provides endless fence (6)
Playwright's half 2 in cheese (6)
Wall to speak directly to 10 5 down 21 (6,6)
23201
22253
25817
Araucaria WILDE See 23
See 10
23638
25022
Araucaria BIRD Girl doing time (4)
Walk in town to bone up on direct current period (4)
23362
23805
Araucaria BREAKFAST See 5
See 28
25853
24984
Araucaria RESURRECTIONMAN Hare or 28 on Easter Island? (12,3)
Burke's non-U crime: arrest will result (12,3)
21648
24447
Araucaria AFRICA Where 1s are having a day on call in Scotland (6)
A large part of a saucy dish 20 (6)
22746
25380
Araucaria REBECCA Old instrument to call Scots girl (7)
Riotous work of 25 (7)
Fiddle of old with notes by 11 West (7)
25645
25974
21691
Araucaria CLOSET Near time to be outed from it? (6)
Concealed cupboard (6)
22257
21930
Araucaria SEVEN Dancing dervishes never refer to boss - NB musical (5,6,3,5,8)
(5)
See 16
22490
23607
23505
Araucaria BUSHBABY Primate's presidential project? (4-4)
Primate attaining high degree in military headgear (4-4)
22257
21888
Araucaria YAHOOS Consent of some whose reports show barbarians (6)
Swift men, apparently got up thus, love horses' food (6)
25236
23284
Araucaria FORDMADOXFORD Brown painter's passage with writer (4,5,4)
Writer of passages about wild bull (4,5,4)
22008
23876
Araucaria UNDUE Too much not owed? (5)
Too much to be paid to international body? (5)
25291
22002
Araucaria LILACTIME Old musical student at start of play in Liverpool street (5,4)
Show with little reduced first part for setter (5,4)
25201
25571
Araucaria MORALE … which infuses me with confidence (6)
24 from 12 and 18 translated their mental state (6)
25531
25597
Araucaria TONGUE Speaker for tonight on guest list (6)
Speaker out of orbit on guest night (6)
25542
25883
Araucaria SCAM No relation to shellfish: it's a trick (4)
Counters Cameron's trick (4)
Retired Scotsman's trick (4)
22168
24667
24336
Araucaria SHOE Love in the female is down to earth (4)
Pump, maybe, to disperse, say (4)
Say "Go away!" at end of brake (4)
23379
21864
22343
Araucaria ATFIRST (a) - an Irishman's craving for drink, hugging female (2,5)
Initially an abstainer going round trees (2,5)
23379
24770
Araucaria ESTATE See 24
A lot of houses and a car (6)
Terrible tease at first part of 3 concerned with 15 (6)
23379
24235
22831
Araucaria NIPPY Quick at low temperature (5)
Pungent but not hot (5)
24753
24699
Araucaria HARE Playwright could be 18 (4)
See 12
23512
22454
Araucaria BLUE Suffering from depression maybe acquired at BG (4)
See 15
Athletic distinction could be 18 (4)
See 14 across
Mule out of control in the present unusual time (4,4)
See 12 (4)
Spend spend spend, Tory fashion (4)
See 19
24633
21637
23512
25152
23983
22509
22265
24745
Araucaria AMORAL It's commonly wrong in a telegram or a letter (6)
Scent sent back by student without scruples? (6)
24074
24777
Araucaria MEGABYTE A lot of memories? Some of them get by in 21 (8)
Entry secured by following setter's computer space (8)
22199
24252
Araucaria YEARN Long time no start (5)
Long time before 6 (5)
24387
24812
Araucaria OTHO Emperor of pothooks (4)
Emperor with foothold out of crease (4)
23935
25253
Araucaria BIRMINGHAM Backbone needed by Campbell, an amateur in the city (10)
City sends meat on the bone back to Campbell (10)
23935
24089
Araucaria FAMOUSLASTWORDS More light, say, for old madrigals about tailless beast on two roads (6,4,5)
"The rest is silence" (rather than 1 9 5 26) with lads - four was most, possibly(6,4,5)
24563
22366
Araucaria IMBER Wood doesn't start in deserted village (5)
Wood pollarded in 6(5)
24739
22454
Araucaria LEACH See 16
Potter to lose water? (5)
21739
24471
Araucaria DISGUISE See 11 (8)
It's hell, chaps, do you hear? Pretend you're someone else (8)
22025
22168
Araucaria DESTROY Eliminate your lot with exchange of constituents of iron (7)
I leave old date for old city ruin (7)
25645
23567
Araucaria FROWARD Unreasonable French cockney 8? (7)
Perverse dispute in distant day (7)
23086
23499
Araucaria SEAT Constituency maybe following 18 in transport (4)
How one is on a horse determines the throne (4)
25866
24679
Araucaria BAGATELLE BG of no importance (9)
Has she got French luggage? Nothing worth mentioning (9)
24633
23033
Araucaria APARTMENT Separate people after a time in the living room (9)
Semi-human beings entering at home (9)
24085
22586
Araucaria ERNEST Queen's houseboy? (6)
Bird on street of consequence for 10 11 (6)
25111
25022
Araucaria COUGAR 15 made of 25, 26 and 27 (6)
Carnivore in the middle of thought in its head (6)
25561
23397
Araucaria AVENGER Fury in Bremerhaven, Germany (7)
Fury makes us make a statement about some people (7)
22002
25788
Araucaria BRITAIN Educated girl in place of rubbish here (7)
Land of intelligence, including computing etc (7)
See 27
24264
22561
24490
Araucaria COMEDY Buffalo Bill keeping me for fun (6)
Arrive by day, disheartened, to work in 4 (6)
Play hard to get about some drug (6)
22211
24161
23074
Araucaria NERVE Courage may end with pain (5)
Messenger from brain to cheek?(5)
23924
22484
Araucaria DURESS Make toe the line, suppressing union by force (6)
Top drawer in attire, one is forced under it (6)
25392
22652
Araucaria OBJECT Article evoking protest (6)
Not want a thing? (6)
Disapprove of article (6)
25392
22163
25894
Araucaria CAYMAN Crocod-2? (6)
Where the 17 takes his money? (6)
23577
25561
Araucaria AWING Flying is dreadful (5)
Evoking reverence associated with a prayer(5)
Get gold set in silver - that's scary (5)
24679
22442
22974
Araucaria INCENSE Make cross for use in church? (7)
Frank's follower to infuriate (7)
23140
24387
Araucaria ASTUDYINSCARLET 14's first gripper, negative element with mini-trauma? (1,5,2,7)
Novel arrangement for Cindy and us with a little shiner about (1,5,2,7)
23971
24180
Araucaria INVERSE With lines or the opposite? (7)
The other way for most of Shakespeare? (7)
24460
22108
Araucaria INTEGER 3 is 3, say, in between (7)
Whole number, say, in Bury (7)
1 or 2, say, in between (7)
21715
22008
24447
Araucaria NUMBERONE Nobody keeps pigment for himself (6,3)
I am nobody if Brown's taken in (6,3)
21715
23033
Araucaria ODDSON Peculiar issue more likely than not (4,2)
Rum to issue when expected to win (4,2)
25949
24097
Araucaria AWAY See 13 (4)
See 22
Not returning by the main road? (4)
A fashion on other grounds (4)
See 21
See 15
See 22
One road off (4)
22806
25248
22187
22586
24652
25076
24687
22460
Araucaria ROCOCO Much decorated with gold backed by Chanel (6)
Style with ornament or otherwise with 2 2s? (6)
22806
25385
Araucaria MERCURY Having fun catching copper in barometer, perhaps (7)
Wanderer in tube? (7)
25698
24844
Araucaria ENTREE Access to course (6)
Qualification required for course (6)
22126
24979
Araucaria ERROR The Queen right or wrong? (5)
... 1 across, our leaderless enemy (5)
Slip top off - panic (5)
24633
24280
23769
Araucaria IDIOM Turn of phrase that shows who I am when I'm backed (5)
How to talk about instincts? Me? Coming up! (5)
25147
22544
Araucaria HORATIO 11's hard part of speech (7)
Hamlet's first speech, not all to his friend (7)
25147
22114
Araucaria TRAFALGAR Return of Turner's last painting in which a flag is unfurled today … (9)
Battle time for service on much of Portuguese coast (9)
25147
23458
Araucaria SETTO Fight between words and music? (3-2)
Battle for badger's home circle (3-2)
25291
22008
Araucaria BRAY Comment of ass in place of vicar (4)
It's the vicar's place to sound like an ass ... (4)
Asinine comment with inconstant vicar (4)
24766
22361
25675
Araucaria SALTAIRE Cross about article depicting model village (8)
Cross round a model village (8)
23589
25765
Araucaria NAME See 5 across (4)
Handle for 17 (4)
21979
24979
Araucaria OREAD Mountain dweller coming in without more ado (5)
Exhortation to study "The Maid of the Mountain" (5)
24280
22659
Araucaria ELAPSE Fall from 12 (6)
Fall asleep? (6)
24049
24550
Araucaria MALCOLM Military award includes booze out of house in 20 (7)
Scottish king of military rank drowned in a lot of wine (7)
23696
21930
Araucaria TEASET Estate agent with cups and saucers (3,3)
Service in the afternoon to tantalise leader of troop (3,3)
25488
24467
Araucaria EMERSON One off reappearance of star writer named in 26 17 across (7)
The schemer's only part of the writer (7)
25488
22922
Araucaria LOCUM Way out insect with many a substitute (5)
What the victim of undermanning wants to see with? (5)
See with temp (5)
23405
22806
22270
Araucaria OBSCENE Blue died, a bit of an act (7)
Died on the spot? That's not very nice (7)
21648
24097
Araucaria ESPIED Observed directions in black and white (6)
Spotted and bicoloured after quarters (6)
24186
24074
Araucaria ASTERN Following us like a bird? (6)
Flower with name behind (6)
24186
25111
Araucaria ELAINE 26's knight's girl's housekeeper wanting chat (6)
The "Lily Maid" is in denial except when climbing (6)
22753
24687
Araucaria ATALANTA Classical runner first seen in US city (8)
Fast woman as leader in state capital (8)
23638
24717
Araucaria NICK Sibling partly leaves 22 2 in the station (4)
Boy possessed by time? (4)
Cut in the constabulary? (4)
25033
24122
23397
Araucaria ION See 16
See 14
23536
25205
Araucaria SCRATCH Not enough damage to be a handicap? (7)
The devil to come up to? (7)
23536
23153
Araucaria APRIL Philanderer turns up having left model among bathers - not you, of course (5,4)
Offspring of resort in Wales heard in spring (5)
24351
22265
Araucaria STEALING Theft of duck in grass (8)
Theft from canonized studio (8)
24960
24235
Araucaria ASSAM Confession of folly could produce tea (5)
Slave-owner's turned to tea producer (5)
23536
21894
Araucaria ECHO Repeat of the chorus (4)
Repeat of the chorus (4)
22993
24592
Araucaria EXTRA We want more from Connex trains (5)
In this context rationality is a plus (5)
Sex training is not entirely off the menu (5)
22144
24085
23810
Araucaria MARRY Tie the knot indeed! (5)
To tie the knot is indeed old-fashioned (5)
22354
24442
Araucaria THOMAS Nearly hot potatoes eaten by late writer (6,5)
Turn to Rome with sham utopian (6,4)
22354
22343
Araucaria RIGHT Fix altitude without mistake (5)
Having outfit with new hat, sat on nail and was absolutely OK (5,2,1,6)
24012
23567
Araucaria OCTET Group and so on going into reverse (5)
Group in music, etc to regroup (5)
Change, etc, to 11 (5)
25777
22068
22240
Araucaria NINEPIN Two letters home to be knocked down? (7)
40.5 gallons to be knocked down (7)
22144
23685
Araucaria TENNYSON Numbers eating big apple take on prestigious contributor to the 13 (8)
Court affair broadcast continuously by writer of 28 (8)
23517
25236
Araucaria MISSAL Girl I'm upsetting with religious book (6)
Fail with almost the whole service book (6)
22418
24777
Araucaria BUHL Furniture of French game, they say (4)
Marquetry sounds like a game (4)
22366
22974
Araucaria POOH Ring up to show contempt (4)
See 14
Bear use of ringback? (4)
25961
22430
24812
Araucaria MARKET Sell old ship in custody of police (6)
King to be (French brand) in progress - hence all those surveys (6,8)
25961
21697
Araucaria ELGAR Large variation produced enigma (5)
Composer of large variation (5)
23615
22187
Araucaria HALLOWEEN Think to follow greeting at the end of a month (9)
Everyone's in debt when there's a female around — when there's witches around! (9)
23615
25753
Araucaria RELENT Change your mind about fast (6)
Give way given to previous borrower (6)
24699
23182
Araucaria MADISON Nuclear deterrence is possible, according to the president (7)
Crazy single issue president (7)
24674
23038
Araucaria SLIP Hot soup, gentle if possible, said 1 across (4,2,3,6)
Piece of paper for erratum (4)
24280
23416
Araucaria ETHOS Disposition of doublet, hose, etc (5)
Spirit in the prophet Hosea (5)
Cultural disposition gives point to little sceptic (5)
22878
23350
22820
Araucaria CHEAT Approximate temperature of fiddle (5)
Fellow in the Cat and Fiddle (5)
It isn't fair to give temperature in Celsius (5)
24460
22586
22002
Araucaria BROWN See 19
Sort of study to follow 16 (5)
22390
25729
Araucaria STASIS Secret police's 26(6)
Arrest by secret police? (6)
Arrest of secret police? (6)
Arrest by secret policemen (6)
22390
21864
24844
23314
Araucaria ITCH Craving for which, if with head, use thumb (4)
'Iker's desire? (4)
24351
21841
Araucaria LEADER Article on songs heard (6)
First on field, left back (6)
25172
24979
Araucaria PLUM Best fruit for 3 1 5 (4)
Best after 3 (4)
24109
21894
Araucaria DREARY Dismal conclusion to lady holding back (6)
Under Prohibition, without an audience, it's very boring (6)
24109
21704
Araucaria KITCHENER Cook general? (9)
Cook general? (9)
21860
23130
Araucaria SCIENCE It employs induction differently in unlubricated c-coil, see? (7)
See 19
21852
24133
Araucaria RENOIR Director concerned with type of film (6)
Director concerned with a certain type of film (6)
22277
23793
Araucaria EXPENSE Cost of writers in flower (7)
Cost unknown but not much, we hear (7)
24455
21841
Araucaria THECHICKENSHAVE Relief for poultry farmer at the end of the day: the smart know to cut cost, including call between setters and call to bull ring (3,8,4,4,4,2,5)
I'm he — teach cocks and hens to hover: me too, sadly wishing they could to avoid this 27 (3,8,4,4,4,2,5)
24872
25343
Araucaria EARPLUG Muffler quietly placed between auditory orifices (7)
Quiet among listeners? This could help achieve it (7)
23405
22418
Araucaria IMAGE Picture that is used as cover for periodical ... (5)
Setter's time for 17 (5)
Araucaria's time for representation (5)
23561
24979
22671
Araucaria ENIGMA ... which name disclosed a machine used in war (6)
Variations in code who could possibly imagine? Not I (6)
Machine with gamma for chi when deciphered (6)
23561
25883
23074
Araucaria EREBUS The English form of word play is hell (6)
It was hell before transport came (6)
22652
24235
Araucaria SETTER 16 in Queer Street (6)
Araucaria in Queer Street (6)
25698
25883
Araucaria REDFACED Embarrassed aide-de-camp freed by mistake (3-5)
Embarrassed Spooner broke fast and went fast (3-5)
25033
25331
Araucaria TIMOTHY Recipient of letter: solver's to skip up first (7)
West's turned it to a Dream part - your first? (7)
24937
23321
Araucaria TITUS Recipient of letter from bird (American) (5)
Groan from one flying to America (5)
Arch-emperor? (5)
24937
24133
25282
Araucaria ITEM Going steady? Let 'em 'ave it! (4)
Particular couple (4)
24 I came across on the way up (4)
22092
24346
22270
Araucaria BAMBOO A bomb exploding round sticky stuff (6)
Begin to cheat with grass to make curtain (6)
25961
24550
Araucaria SCAR Trauma at the borough? (4)
Trauma over borough? (4)
22676
24848
Araucaria ABSENT Sailor told to go away (6)
Don't commit suicide just yet, not there - with me officially there changing direction, said Hamlet(6,4,4,8,6)
22074
22366
Araucaria AQUILEGIA Flower with one lower part one must put in water (9)
Dove-like plant, the second to surround walker in water(9)
One member - one in water - is Columbine (9)
22676
22390
21841
Araucaria TWOEDGED Ambiguous model gets stuck holding ring (3-5)
Very cutting, but inviting riposte (3-5)
24633
22163
Araucaria PUT Place old soldier on Thames (6)
Place umpire at start of play to deal with corruption (12)
24984
25205
Araucaria RABBITER I'm after creatures on minister's territory (8)
Rodent catcher who can't stop talking? (8)
24831
23074
Araucaria NOTE A B C D F or G? (4)
Must be A, B, C, D, F, or G then? (4)
A minute of music (4)
Minute piece of nanotechnology (4)
23780
25566
23882
24122
Araucaria ROTTENROW Bad quarrel gets overridden (6,3)
Very bad line here for the mounted (6,3)
Horrid quarrel where one's taken for a ride (6,3)
22361
24264
22490
Araucaria GARDYLOO Cry of Spooner throwing fatty viscous stuff out of the window? (8)
Warning to streetwalkers of Spooner's fatty glutinous mess (8)
22361
21870
Araucaria MARKANTONY Ancient Roman number taking Serb terrorist to New York (4,6)
Boys injure philosopher with stone, missing 10 (4,6)
22361
24122
Araucaria EMPLOY Backward setter has stratagem to use (6)
Setter's reversing manoeuvre to provide a job (6)
25117
21697
Araucaria CHATHAM Talk food at naval base once (7)
Talk food in 9 town (7)
25050
23649
Araucaria CHOIR They sing in church or outside one (5)
Cathedral has one: it rates the tops (5)
25213
23241
Araucaria DARTS Fiddle turns up on board (5)
Board game can be played back (5)
23769
24956
Araucaria FORGO Give up supporting Japanese game (5)
Give up favouring energy (5)
23769
22229
Araucaria THUNDER Theology's restricted subject to Jupiter's work (7)
One of these surprises was associated with 17 down(12)
23769
22611
Araucaria GRADGRIND Splendid network in Spooner's writing for character of 28 (9)
Protagonist of 13 gets new grid, about 1,000 pounds (9)
23769
22324
Araucaria OTOLOGIST I wish I could record one way I deal with listeners (9)
First in the ENT department? I wish I could see the point (9)
23769
23241
Araucaria DICKENS Substitute for devil responsible for 28 (7)
See 14 (7)
23769
22324
Araucaria LATER The land of Italy losing the sun towards evening? (5)
Retaliation beginning from the right in due course (5)
The land across the sea shows when to see you (5)
22144
22257
24567
Araucaria INSULAR Half sovereign kept by retiring queen of islands (7)
Timeless affront to a river that is narrow (7)
24766
22460
Araucaria ARKANSAS Serb terrorist reportedly observed behind Clinton? (8)
Like 17 and 22, an old boat for an airborne elite (8)
21654
22168
Araucaria COWSHED Shut up, being intimidated outwardly, in the byre (7)
Put the frighteners on abandoned byre (7)
22015
22050
Araucaria SHOT See 5 (4)
Go round (4)
See 19
Attempt on 17 produces kaleidoscopic stuff (4,4)
Try to get warmer than swarm? (4)
22496
22430
23793
23153
25385
Araucaria PLACE Where to go with 6 across, say (5)
Spot for catching fish? (5)
23487
25717
Araucaria ODOUR Guardian's holding a party, which goes up one's nose (5)
Perfume is oxygen - the same for the old city (5)
Old bishop at old city may show sanctity (5)
21709
22361
24447
Araucaria NIGHTGOWN Pole with gong hiding among the bedclothes?(9)
Covering near where people live around Gateshead (9)
22502
23589
Araucaria LETTUCE Allow unions to start eating salad (7)
Cold food - pray to follow, say? (7)
24739
23859
Araucaria MEKONG Having got my ape movies muddled, I say I'm king of the river (6)
King's follower following setter (6)
21684
24831
Araucaria SOCIETY See 6
Thatcher's a nonentity (7)
24437
22580
Araucaria DILEMMA Cover up Miss 16, creating a problem (7)
Back cover for novel, puzzle for doctor in play (7)
21797
24303
Araucaria MELODIC Musical creatures endlessly keeping benefit back (7)
Musical doctor - see within (7)
23219
23038
Araucaria CHEETAH Cat heard to pull a fast one (7)
Fast runner doesn't sound honest (7)
24753
22139
Araucaria FIFTY Variant of "Tie a dry fly" first appearing in 1958 (5-4-3)
L is half an option in 10 1 (5)
24437
23615
Araucaria ARAUCARIA 12 19, a right old way of dating a number (9)
A right way for Romans to date the song of the tree (9)
24437
22306
Araucaria SHRUG Don't talk? Getting warmer: What does it matter?, I say (5)
Silence warmer? "Who cares?", I say (5)
Don't talk to the carpet, it shows you don't care (5)
Reduce noise level with floor covering? It's all one to me (5)
25546
23942
22722
23757
Araucaria TRANSMIT Tell the world the leader's fled, being stricken (8)
St Martin about to pass on (8)
25331
22933
Araucaria TRADE 24 to identify winds? (5)
Deal with wind (5)
25913
23224
Araucaria TIDE See 19
In and out of season? (4)
25913
22593
Araucaria INKERMAN Chap who helped with the printing in 22 action? (8)
Fight for the Queen after liquid over island (8)
22640
23847
Araucaria SKINNY Tavern in heaven not serving stout? (6)
Pub in heaven, not for stout? (6)
25117
24145
Araucaria IRIS Hibernian leader lost by goddess (4)
25's namesake of many colours (4)
Flower with pupil (4)
In which pupil appears to flag (4)
24269
25883
23254
22050
Araucaria SNIP Cut that can't lose (4)
Certainties, ones I'd put money on and not with hesitation - a childish game (4-4-6)
22676
21860
Araucaria SHILLYSHALLY Foolish girl being drunk won't make up her mind (6-6)
Can't decide if foolish girl's drunk? (6-6)
25033
22682
Araucaria REEF Rocky part of sail (4)
Hazard to sailors taken in when it's blowy (4)
See 15
Bank that may be taken in (4)
The work of 12 is tied (4)
25949
24879
24145
23130
23397
Araucaria MARTINA Tennis player's time in boat yard (7)
Trouble in a tram from girl, one called Betty after 9 first (7)
23327
25717
Araucaria THEBESTOF Pessimistic message from old city to fast-breeder reactor: it is "Hard cheese!" (3,4,2,7,4)
Ironic wish for food — eating shrub's rubbish, concealing go-slow among detectives and pupil (3,4,2,7,4)
23327
25385
Araucaria TONGA Sit on gate, no location for friendly country (5)
Amicable island game has me dropped after century (5)
25129
24621
Araucaria KITTEN See 15
Numbered equipment for little beast (6)
See 24
25111
23859
22442
Araucaria NUNNERY Holy place for Trevor who directs on English lines (7)
Trevor has queen (unknown) in place of sisters (7)
Hermia was offered this or death; Ophelia chose death (7)
24222
24460
23960
Araucaria WIDEOPENSPACES Deserts etc produce woes with appendices burst (4,4,6)
Mr Weller's recorder confines steps to steppes? (4,4,6)
21715
23201
Araucaria STYLE Way said to be problematic for lame dog (5)
Way to get over wall, they say (5)
25645
24387
Araucaria RAEBURN Polish invader of close turned back by Sottish painter (7)
Painter to tolerate returning vessel (7)
22045
23607
Araucaria BLAKENEY The Norfolk Pimpernel, poet and soldier (8)
Poet and painter and soldier and rescuer from Terror (8)
23062
24442
Araucaria ADLER See 22
See 13 and 21 (5)
23062
22289
Araucaria DIJON On being taken from the keep I am placed in mustard city (5)
One in formal dress when performing will cut the mustard (5)
22015
25675
Araucaria AMIGO … friend: is it ok for me to take off? (5)
All ready for setter's take off, chum? (5)
25675
24158
Araucaria THAT See 9
See 3
25091
23118
Araucaria ERNE Bird of wilderness and loughs (4)
Bird of the wilderness (4)
25091
23638
Araucaria FREUD Analyst entering right into long-standing quarrel (5)
See 22 and 21down (5)
24012
22289
Araucaria OAST Cooker for bread unopened (4)
Oven in which one has right to cook (4)
25141
23738
Araucaria ORLANDO The country round follows alternative 1s (7)
25 22's golden country with love (7)
22715
25189
Araucaria ROSE Came up with 3 and 17 (4)
See 23
23201
25883
Araucaria DOCTOR Month before last at hour 4, in derogatory Latin 1across 9 (6,7)
Man of words caught in entrance wearing long pants? (6,7)
See 7 (6)
22740
25201
22521
Araucaria DOGSTAR Pan (according to "The Wind in the Willows") turns up in canis major (3,4)
Stalk a celebrity, the brightest of the lot (7)
23769
21852
Araucaria STIGMA Where blame and pollen are attached (6)
Backward idiots get half mark, a black one (6)
Mark of the holy one, a pointless riddle (6)
21846
24235
24784
Araucaria NAIROBI Capital for Pole, first class, with tailless bird (7)
Capital sounds near to comedian George (7)
Capital of the North to expose witchcraft (7)
Capital at hand for comedian George, we hear (7)
24660
22144
24471
23499
Araucaria BULWARK Fighting en masse in defence (7)
Fighting en masse? You need protection (7)
Defence against fighting during Mass? (7)
23601
21691
23505
Araucaria QUEENOFTHENIGHT Coloratura role for the moon (5,2,3,5)
The Moon mythologically has coloratura passages (5,2,3,5)
24145
25067
Araucaria ALIGNMENT Dressing, good and new, in food (9)
Dressing for food (including ground nut tops) (9)
Gentil man, dressed or dressing? (9)
24991
25949
22265
Araucaria NELSON
Hold 16's friend''s name (6)
21684
22652
Araucaria TWERP Miserable specimen takes article from port (5)
Contemptible chap gets most of the port (5)
Belgian port deprived of article by pipsqueak (5)
21734
24346
25106
Araucaria ANGELICO Artistic friar speaks of girl to the victor of Jutland (8)
Painter of candied herb with a sex change (8)
21734
23710
Araucaria LAMBETH Meaty writer spoiled the walk (7)
Little girl on strike because she canêt have the job? (7)
Archiepiscopal spot of honour in a strip (7)
Walk to Canterbury for 2? (7)
21734
21936
22580
23964
Araucaria MUSIC Notes sound on 1 down, say, almost unfit (5)
Pleasing sound of catcall not well received (5)
22384
24899
Araucaria ONUS The responsibility is America's (4)
America's responsibility? (4)
22682
25159
Araucaria ALENCON French town - here lace beer at sergeant's direction (7)
Drink for sergeant at northern French city (7)
Old doctor topped by Tory in French town (7)
22384
25777
24796
Araucaria TESTUDO Broken toe (including nail) on which arrows descended (7)
Tortoise makes exam turn to party (7)
22722
23445
Araucaria ANOMALOUS An omelette with a different base said to be irregular (9)
Irregular French saint coming in to us (9)
24739
21691
Araucaria CATSPAW Kind of knot one used (4-3)
Past effects during birdcall from the dreaded tool? (4-3)
24185
22033
Araucaria IDES Fish on the thirteenth this month (4)
Date in Rome for fishes (4)
That is nearly the date (4)
23374
25817
22222
Araucaria BRITISH See 9
Now 16 6 10's command: treat him with beer and spirit (7,6)
Dead institution, live if Irish permit revival to come in (7,6)
23327
23429
25205
Araucaria TIMON Shakespearean part of a sanctimonious nature (5)
Athenian name and French one? It's the other way round (5)
22282
24848
Araucaria EGGSHELL Say "good!" - she's going to China (8)
China, say, for "good girl" plates (8)
Humpty Dumpty's terrible experience in China (8)
23189
24174
24371
Araucaria SINGLET Garment of polyester not cotton? (7)
Garment with which some spell 20 (7)
24766
25645
Araucaria MYOPIC Setter's film about love incapable of the long view (6)
Hardly able to see setter's film about love (6)
23859
24137
Araucaria CATWALK Model way to be unaccompanied in Kipling's story (7)
Model place in Kipling's tale by himself (7)
Modelling a solo performance, according to the Just So Stories (7)
22384
21668
25609
Araucaria MASTIFF Dog causing parent's quarrel (7)
Nuts provided for starter's dog (7)
25546
23273
Araucaria ENDEMIC Established in place at last, taking the mickey somewhat (7)
Conclusion: mice sadly may well be ineradicable (7)
24655
22922
Araucaria REENTER Tenant without ecstasy to appear again (2-5)
Make further inroads into Green territory (2-5)
24324
23429
Araucaria NOISE Investigate about 1 - 1 down, that is (5)
Sound of organ having setter at the heart (5)
Setter coming in to investigate what made 20s 7s? (5)
... No! is the point I'm going to make (5)
24324
24563
23733
22974
Araucaria MATLOCK 19's hair needing combing? (7)
Accompaniments of door in spa (7)
22993
22306
Araucaria TACIT It's understood if pet's returned first (5)
Mog backing it? Not saying (5)
23924
22544
Araucaria RARE Military units have not done well (4)
Not often still red? (4)
Remarkably pink? (4)
24109
25392
22222
Araucaria ANNAN UN man once on Solway Firth (5)
Scots town of international fame (5)
24655
23847
Araucaria SHUFTI Look at fellow during shuteye, say? (6)
Look thus, if possible (6)
25201
23416
Araucaria BATTLESHIP Martial craft degree - split the proceeds (10)
Man of war to roll about - let this be changed (10)
15 — or should it be Queen? — maybe 19 (10)
23405
23241
25253
Araucaria IRONS Chains in which one makes no progress (5)
No way in which Jeremy has chains (5)
Where Jeremy's chained (5)
25546
25201
21841
Araucaria DANUBE Boy's turn, live (6)
A point inside of French flower (6)
24831
24550
Araucaria STANSTED Boy's boy in airport (8)
Second instant with boy at airport (8)
24528
24807
Araucaria ABSENCE Leo, non-starter once, becomes allegedly aphrodisiac (7)
Winner kept 2 topped with proverbial aphrodisiac (7)
Proverbial aphrodisiac bees can produce (7)
24563
25597
23416
Araucaria BRESCIA Caber is tossed in Italy (7)
Ascribe unrest to Italian city (7)
23327
22002
Araucaria AFTERMATH A mathematician keeping time with hospital as sequel (9)
Consequence of a dad almost without limit (9)
Sequel to a lot of parents accepting time at school (9)
22092
23405
21936
Araucaria IGOR Stiffness not right for a prince? (4)
I'm off with royal prince (4)
25331
23487
Araucaria DUNCAN One who seeks payment has power in 20 (6)
See 25
Boy debt collector goes to prison (6)
23696
23086
24122
Araucaria INFERIOR Gather 10 on river far from 3 (8)
Make a deduction of one or less (8)
21654
22413
Araucaria MAHONIA Constituents of water in craze for shrub (7)
Obsession about house plant (7)
24660
23964
Araucaria ARTISTE Performer's heart is tender and it shows (7)
Performer's part is temporary part (7)
A sitter could be a performer (7)
25343
23140
23086
Araucaria TANK Container with back portion for catching thinkers? (4,4)
Thomas Ken put in fruit without hesitation (4,6)
22246
22831
Araucaria WATER Dilute 26's forerunner when the boat comes in (5,4)
See 7
Yellow iris the police, without worry, backed with most of … (5,4)
11 with a great fear (or not) - live twice in it (5-6)
See 18 (5)
23327
23201
21637
23254
22050
Araucaria PANIC Godly fear (5)
Fear article in film (5)
24054
23882
Araucaria ALMATADEMA Painter of classical subjects, "The Mater Mated" possibly one (4-6)
Drink engulfs bullfighter or missing master painter (4-6)
21654
23882
Araucaria BLEEPER Born with a skin disease, being without energy, I take calls (7)
Means of contacting spiller of oil covering general and monarch (7)
21654
25067
Araucaria LAGER King's rising provided in pub (5)
Drunks that are dis-orderly - result goal(5,5)
The drink of kings from the right (5)
Hands holding long drink (5)
22103
22390
22222
24621
Araucaria RAILHEAD Terminus unidentifiable since privatisation? (8)
End of the line abolished at privatisation? (8)
22253
22509
Araucaria REBUS Fictional sleuth dealing with transport (5)
Pictorial pun about transport (5)
25129
22306
Araucaria ERATO Inspiration for poetry and from time to time love (5)
Muse of a liberator (5)
Period given to or taken from 20 (5)
24655
22008
23470
Araucaria NETCORD Court accessory that keeps one on line? (7)
Court accessory takes a month climbing in an anorak (3,4)
21709
23177
Araucaria SUNSET 18 (11) has poles covered in fat (6)
Fat round Poles at end of day (6)
22425
25842
Araucaria OUTSTEPPED Went too far in striking plain and died (10)
Walked faster, striking the plain before the onset of darkness (10)
24170
22192
Araucaria INNOCENCE Absence of responsibility for local disturbance of 101 AD (9)
Pub gets round churches, maintaining direction sung by Blake (9)
24007
22998
Araucaria MINSTER 12's street in the grip of digger (7)
I leave cleric in 15 (7)
23164
23219
Araucaria NEWSFLASH "Fluid found in garment just bought"(preliminary bulletin) (9)
Modern 17, feminine at heart, with rapid report (9)
24085
22033
Araucaria REFLECT What did the glass plate in part of the dining room? (7)
Think what glasses can do (7)
23571
24796
Araucaria PYGMALION Mother cat sounds 18 across in play (9)
Playing with medical officer, playing at play (9)
Swine heard to master predator with mythical sculptor (9)
24937
24303
24687
Araucaria PORKPIE False hat? (4,3)
The hat I said I'd eat? It isn't true (4,3)
24753
24937
Araucaria LAKENYASA Country in Africa left as a surround for its water (4,5)
Left country in as a former geographical feature in Africa (4,5)
24753
25164
Araucaria KICKS … and others get excitement from football (5)
The excitement of the beautiful game (5)
24753
22722
Araucaria IDLE Tick over - no good? (4)
Ridley's no use (4)
Leisure for love found by Puck (8)
22496
23241
24158
Araucaria LATEST US city with international news (6)
Stop press news: half-century at a cricket match (6)
A model in 19 should be up to date (6)
25542
22108
24467
Araucaria GENEVA Swiss Hollands (6)
Sort of pool as opposed to a lake (6)
25542
24419
Araucaria TRAIL The way to be behind (5)
Hangdog (5)
21852
22561
Araucaria ACCRA City of gold, according to the Sun (5)
The first two hundred painters are capital (5)
24753
22706
Araucaria EVENTIDE 18 (11) is what happens to fish (8)
A defective concept after what happened later on? (8)
22425
22509
Araucaria ISIS Goddess of river ... (4)
Deity has two lives (4)
Deity lives — again (4)
24382
24899
25620
Araucaria TITAN God of old said to increase tension (5)
Screw up, say, as far as we've got (5)
Great man gets money without acknowledgment (5)
25866
23440
23626
Araucaria HEPBURN See 4
See 11
23871
24703
Araucaria OUTCOLD Unconscious of taking the air in winter? (3,4)
Quite unconscious of external drop in temperature?(3,4)
23871
22454
Araucaria SWINGLOW 16 song by drinker about to gain warmth - and curse about draw first (5,3,5,7)
Society success is radiant: we portray a profusion of song (5,3,5,7)
23056
24712
Araucaria PRINCES Royals entail costs when given new heart (7)
... sewage plant in reproduction (7)
24310
22222
Araucaria ANDROPOV Soviet leader to fall within a month (8)
Soviet leader's article leading to sound sleep? (8)
Soviet leader in article to fall from perch, say? (8)
22841
24539
24376
Araucaria STURGEON Way to further incite fish (8)
Way to spur progress of fish (8)
23733
25657
Araucaria SHIPSHAPE Tapering forwards and downwards, and blunt at the back, which is neat (9)
Narrower at the bottom and the front, perhaps, and 17 25 (9)
25064
23638
Araucaria MAIN ,22 A tide at sea may help to give time (10)
See 8 (4)
Supplier of "light ... on land or sea"? (4)
21752
22841
24387
Araucaria ISLE Detail from Sisley's "Earth in Water" (4)
They say the setter's going to 20 (4)
Ireland, say, in Paisley's view (4)
Man or no man? (4)
22277
22045
22753
23577
Araucaria ANDROCLES 14 of a sort with closer resolution (9)
Part of 21's playfellow with number in parts (9)
24371
24303
Araucaria GRECIANURN *Gunner (Royal Artillery) deployed around Channel Islands (7,3)
Mediterranean vessel, a 10 (26)'s subject (7,3)
22706
23577
Araucaria LAVA Take heart from grub - it's hot stuff (4)
Half-Polynesian garment of liquid 11 (4)
24269
21852
Araucaria TILLAGE Agriculture in early years? (7)
Agriculture only possible for younger people? (7)
21648
22324
Araucaria HARDTIMES Novel stream hid in novel (4,5)
... runs round government department with many a book (4,5)
Letters to "Dear Smith" by ... (4,5)
23871
23769
22324
Araucaria HILL See 5 (4)
See 20 (4)
See 15
21991
22229
21637
Araucaria ENGLISH "We turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and virtues of John Milton, the 12, the 10, the 14, the g24 of ___ 11, the 16 and the 19 of ___ 28" (Macaulay, making the most of his length) (7)
His age combined with idleness caused under-production (7,7)
24567
22963
Araucaria HEINOUS Man with a first having common sense? That’s terrible (7)
Or "We? No, him and me"? This is very wrong (7)
25842
23601
Araucaria ABSTAIN Don't have a place for rubbish outside the station (7)
Don't do it to the first two on the mark (7)
25331
23987
Araucaria HERBERT Plant — wrong term for scented root — added by one who served under 25 (7,8)
Boy poet takes most of 26 from geranium (7)
24848
23130
Araucaria STEAMIRON No 1 4 for the press? (5,4)
Maronites arranged for a good press (5,4)
22676
24012
Araucaria DREAR Gloomy otologist? (5)
Otologist, in a word, is not much fun (5)
23038
23757
Araucaria NERISSA As seductive woman returned, so did her ring (7)
Maid of Belmont resurrected as vamp (7)
25213
23499
Araucaria RAMP Sheep with its tail making a racket (4)
Bump up the racket? (4)
23177
23045
Araucaria COMMONS See 12
Food for the house (7)
24872
24728
Araucaria HAROLD Cheer returning former king (6)
Playwright of former days breaking instrument put into the ground (6,6)
24258
23710
Araucaria CHURCHILL ... one before and after finding Christians unhealthy (9)
Ben following his follower in small volume by writer and painter (9)
21752
24848
Araucaria REALTENNIS BG's tale unfolded during rise of transgressor (4,6)
Actual number taking wrong turn in game (4,6)
24633
24812
Araucaria ANIMA Some can imagine the soul as female (5)
Soul of American imagery (5)
The soul of man, I maintain (5)
25033
25788
23104
Araucaria TUTOR Instructor who's lost in Student Representative Council (5)
Instructor's mild correction's gold (5)
22490
23746
Araucaria ASTRONAUT Traveller going for tour with Satan (9)
Big traveller like little boy in tension outside (9)
23327
22144
Araucaria BLUR Distinctly not parts of Blue Peter? (4)
Group one can't make out (4)
22168
22729
Araucaria TELEGRAM Message for vehicle going round Eastern part of course (8)
Walker gets right inside the wire (8)
23421
25609
Araucaria NEMESIS Retribution seems in order (7)
Retribution seems in doubt (7)
Retribution seems in order (7)
Retribution for setter appearing in two cases separately in the Cape (7)
23696
22057
23440
23397
Araucaria RUNWAY Heartless fugitive on airfield (6)
Fugitive dropping article under aircraft? (6)
24550
25326
Araucaria EVITA Had tea about four in return of musical (5)
Life in Rome after English musical (5)
22126
25282
Araucaria EROS The Queen's circle's in the Circus (4)
Love is painful when wrongly directed (4)
Love when over is a pain (4)
22211
22496
24777
Araucaria BRAVO Well done, thug! (5)
Cheers for thug (5)
24655
23995
Araucaria NATIONALTHEATRE I enter alliance with Lovelace's new girl, rendering three — which includes 27 (8,7)
Here's to our playwrights, changing to Athenian later (8,7)
25045
23710
Araucaria ARMSANDTHEMAN Play by members on Indian islands with change of central article (4,3,3,3)
Members died during song at a northern play (4,3,3,3)
Opening of epic play - what can hold a note in song, if historic (4,3,3,3)
22640
24303
22593
Araucaria LONDON One from one in pride to wear with it (6)
*Left like Aberdeen with game (6,6)
24603
25213
Araucaria MERRYHELL Havoc as played, alternative to 12 to please the 7? (5,4)
Big trouble when played for fun underground? (5,4)
25392
25159
Araucaria WISHFULFILMENT Kind of thinking lacking a thread for dreams coming true (4,10)
Optimistic movie in network: "Dream Come True" (4-10)
23924
22336
Araucaria ARMS Members getting their 3? (4)
See 9 and 23
22841
23405
Araucaria NEPHEW Writer returned to cut relation (6)
Backward writer to cut example of 2? (6)
22425
22270
Araucaria KEYSTROKE Oarsman on island has a go on a typewriter (9)
One go at typing crucial transactions in Peterborough (9)
22860
24085
Araucaria TATIANA Russian girl's farewell embrace of Scottish boy (7)
Russian girl with stories of French comedian (7)
21991
24984
Araucaria OILED Worked without leader so that all should go smoothly? (5)
Too drunk to squeak? (5)
25422
21936
Araucaria SATANIC Curtailment of a nice day shortly before becoming diabolical (7)
The devil's taken his seat at Northumbrian castle, they say (7)
Leather first seen in pouch in these mills (7)
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23241
Araucaria QUID Money to chew? (4)
A pound of tobacco (4)
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23470
Araucaria SAMBA Graduate's back with another dance (5)
Dance for bachelor boy ... (5)
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23815
Araucaria KINGLET Petty tyrant for taking letters (7)
"The Little Prince", a title with fire in it (7)
Little ruler used for making letters (7)
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22265
Araucaria SYNONYM Something wrong with love game, say? It comes to the same thing (7)
Big Apple for New York, my son? (7)
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23738
Araucaria ISABELLA Is one of those in 13 a queen, … (8)
Ale brewed with basil - where her tears were shed (8)
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22746
Araucaria DIRTCHEAP Not much filthy lucre needed — carpet hid result (4,5)
Muck for not much brass (4,5)
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22045
Araucaria UTMOST Note way crime's committed - way is extreme (6)
Greatest possible number among stout characters (6)
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24477
Araucaria DISCO Find very short party (5)
Find very abstracted jockey's field (5)
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23212
Araucaria WOMENSINSTITUTE Indications this month I deplore in the Guardian that gave PM a hard time (6,9)
Female body managing two silent minutes left off (6,9)
We keep signs in place outside their opening time: we are teasingly famous for … (6,9)
22015
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24652
Araucaria BELLS Saint 9 (part 1)'s say 29 and 25s - they sound pretty (5)
See 26
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24158
Araucaria OLIVESTONE Oil producer's hard heart - film director's heartless (5,5)
American film director losing right to part of oil producer (5,5)
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25435
Araucaria THROUGH Where 6 across went from time to time, should he (John, the boss) want a good girl (7,3,7-5)
Passed, not by bypass (7)
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23615
Araucaria LARK 1 16's fun when many finish (4,9)
I get up early for fun (4)
Early rising sport (4)
Fun bird? (4)
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24929
Araucaria OUTOFSIGHT So fit and tough characters are probably forgotten (3,2,5)
"What the eye doesn't see ..." - blind and crazy? (3,2,5,3,2,4)
Has a duty, keeping so fit, mysteriously to be hidden (3,2,5)
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21870
22689
Araucaria EVERTON Scouse blues go green in time for energy supplier (7)
Merseyside Blues become green in time (7)
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22998
Araucaria CAST See 12 (4)
Thrown into 23? (4)
See 26
Players find press unbreakable (4-4)
See 22 (4)
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23530
24891
23505
22098
Araucaria ASPATRIA A short row before breeze gets up in Cumbria(8)
Cumbrian town like the Fatherland? (8)
Song about quarrel in Cumbria (8)
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23056
24150
Araucaria ANTENATAL Feeler misses a point thanks to student of pregnancy (9)
Nameless feeler with endless story taking place during confinement(9)
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22611
Araucaria ANON One negative will come before long (4)
A negative available presently (4)
A refusal from Chirac or person unknown? (4)
Girl without love in due course (4)
Soon to be nameless (4)
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25076
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Araucaria INHERIT Picture of 1 down 23 down without 4 20, in whom it's got what another went with (7,3,4)
Home bird? I t-take what's coming to me (7)
23871
22544
Araucaria BANNER Standard wielder of blue pencil? (6)
I won't allow you to flag (6)
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22715
Araucaria ADDLED A theologian was the guide, which is bad (6)
A theologian was in front? That's bad (6)
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25159
Araucaria MORRIS Boy heard to dance in car (6)
Dance to get right in the polls? (6)
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24860
Araucaria SCOTCH Spirit after 4 for sucker (6)
2 to nip in the bud? (6)
25117
25765
Araucaria MOHAWK American doctor, bellicose type (6)
Native American with little time to seek a buyer (6)
Native American doctor gets the bird (6)
Native American bird under the doctor (6)
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23701
Araucaria TATE Sponsor of art ultimately was consumer (4)
1 time antipyretic suppressing sex appeal first (4,7)
Natter foolishly about feature back on the 15 (4,6)
See 9
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24490
21991
22216
Araucaria RHOMBUS 26 for doctor during varied hours (7)
Royal Society eating hat? Not quite, just a lozenge (7)
Figure from disting­uished order getting brush-off outside (7)
25546
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25067
Araucaria HYPOTHESIS Suggestion sibling should follow river through town in Kent (10)
Suggestion to relative following river through Kentish town (10)
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Araucaria LOCKNUT Securing device to pass back to Danish king (7)
Pass up Harry Potter coin for extra security (7)
Most of 12 with Danish king for security (7)
24310
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25492
Araucaria NARK Spy first of navigators with his ship (4)
Grass for N-Noah's? (4)
24054
22277
Araucaria LEVI Maker of priestly garments? (4)
Primo and Nahum, the poet, get a lift (8)
22878
22216
Araucaria APOSTROPHE Frequently unwarranted intruder presenting a job for the right workman? (10)
A sure sign that some letters are missing (10)
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24185
Araucaria ELECTRA 14 matricide picked by the Sun (7)
She loved her father to pick the academy (7)
It takes a complex character to vote for the Sun (7)
Vote for artistic body (7)
24's picked painter, parallel to... (7)
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Araucaria ABOUT See 5
See 14
A fight, more or less (5)
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Araucaria DRESDEN China reddens unexpectedly (7)
Initially desirable residence for study of china (7)
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22045
Araucaria INFRARED Unusual day follows below opposite to 1 across (8)
It's invisible below lightly cooked bit of dinner (8)
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24496
Araucaria TERRA Land with art, firearm at the ready (5,5)
Here we are — one could say there's a war on (5)
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24784
Araucaria NIGHT Brief last greeting sounds noble (5)
Close time? (5)
See 10
See 6
Not quite time in the foregoing for a 10 (26)'s subject (5)
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25106
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Araucaria STANDUP Comic to be counted? (5,2)
Be valid as comedian (5,2)
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Araucaria HOTSPOT Bit of sauce in dish, 22 for danger area (3,4)
Sulphur in dish at clubbing centre (3,4)
24455
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Araucaria EPSOM Letters to order of course (5)
Records to order, of course (5)
Course of salts (5)
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24235
Araucaria ENTREATY Serious request for directions by agreement (8)
Request for opposing bridge players to find agreement (8)
25064
22108
Araucaria STOP Interrupt the cricket and stay for the night (8)
Large quantities raised at station (4)
Quantities coming up — hold it! (4)
23309
25447
25609
Araucaria SORETHUMB "I'm proud to be mother" subedited (4,5)
Variety of rose with identifying 24, outstanding digital feature (4,5)
Projecting object hurt me badly, making me cry about it (4,5)
Outstanding digital problem (4,5)
21734
25913
23314
23567
Araucaria DRAMA Drink at a play (5)
See 1
With US lawyer about, sign for English play (5)
25698
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25788
Araucaria ASHDOWN 1 across tree felled (7)
Paddy forest? (7)
22860
25405
Araucaria EDINBURGH Dine out on hot food raised in smelly old place (9)
Eat last course first and send hot food back to city (9)
23189
25633
Araucaria MORE "21 25 are ___ 4 down" and Hamlet's uncle "… a little ___ most of 21 and less 8 21" (4,4)
See 20
25331
22343
Araucaria ADVENTURE Exploit a set containing 5 (9)
Coming to posh second match and put through the mill with climbing frame etc (9,10)
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25380
Araucaria CLOCK See 2 (5)
See 1
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24193
Araucaria DAYS See 8
See 2
25343
23523
Araucaria BEARD FH for 12 having died (5)
See 19
25422
25076
Araucaria RHINOCEROS Beast of an old number "Following that endless river, Love" (10)
9 caught between money and love (10)
24655
25343
Araucaria LONG Want to be extended? (4)
Summer time, maybe June, with Roy: 12 9's in 15 (4,4,7)
See 20
Transmitter between 51 and 500 able to receive extended signals? (4-5)
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23805
Araucaria WEATHER See 10 (7)
Anti-feminist Guardian will be talked about (7)
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24170
Araucaria STOCKHOLM Run of the mill residence, say, but capital (9)
Capital to keep at home, say (9)
24012
23241
Araucaria DUSTY Miller needs second in what he should do (5)
Not so could be an answer (5)
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23685
Araucaria BOLEYN 8, the one that was 18, was good about field (6)
Queen Anne's good about field (6)
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Araucaria TENSE It signifies time with stress (5)
Present, maybe, making one uptight (5)
22068
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Araucaria ADRENALIN Died in combat area, nothing turning up that would keep one going (9)
Hormone that's red in Lana Turner (9)
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22282
Araucaria ERICA Heather is wealthy in Rome (5)
Continent deprived of morning heather (5)
Heather, I call some of it (5)
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Araucaria MASSEUR Here's the rub: the French crowd wants most of it back (7)
Rubber reported by my sister in Paris? (7)
22246
23482
Araucaria ONTARIO Oration delivered in Canada (7)
Black stuff found in the majority of root vegetables in Canada (7)
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22240
Araucaria LEMON The sole possible answer and it's no good (5)
Mongrel menu that is formed for 19 across, one of 2 19 down (5,8)
The world of French, not of fruit (5)
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23458
Araucaria ETERNAL Endless 10 and 50 are merged (7)
10 with real potential never finishing (7)
Queen engulfed in volcano and left for ever (7)
Little boy in late return going on and on (7)
5 down in mulled ale going on and on (7)
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21668
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Araucaria INGOT Entered a mass with some value (5)
Entered with precious lump? (5)
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Araucaria ROOM See 18
See 12 (4)
See 11
25343
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24442
Araucaria ERASE Remove covering as before (5)
Abolish the Times entirely to start with (5)
Delete, about as before (5)
25813
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Araucaria RAMADAN New after change of leaders, fleet is fast (7)
Fast so I went, clutching my parents (7)
24007
22246
Araucaria MFORMURDER See 10
See 12
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Araucaria PANDA God, lawyer and beast going by car? (5)
Father keeps intermediary that eats shoots and leaves (5)
25777
25788
Araucaria VANILLA Transport reported not so good - pods needed (7)
Article in house or pod (7)
23405
22187
Araucaria EDGE The side with advantage (4)
Borderline advantage? (4)
See 23 (4)
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21860
Araucaria MACAVITY Absentee of 1 6 makes a hole under mountain (8)
Mother's hole that wasn't there (8)
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22437
Araucaria FORSTER Writer in favour of canonising the Queen? (7)
Carer finally comes in to nurse novelist (7)
25417
25253
Araucaria TREK Journey of 3 kilometres to Rome? (4)
Kilometre, last part first, is a long way (4)
23780
24122
Araucaria FINANCE See 17 Down (7)
Point accepted by one engaged in money matters (7)
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24812
Araucaria REMUS Founding father's brother (ie uncle) (5)
Take birds from twin brother or uncle (5)
Avuncular black man — there must be some (5)
24455
23350
25022
Araucaria DONE A new day and how it may be abolished (4,4,4)
Over 501 (4)
22806
25889
Araucaria REIN Check drops for the ear (4)
... check to rule without force (4)
23924
23815
Araucaria ZAGREB South African bird with no tail (6)
Capital of South Africa with tailless bird (6)
24603
25925
Araucaria BRAILLE Language that goes badly in the hillside (7)
Liberal use of writing? (7)
22074
22831
Araucaria TOLL Ring for 28 (4)
Money for ring (4)
24467
22897
Araucaria DOMINGO Tenor note in spotted tile (7)
Singer of note in cloak (7)
23224
24097
Araucaria MASHIE 22 2 makes parents hurry (6)
Potato that's turned to iron? (6)
25033
23086
Araucaria ALLEGE Assert a member to be in liquor (6)
Member in liquor, say (6)
Say it was entirely English and get docked (6)
21752
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23983
Araucaria SATYR Day on back line for butterfly or wolf (5)
Deity some see as a tyrant (5)
23871
22729
Araucaria FRIEND See 10 (6)
One on your side at the end of the day (6)
Day to finish with mate (6)
3's piece at last achieves mate (6)
21752
25805
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25380
Araucaria POTTER Dawdle like a nerd after 23s (6)
Craftsman with quiet 14 (6)
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24089
Araucaria SPITANDPOLISH Enclosure in the desert (European) for bull? (4,3,6)
Getting things just so, like Chopin after his love embraced mine (4,3,6)
22974
22402
Araucaria EIGHT See 5
Drunk, if there's one more boat in pieces (5)
24937
22240
Araucaria LEAST It's said to precede the quickest repair (5)
Field for good guy with a higher degree than 23 down (5)
The fields where time is short, none more so (5)
Smallest article's broken in case (5)
21704
22343
22586
24914
Araucaria LAND Tip a pound and French girl will drop English (8)
See 10
See 3
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22729
Araucaria MODERN 1 after 27, the fashion for sailors (6)
See 27 (6)
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21991
Araucaria TEMPE Restrained classical scene of beauty and value (9)
Classical beauty spot invokes cutting mood (5)
24133
23458
Araucaria PARADE Square clue for a padre? (6,6)
Show reason on the square (6,6)
24984
22413
Araucaria ROMEO Lover needs capital as well as love (5)
See 20 (5)
Lover with a capital ring (5)
22211
22820
22240
Araucaria LYRIC Only rich people have the words (5)
Poetical outcry — one left (5)
23696
25645
Araucaria RETIREE I've left off working on Hebridean island (7)
I'm no longer working on Hebridean island (7)
25866
24812
Araucaria EATEN School report taken in (5)
School report saying "Rusty"? (5)
23164
22963
Araucaria AJAR A container with an opening (4)
More or less open for a drink (4)
25392
25894
Araucaria OXLIP Plant love and kiss on kisser (5)
Flower of love, a kiss for the kisser (5)
24766
24133
Araucaria PLEASE Piano to let by request (6)
Request for pupil to be put in pudding (6)
Request from 22 (6)
Request for quiet let? (6)
Polite request for quiet tenancy(6)
Happy on excessive time with odd twos and ones, singer Johnny loses his head - not very cool stuff for appeal on board (6,2,3,5,6,2,4,6)
25961
24960
24049
21870
22484
22098
Araucaria RHYME Frost report on nursery? (5)
Frost, say, checked for 18, say (5)
Verse and worse? (5)
24455
24796
23254
Araucaria MONTECARLO Found by locator, men one of whom broke the bank (5,5)
Doctor on vaguely central round does a spot of speculation (5,5)
24956
25477
Araucaria CONCUSS Cause brain damage with swear word (7)
Trick: swear to damage the brain (7)
24739
22580
Araucaria ALEXANDER Laker's index - Laker employed one who went solo (9,7)
Great king and queen following a drink with a kiss (9)
23386
24899
Araucaria PSYCHE *Subject of analysis (6)
Growing girl dropping to revolutionary spirit (6)
The soul of a tipsy cherub (6)
Spy out revolutionary loved by 6's child (6)
22706
25236
24235
23074
Araucaria COMPASS Cardinal of the Rose to go round on the spot (7,5)
Go round with needle (7)
25279
25740
Araucaria WRETCHED The crew went sick and died in misery (8)
Miserable quarter heaved (8)
22806
25477
Araucaria ARCH Chief of the Star Chamber (4)
Model spanner for 25 across (9)
For the record, saint's after a spanner (8)
22860
25205
24703
Araucaria OVERTIMER Without concealment monarch identifies herself as a workaholic (9)
Finished watch - I did more than my share (9)
24186
24012
Araucaria STAR Outstanding actors' horoscope (4)
Body on board is right (4)
See 10 (4)
After 8 12, go back to square 1 and spring up ('ow-d'ye-do, Lynn) with profit (5,3,4,5)
See 6
21846
25152
21860
23182
23567
Araucaria DUST We come to it, getting up for a row (4)
... and, after a 1 across, Springfield to suffer fool badly (4,8,3)
25050
23182
Araucaria SHAKESPEARE Film in form by live writer (11)
Spooner has uttered: "Utter poet!" (11)
24582
24914
Araucaria CHERRY Call about girl with heart of stone? (6)
Female in call for currency getting in by supplying drink (6,6)
24258
24592
Araucaria OPIUM More musical in order to feed De Quincey? (5)
Poppy's first piece has some musical backing (5)
Narcotic work I take with hesitation (5)
22144
24193
25201
Araucaria ATTIRED Wearing a tie that's gone limp (7)
A model fed up with wearing clothes (7)
25236
23987
Araucaria NARROW 11 with pole for weapon (6)
Successor to 5 and...and bow? (6)
23254
22671
Araucaria SOSO Moderate appeal for love (2-2)
Average appeal gets nothing (2-2)
21654
24667
Araucaria PECAN Writer retaining accountant is a nut (5)
Nut of type Canute fancied(5)
22103
22454
Araucaria TRANSFORM Change Poles for getting into the car (9)
Change poles for entry into 11 (9)
21734
22222
Araucaria TUXEDO DJ produces poem with tenth note reversed (6)
Unknown person outed surprisingly by formal dress (6)
25189
24855
Araucaria STEPHEN 21, good at games, suggests bird's-foot (7)
Boy pace-egg layer? (7)
Boy to walk with bird (7)
21739
24303
24122
Araucaria BOYLE Cook said to be lawman and impresario (5)
Man of law, not yet man to the French (5)
25842
22448
Audreus ELEVATED Got a rise, being promoted (8)
Delighted to defend drug against being promoted (8)
23495
24424
Audreus OREGANO Wild ass brought up to love herb (7)
It enhances the flavour of duck - a daughter of Lear would have none (7)
22872
23110
Audreus RECEIPT Translator keeping man on board turns in acknowledgement (7)
You have to pay before you get it (7)
22296
23968
Audreus DISCOVERY ''Eureka'' record? Nothing much (9)
Girl's fellow making tracks? So what's new? (9)
23854
22734
Audreus SHED Cast of beginners to see how everyone differs (4)
Cast of beginners to study hard, exercising daily (4)
24396
25722
Audreus DISEASE Peculiar seaside complaint (7)
Infection in deep waters to croak about (7)
22380
23818
Audreus MIEN Look close, say (4)
Look! I go among the people (4)
22220
23708
Audreus HAND See 15
Worker with pass (4)
25767
23992
Audreus ANIL A river almost blue (4)
Indigo gets a zero (4)
21705
24040
Audreus AKIMBO A Kipling character with offensive smell needs to be given elbow-room (6)
Stance adopted by a Kipling character with a problem (6)
21705
23690
Audreus EPERGNE Nurse is captivated by sword as centrepiece (7)
Centrepiece Peregrine ordered, but not the right one (7)
24100
22380
Audreus EYELID I heard hat serves as a protective covering (6)
If it's closed, you can't see priest you once introduced to daughter (6)
24100
25068
Audreus EGLANTINE Rose ordered to "get in lane" (9)
Written in elegant style: "To a Wild Rose" (9)
23371
22515
Audreus NATURE and 21,8 5 6 20's battered tea urn, devil to turn, no extra tea (6,1,5 and 4,2,6,3)
Quality of a busy tea urn (6)
23541
25722
Audreus ENTITLE Dub with style (7)
Confer the right name (7)
23030
22466
Audreus TONGUETIED Language bound to cause difficulty in speaking (6-4)
Falling due? Get it? No, speechless with embarrassment (6-4)
22956
24100
Audreus REED See 13
Weak thing - buck up! (4)
23332
23968
Audreus GASTRONOME Person of taste of a sort uncomfortable with little fellow about (10)
Little fellow pinching roast cooked for a person of taste (10)
25068
23854
Audreus ALIEN A man comes back a stranger (5)
Foreign article contains a whopper! (5)
23854
22515
Audreus HUMOUR Pander to wit (6)
Greek character comes up in time to get the joke (6)
21747
22930
Audreus INGOT Gold, perhaps, for leaders of industry not getting other treats (5)
I got put out of northern bar (5)
22872
22515
Audreus NIECE Relative beginners to needlework, in each case expecting (5)
22 without point is relative (5)
23228
23708
Audreus CANOEIST Cat noise startled paddler (8)
Paddler on his own may be an independent type? (8)
22250
21799
Audreus PASTICHE Constable imbibing 21 down: what did you say about being a mixture? (8)
Artistic jumble - surprisingly it's cheap (8)
25722
23708
Audreus THOUGH However, a lot of consideration is needed (6)
Nevertheless, it's hard being out of hospital (6)
22930
23409
Audreus EGOTISM 'e made 'is millions looking out for number one (7)
"Moi" gets construed as conceit (7)
23297
21799
Audreus AGED Having got on, agreed about having been left out (4)
Rising artist, ignoring society, matured (4)
23666
24064
Audreus URGE Impulse to say game should be turned round (4)
Surgeon dispatching boy on impulse (4)
25840
23708
Audreus REDECORATE Touching last month's talk on "How to improve our surroundings" (10)
Marxist city with gold goddess needs to change the colour scheme (10)
23132
22466
Audreus TORSO First of Territorial soldiers to get over large trunk (5)
Roots out the trunk (5)
24100
22296
Audreus FLEW Hurried off to voice complaint (4)
Dashed off a listener's complaint (4)
25068
22250
Audreus PHOBIC Brownie in snap has a hang-up (6)
Obsessed with getting little imp into photo (6)
24040
22515
Audreus RENDITION Wretched diner gets into muddle: what a performance (9)
Close to new technology in scripture lesson, continuing the performance (9)
22466
24194
Audreus RHEUM Cold in space, we're told (5)
It's cold in space, I'd say! (5)
23110
23708
Audreus AISLE Beer is in the passage (5)
A key that leads to a hitch? (5)
23371
25819
Audreus EVEN Quits flat (4)
Almost never returned to flat (4)
25819
25020
Audreus BEHEST Bidding with early start, he comes in on time an hour ahead (6)
Man in first with bidding (6)
24980
23495
Audreus NEUROSES On Tyneside, first unpicked flowers can produce nervous problems (8)
Plant raised among outstanding features causing illnesses (8)
23409
23992
Audreus EVIDENT Fish happening to be around becomes obvious (7)
Endless eventide could be clear as daylight (7)
23748
22212
Audreus MYRTLE Woman will make termly adjustments (6)
Tree climbing? Have a go at climbing inside a shrub(6)
23432
22617
Audreus ESTRANGE Grantees required to be set apart (8)
Bent gent's ear to cause dissension (8)
21782
23297
Audreus GAUCHE Got a huge C for Clumsy (6)
Awkward, for example, upholding companion going after gold (6)
22380
25068
Audreus STURGEON Bone in the doctor's fish? (8)
Ship's doctor takes time to fish (8)
23018
22140
Audreus SCAR Mark of small vehicle (4)
A craggy formation on the skin? (4)
23332
23371
Audreus NEGLIGENT Chap following poor Nigel is forgetful (9)
Careless, but surprisingly gentle in 16 (9)
Book discovered in place of note in dressing gown - careless! (9)
23666
23748
23968
Audreus SUBSIDENCE Settling down with advance team, getting directions to capture castle, initially (10)
Settling loans, I get spoken of as thick (10)
22956
23708
Audreus ODIN Norse god is full of good intentions (4)
Duck noise, by god! (4)
24194
21799
Audreus TREAT Deal with the present (5)
Contract to stand (5)
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Audreus AROMATIC A name-dropping sentimentalist, fragrantly distinctive (8)
Mac to Ira: "This could be spicy" (8)
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Audreus PASTE It sticks over a point (5)
Head grasps the point: make it stick (5)
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Audreus ERROR Her Majesty, right or wrong! (5)
English bishop takes gold? Whoops! (5)
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Auster ALSATIAN Transferred Australian said you are to leave the dog (8)
Australian upset after losing Rugby Union (8)
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Auster FREEDOM Licence for ref to move on the way back (7)
Liberty, a little fraternity and even less equality on the way up (7)
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Auster INGRID Bergman seen here? (6)
Where to write down this girl's name (6)
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Auster TRIP One of three let off from expedition (4)
Expedition ringleader in touch? (4)
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Auster COMMERCE Intimidate thousands in business (8)
Bully traps 2000 in traffic (8)
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Auster EXTOL The former model has nothing left to celebrate (5)
Left after the former to give praise (5)
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Auster ICICLE 2 i/c left half with a drippy hanger-on (6)
Chemical company about to take on the French - result of the big freeze? (6)
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Auster DUKEDOM A penny given to the country - custom arising in duchy (7)
Old penny given here - a custom arising in duchy (7)
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Auster ENDLESS Sensed trouble when left inside, never running out (7)
Sensed trouble - left inside, never running out (7)
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Auster EDINBURGH Where to dine out on food served up hot (9)
Dine out, with food served up hot here (9)
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Auster LEARNABLE That can be taken in, or left with the listener to catch the French (9)
That can be studied when left to get fit (9)
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Auster ENDOGAMIC Done with magic, converted and marrying within the tribe (9)
Marrying in the tribe, possibly done with magic (9)
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Auster DEACONS Clerics left out of deal with cheats ... (7)
Clerics left out of deal with swindlers (7)
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Auster EMIGRATED Eastern Russian fighter admonished and left the country (9)
Eastern Russian fighter, admonished, left the country (9)
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Auster COBRA Company to support hooded killer? (5)
Hooded killer wants company support (5)
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Auster BLEAK Left inside, Bill is chilly (5)
Left inside, Bill is dismal (5)
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Auster OMITTED In dictionary, baseball glove is left out (7)
Tom's upset about the thing Edward left out (7)
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Auster GAUCHE Left in France? That's rather awkward (6)
Left in France? That's rather awkward! (6)
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Auster SOLOMON A wise man thus left nothing to Scotsman (7)
A wise man thus left nothing to Scotsman (7)
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Auster OWING Left unpaid, mowing man's heading off (5)
Left unpaid, mowing man's heading off (5)
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Auster ABANDONED Left behind - a group badly done by (9)
Left behind - a group badly done by (9)
A musical group has done badly, given up completely (9)
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Auster ANSWER A state upset about response (6)
A state about to back up result (6)
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Auster RAINCOATS Castration not the first solution for what flashers usually have (9)
Castration's timeless remedy for what flashers use (9)
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Auster SHALOM Mosha, shuffling around, left a Jewish farewell (6)
Mosha, shuffling around, left a Jewish farewell (6)
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Auster SLEEPS Left inside, weeps and dozes (6)
Left inside, weeps and dozes (6)
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Auster LEAVE Left one in the day before, with permission (5)
Left one in the day before with permission (5)
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Auster LENIN The French name at home for a revolutionary leader (5)
Old leader left a number retreating (5)
* Nile flows north (5)
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Auster UNISON Agreement secured for Tunis only (6)
Unions at odds with "Accord"? (6)
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Auster ORDAIN Road detour in order? (6)
Road rerouted in order (6)
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Auster OKAPI Beast is all right - Pia isn't! (5)
Beast is all right and sounds happy (5)
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Auster AIRTIGHT Exhibit plastered and completely sealed (8)
Mixture of gases hazardous — could be sealed (8)
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Auster CONCLUDED Swindler, getting a hundred, left foolish dude finished (9)
Study, like this puzzle, including many that are finished (9)
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Auster THEWEDDINGMARCH The strain of church union (3,7,5)
The strain of church union? (3,7,5)
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Auster EYELETS Look left, then set out to find loopholes (7)
Look left, then set out to find loopholes (7)
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Boatman TENFOLD Catch fish rising over home for animals less than a dozen times (7)
Starting to embrace a lot more (7)
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Boatman NEIL Boy is in denial, even (4)
Boy and sweetheart, in love (4)
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Boatman DEXTER Crossword fan put off taking on Times (6)
He killed off a detective — not at all sinister (6)
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Boatman ANI "Musical wasn't a hit", said one who worships soul (7)
Tropical cuckoo found in Africa originally, then part of the UK (3)
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Boatman SHOP See 13
Naughty fish plot to steal things (8)
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Boatman ABLE Boatman left sweetheart empowered (4)
See 22
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Boatman CORNER Investigator misses nothing in a crook (6)
Trap large bird in flight; inert, remove skin (6)
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Boatman PRONOUN Perhaps they favour love among convent's staff (7)
Part of speech could have means to unite to produce manifesto (7)
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Boatman KILL Polish off fish food right away? (4)
Use a crafty throw — and, lo, siskin and tit now bleed (4,3,5,4,3,5)
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Boatman DICK Little Richard didn't intend covering "Kiss" — only Number Ones (4)
See 4
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Boatman NARROW Sped up work on boat for contract (6)
Fine pintail carried by pointer (6)
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Boatman APPEAR A paper's letters are published (6)
A start at picking fruit crop up (6)
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Boatman TEASE See 6
Make fun of a type of dance the home counties follow (5)
The lassie is not even a flirt (5)
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Boatman OILED Cooked, removed bottle top and got drunk (5)
See 5
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Boatman OUNCE This animal under study could lead to grass (5)
Come back without second part of 9 (5)
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Boatman MOLASSES It's sweet girl in some trouble (8)
Doctor gets the girls — that's sweet (8)
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Boatman EVER To decapitate, remove head always (4)
It's always found in nonsense verse (4)
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Boatman LOADED Look: dead drunk! (6)
Not even Leonardo ends well off (6)
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Boatman STRAIGHT Of course, part is in apple-pie order (8)
In a sense, abstract art is conventional (8)
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Boatman PIRATE Boatman, cruel to put animal in oven dish (6)
Boatman involved in crime gets coppers annoyed (6)
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Boatman MALE Produced from animal earmarked as a potential father (4)
… could be stallion in newspaper report (4)
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Boatman SUNDRY Some tabloid on showing temperance (6)
Divers use natural heat to remove water (6)
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Boatman FIRST 22 down's confused, where victory lies in virtue (5)
Eldest daughter initially conceived internally with AI (5,5)
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Boatman ASIA The East is held back by America's extremes? (4)
Where most live overseas, I aim to hide away (4)
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Boatman INSOLE Nasty lesion found beneath foot (6)
Source of comfort for heel contained by fish (6)
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Boatman BREAD Meat dish made by adding sweet lolly (5)
See 13 down
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Boatman SARI Takes a risk, being seen in a dress (4)
Seance appears really inexplicable at first but, as you say, it's a fabrication! (4)
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Boatman AGREE Allow time to take on outsiders in race (5)
Correspond about being overwhelmed by time (5)
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Boatman ANA See 14
See 16
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Boatman DOWN Drink lots of stuff got from the Internet (9)
Blue feathers (4)
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Boatman IGLOO Home in north Italy? Sad if Boatman's after it (5)
Endless show of warmth: hasten round to shelter from the cold (5)
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26314
Boatman APPEAL Charm unhealthy pal into eating vegetable (6)
Entice with an apple crumble (6)
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Boatman EWER Vessel's crew (émigrés in part, returning) (4)
Vessel in foul waterway — and not the first (4)
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Boatman PLANT Design end product using machines (5)
Banana split by Monsieur Escoffier, le premier pour préparer une bombe? (5,1,4)
24556
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Boatman DRYRUN Fix odds in Derby fraud — no trial? (6)
Rehearsal for dull series of performances (3,3)
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Boatman CANAPE Container to take animal food (6)
Reject primate — that's just for starters (6)
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Boatman IRONS Makes smooth pieces for pianist drawn from plain inspirations (5)
Endless ridicule at leading store chains
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Boatman ISAY "Gosh!" = "ok" (1,3)
Gracious sigh in pig Latin (1,3)
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Boatman INSECT Cricket in India: an exotic scent (6)
Bug home to cover religious order (6)
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Boatman IRON Might be in pigs' club (4)
Sarcasm not unknown as a weapon in the US (4)
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Boatman LAIDUP Call back to London and put in confinement (4,2)
Clue to dial home — with a bad back? (4,2)
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Boatman TYPE A kind face? (4)
Some 50%, you see, of what you're reading (4)
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Boatman BULL Nonsense creature (4)
Here you'll get 50 cobblers (4)
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Boatman SNAPSHOT Attack on goal at end of game — it's caught by photographer (8)
Picture a drunk taking a snooze: quiet, please! (8)
In a way, it's irrelevant; Posh is insane for quick exposure (8)
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Boatman SCAMPI Something fishy in letter from Athens, beginning with moneymaking scheme (6)
Detective on racket: "It's fishy" (6)
25051
27485
Boatman TOAST Brown bread for the Queen? (5)
A drink as drunk by an under-age person (5)
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Boatman LENTIL See 17
Almost sick after fast food for vegetarians (6)
25476
26314
Boatman LUDO Loud explosion bags game (4)
Report of carnal love in board game (4)
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Bonxie ENEMA René Magritte's behind purge (5)
Group of hygiene managers behind irrigation procedure (5)
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24799
Bonxie TRANSIT Crossing property carrying poles (7)
Pop art isn't a movement (7)
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25789
Bonxie ANIMAL Moulting wings panic small creature (6)
Looking up word for "layer": a hen, perhaps (6)
27180
26844
Bonxie UPBEAT Buoyant whale riding in front (6)
Cheerful if parts of mug exchanged (6)
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25136
Bonxie ROSEHIP Fruit? Have wine with it! (4,3)
Thorny fruit cut nurses tights, top to bottom (7)
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Bonxie ARIA Araucaria's gold Roller going for a song (4)
Librarian stifles vocal outburst (4)
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Bonxie FORE Links warning to players' prediction (8)
1 down of 2 said to be in front (4)
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Bonxie RESIN Synthetic compound controls essential movement of sulphur (5)
Leave head gardener missing plant product (5)
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25654
Bonxie ROAN Horse managed to eat nothing (4)
Horse managed to cross ring (4)
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Bonxie TALC Mineral starts to transform and loses colour (4)
Crystal clear piece of mineral (4)
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Bonxie RIGATONI European city — not one cooking pasta (8)
Equipment given to one into cooking Italian food (8)
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Bonxie ENSIGN In America, Boatman provides flag (6)
Flag some citizens ignore (6)
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Bonxie MOOR Turning Space (fell) (4)
See 11
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Bonxie HOSTA Landlord given American plant (5)
Present a flower (5)
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24902
Brendan VALENTINO Film star getting short romantic missive with love (9)
Old movie idol opposed to drink and to inn, oddly (9)
26912
26898
Brendan STOW Pack to put between opposing card-players (4)
Pack to put between opposing card players (4)
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Brendan TSAR Ruler needed for measurements, arguably (4)
Russia's leader and top player switched in first half (4)
Ruler initially used in producing triangle, square and rectangle (4)
Top player suffering reverse at first as leading man (4)
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26953
Brendan ANTONYMS 5 and 24 down, for example, in general writing (8)
Chap writing War and Peace, for example (8)
Old general writing 13, for example (8)
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25655
Brendan BROKEN Like speech uttered in halting way, as no word should be (6)
Out of order, like 15 in rows and columns here (6)
25414
26870
Brendan STAGER Veteran runs after coach (6)
Old actor, getting wiser over time (6)
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27147
Brendan PINTER Dramatist gets nothing from clue (6)
Playwright making appearance in group interview (6)
Royalty on volume for playwright of note (6)
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24675
Brendan PIGEON Hog a lot of time as 23 (6)
Homer, for example, speaking a mixture of languages (6)
26912
24031
Brendan DELIAN Caught returning from island in Med (6)
Caught heading north from island in the Aegean (6)
25769
24176
Brendan BEAST Animal first over threshold of ark (5)
Animal first across threshold of ark (5)
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24370
Brendan GOLF Sell up and play around, so to speak (4)
Game, or its start, as heard on radio (4)
24155
26870
Brendan DVORAK Famous Bohemian wanting vodka, shaken or stirred? That's about right (6)
Composer, having drunk vodka, runs inside (6)
Drunken revelry's beginning with vodka for noted Czech (6)
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24134
Brendan WISE Royal I spotted around is showing good judgment (4)
Sage nonsensically contradicting Kipling? (4)
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25886
Brendan AGES Carries on without leader a long time, however short (as 13) (4)
In America, doing these crosswords, ultimately grows old (4)
Times and Guardian editors selected leaders therefrom (4)
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26008
Brendan BASING Locating envy, say, in begrudging guy, primarily (6)
Initially establishing container, finally good (6)
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27199
Brendan RELY Cathedral site south of river bank (4)
City with cathedral next to river bank (4)
Location of cathedral, south of river bank (4)
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25271
Brendan UNIONJACK Organised workers given raise that symbolises national merger (5,4)
Educational establishment about to raise national standard (5,4)
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25797
Brendan BARSAC Wine receiving top mark in pubs and clubs (6)
Apart from Spanish white wine, mostly French white wine (6)
24350
24058
Brendan ALSO Fail as boy, being oddly deficient in addition (4)
It's available from the Royal Society and from official sources, too (4)
What's more needed by prodigal son? (4)
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24916
Brendan CANTO Poetic section's specialised language adding nothing (5)
Piece of choral music in Anglican town (5)
Piece of poetry penned by significant other (5)
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27466
Brendan WILSON Former Labour leader slow in changing (6)
Labour leader will soon get rid of duplications (6)
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24832
Brendan SPONSORS Provides backing for tracks about partners holding hands (8)
Backers for event putting poles in middle of tracks (8)
27216
25451
Brendan SCREEN Show? Yes and no (6)
Show or hide (6)
Show picture of riddle (6)
Riddle for vet (6)
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24206
24597
25081
Brendan BURNS Is passionate — his darling resembles a 19 21 re­arranged (5)
British vessels in Scottish waters (5)
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26141
Brendan NOMORE Drama with extinct bird, mostly about having ceased to be (2,4)
Lacking parts for me? Never again! (2,4)
26254
25398
Brendan TABLEWATER The drink some diners prefer still (5,5)
For some diners, it's still an alternative to alcohol (5,5)
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24970
Brendan PINAFORE Secure article supporting English craft of musical theatre (8)
Protective garment used by chap in a forest (8)
24758
25833
Brendan VIOLIN Product of Cremona — some ravioli, namely (6)
Nothing old foursome raised for player taking bow (6)
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26191
Brendan TILE Put down 15, say, as piece in game (4)
Some gambit I learned that can be used in board game (4)
25797
25970
Brendan ENDEAVOUR Contents of menu put away without a serious effort (9)
Effort finally revealed name of top solver on TV (9)
26162
25196
Brendan IDIOCIES Codes I repeatedly broke, resulting in crazy actions (8)
Actions of insignificant taleteller? (8)
26100
27036
Brendan CHERRY Keen to devour that woman's fruit (6)
Keen to include her fruit for pie (6)
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24451
Brendan COUP Brilliant action bringing no score in competition (4)
Hostile takeover company mounted (4)
Hostile takeover company mounted (4)
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25081
Brendan THOMAS Author of a play for voices, sceptical type (6)
Seeker of proof getting nothing in maths wrong (6)
Modern poet with doubtful reputation (6)
24758
26141
24468
Brendan ELECTRA Bestow artistic distinction on Greek heroine (7)
Play having run in choice amphitheatre, originally (7)
25716
24216
Brendan EUCLID Silly clue I had for geometry master (6)
I clued, anagrammatically, a mathematician (6)
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24521
Brendan SACRAMENTO Eg, marriage and love in western capital (10)
Eg marriage with love in state capital (10)
27216
24401
Brendan MURDER 28 collectively commit serious crime (6)
Upset some wine and spirit? Hell! (6)
25165
25290
Brendan HOPE Have some expectation of success in Scottish Open (4)
Author of Great Expectations? (4)
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25886
Brendan SISTER Relation between staff nurse and matron (6)
Family member who's kept in order? (6)
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23788
Brendan STEELE It sounds like strong material, appropriate for magazine editor (6)
Essayist and editor said to plagiarise? (6)
24230
24438
Brendan ANDREW A name selected at random for boy (6)
Player of 21, originally, almost a saint (6)
The saint of those who drive? (6)
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24449
24017
Brendan ATTIC From part of Greece, where final flight goes? (5)
Like part of Greece that's reachable by several flights (5)
Ultimate destination of flights from part of Greece (5)
27285
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24155
Brendan AND See 17
See 17
See 17
See 17
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27199
Brendan DOUBLEYOU A letter or two, so to speak (6-3)
The beginning of each 16, existing in vacuum, say (6-3)
26305
24164
Brendan COLLEGE Queens, for example, on being embraced by merry monarch (7)
Pass on education, primarily, in this (7)
25307
27173
Brendan HOOVER Clean house again (6)
Clean house no more (6)
26305
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Brendan VERB Part of speech in extremely short book (4)
As this, best is not very different from worst (4)
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24309
Brendan STEERAGE Cheap accommodation poet's always got in theatre (8)
Poet's always in coach, cheapest form of travel (8)
23839
25290
Brendan ATHENS Pagans he initially abandoned in capital (6)
Subsequently put in as capital (6)
24704
25104
Brendan KNOW Realise obsessive political analyst is upset (4)
Experience no sound (4)
24930
25015
Brendan CASSIO Charlie I brought into company in part of lieutenant (6)
Officer protects fool, one in role of lieutenant (6)
24758
23875
Brendan DRAW No-win situation, something that's decided by luck (4)
Approach or pull away (4)
26222
24206
Brendan BROKE Split agreed between Britain and EU? Not half! (5)
Chap who's changed side in financial crisis? (5)
27147
25527
Brendan BLUE See 19 down
Sportsman needing to be cheered (4)
Squander money in way that's sad and obscene (4)
Unhappy participant in events at university (4)
25673
26254
24930
25451
Brendan MARK Note in outdated currency (4)
Saint's blemish (4)
26479
24787
Brendan MAHARAJA It's a shock, a bad actor turning up as prince (8)
Leading Indian opened a part of the leg area up (8)
27147
24886
Brendan PROP Player essential in pack for power (4)
Support for revolutionary part of craft (4)
24212
24597
Brendan EAST Point ace secured in superlative finish (4)
Take part in bridge as this, never meeting partner? (4)
27367
25165
Brendan RHINO Big game at home is taken in by foreign character (5)
First half of the big game (5)
27285
26973
Brendan RING Produce metallic sound as band (4)
Something shaped like 22 for lover or 15 for fighter (4)
24260
25797
Brendan HOLST He produced astronomic score in first of tests after break (5)
Composer having short break before end of concert (5)
26100
24804
Brendan TABLAS Pairs of drums — sailor turned up holding another (6)
Drums of one sailor used in another's backing (6)
24901
24134
Brendan BLACK Like 8 but not 25 in one game, it follows 8 and 25 in another (5)
Polish the most valuable pot (5)
Jet — to get hence to 24 via 5 down, 7 etc, 18 across, 15? (5)
25673
24614
26026
Brendan NOMADS Signs agreement enclosing minute area for itinerants (6)
People who are unsettled and crazy in limited numbers (6)
26912
25196
Brendan RED Off colour? (3)
Like diamonds or rubies (3)
24614
25028
Brendan MARMALADE Preserve weapon a boy found in Eastern state (9)
Preserve part of body a boy found in northeastern state (9)
24005
25015
Brendan DELTA Low mark for big mouth (5)
Kind of wings Daedalus had initially (5)
24564
27199
Brendan ABOARD One part of deck on ship (6)
On vessel overseas with king going south (6)
24350
27307
Brendan TEES Piles of sand, originally, in river (4)
Limits of Trent, or another river (4)
25701
24804
Brendan PALIN Right-winger in US, type that's irritating about left (5)
See 16
26254
25196
Brendan SATURN In South America, revolutionary movement got US rocket (6)
Auto brand succeeded with a change of direction (6)
24970
24804
Brendan EASE No difficulty completing puzzle, kinda obvious and simple (4)
Note a sense in which centre is moderate (4)
25918
26126
Brendan BRACE Bank of Scotland welcoming constant support (5)
British people giving support (5)
24774
25290
Brendan HAMLET Person acting badly allowed in village (6)
Bad actor allowed title role (6)
25271
23875
Brendan EARTH Piece of Japanese art hanging in our home (5)
It's not altogether clear that this was an element (5)
24886
24804
Brendan HALO Virtuous circle? (4)
Inside house a lamp, primarily, provides overhead lighting (4)
25970
24916
Brendan CRETONNE Fashion centre housing old and new fabric (8)
Cotton fabric being worn, new in island (8)
24498
26497
Brendan IRIS Name of girl, like Bridget without husband (4)
So-called master one set up as pupil's controller (4)
24498
24090
Brendan PLAZA In open space most of drama is about extreme characters (5)
Drama, mostly including extreme characters, in open area of city (5)
Square loaf mostly consumed by father (5)
25797
25271
24970
Brendan STACCATO In old musical coming back, one of its characters played in detached manner (8)
Thus including 24 across composed in style that's not smooth (8)
24819
25886
Brendan TEST River that's between two countries, such as India and Pakistan (4)
A lot of pupils turned up on time for examination (4)
24640
24804
Brendan OMANI Arab returning very shortly (5)
Old person one identified as Arab national (5)
26008
24468
Brendan CORRECT Referee's first in Centre Court to check faults (7)
What's right and proper in cleric or rector? (7)
25725
25552
Brendan PAIR Three, four, or five, say — over one or two (4)
Piano tune as duet (4)
Circumference of semicircle enclosing a couple (4)
25015
24102
25044
Brendan OPERA Piano used in old-time musical entertainment (5)
Fedora is this kind of hat (5)
25290
25970
Brendan MOZART Child prodigy reduced weight in minutes with magic (6)
Musical genius carries little weight in the marketplace (6)
26100
24134
Brendan DUCK See 12
Fortune initially increased tenfold, dear (4)
See 22
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26881
Brendan CHANGES See 15
Results of reassessment seen in 9 and 25, 15 17, 22 across and down, 24 across and down, and 6, perhaps (7,2,5)
24656
24886
Brendan VIRGINIA Female author put in state by sound of wild animal (8,5)
State in which one repeatedly enters raving mad (8)
24986
24090
Brendan VALVE So long screening very old television part (5)
It helps with inflation as controlling device when issuing note (5)
27147
24675
Brendan HEMINGWAY Sometime 5 13 across as strange enigma — why? (9)
Writer represented as enigma - why? (9)
25608
24297
Brendan CENTRE
Minimal change in US in relation to moderate position (6)
Moderates numbered twelve or thirteen in fifteen (6)
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Brendan ALAS Letters regularly lost by railways, unfortunately (4)
Isolated state reduced, unfortunately (4)
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26953
Brendan ALLOTMENT Share everything the writer found in Bible (9)
Share everything the writer put into book collections (9)
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25886
Brendan LION Male with pride put up new work of art (4)
Majority shareholder put up new work of art (4)
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26008
Brendan PLANET Supposedly influential body putting energy into factory (6)
Mars, for example, part of thematic composition (6)
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24134
Brendan NUTHATCH Bird included in menu that chef put together (8)
Bird seen in new kind of roof covering university (8)
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25245
Brendan RHYME Work of poet? Frost, by the sound of it (5)
What poets generally do, Keats and Yeats don't (5)
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26953
Brendan NAMES Identifies guilty people as men corrupted repeatedly (5,5)
See 17
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Brendan ALPHA Triumphant cry, eclipsing old record top mark (5)
Kind of male found in Athens, originally (5)
Leader in Athens in initial phase (5)
Characters in old script from beginning also finish (5,3,5)
24155
24916
25383
27199
Brendan GUERNSEY Cast off when finished working on this island (8)
Source of milk giving us energy when drunk (8)
24031
24288
Brendan BEVY Drink a lot of 16, say (4)
Behave very heartlessly in a lot of larks (4)
25165
27466
Brendan DATA Turned up only a little information (4)
Constructed a table in which you'll find these? (4)
24832
24819
Brendan CELTICSEA Perversely cite case about line that's between Ireland and part of UK (6,3)
Part of Atlantic that's cold, with ice least dispersed (6,3)
25180
26898
Brendan ROOSEVELT President and first lady left in resting place (9)
Odd role votes had for president (9)
25180
24216
Brendan ESPY See getting regular letters from episcopacy (4)
Spot in Hautes-Pyrénées (4)
27173
24832
Brendan HERO That woman with old idol, a priestess (4)
Priestess's object of worship (4)
24740
23923
Brendan PATIENCE Game one plays that's said to be virtuous (8)
Game one plays in satire on aesthetic movement (8)
Light musical work only one person can play (8)
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24090
24468
Brendan JURY In hearing, why are you rising after judge and accused's 20? (4)
Peers inside a box (4)
25833
26100
Brendan SWEET Adorable royal I spotted in dramatic location (5)
Not dry, like 10 of 27, regardless of 1 (5)
Dish eaten with spoon, darling (5)
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26953
26931
Brendan KINGLEAR Tragedy in which family, regal, gets destroyed (4,4)
Character with family, tragically regal (4,4)
24758
23875
Brendan OCASEY Dramatist in old suit appearing before end of play (6)
Indication of agreement a company set up for playwright (6)
24758
26209
Brendan TATE King Edward, for one, not altogether an art patron (4)
Gallery in New York, for example, unopened (4)
24297
26141
Brendan BACH Single person, in short, who created 10 with other 24 variations (4)
Composer dear to Ivor Novello (4)
Term of endearment among Welsh musical family (4)
25361
25527
26100
Brendan EARFUL Visibly unhappy after rejecting first reprimand (6)
Loud blast that proved fatal for Claudius (6)
25860
25150
Brendan HOBBES Doing crosswords and so on? Not I — I'm a philosopher (6)
Pastimes I abandoned to become a philosopher (6)
25860
23923
Brendan OUTSTRIP Excel in running, having ways to escape stumble (8)
Excel as runner, not in football gear (8)
25918
26931
Brendan SOFAS Some features of a sitting room (5)
Resting places used by Francis of Assisi (5)
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24597
Brendan POIROT Over and over again, interrupting journey north for detective (6)
Journey north twice broken by old private eye (6)
26176
25860
Brendan MOOT Unsettled, with low temperature (4)
Hypothetical case of low temperature (4)
26176
24216
Brendan MATE Friend that puts king in hopeless position (4)
Carry out final check for officer (4)
25219
26931
Brendan CONFIDANTE Trusted friend's name appearing in end of Act I, possibly (10)
Study poem returned by poet's girlfriend (10)
25493
24058
Brendan ECO Author announced what precedes foxtrot (3)
Late genius that may prefix other solutions (3)
25493
26953
Brendan GEORGE President briefly in capital of Wyoming (6,4)
Red Cross hero that's automatically put in control? (6)
24401
24740
Brendan PLAY Act as beginner in party, unlike minister (4)
Perform song, with piano introduction (4)
Having set out after power, act (4)
25595
25816
27036
Brendan NOTE Mark in school — 25 (4)

Mark school put up (4)
See 6
24854
23821
24114
26931
Brendan ROSE What's got out of bed? (4)
Flower got from bed (4)
Pink was revolting (4)
26479
25749
26953
Brendan REGINA North American city's leading lady? (6)
A party in suits, often, in Canadian city (6)
26479
24583
Brendan PIERCE President called Franklin bore (6)
Break through, taking rook with knight, say (6)
Bishop or knight taking rook or queen to force a way through (6)
Penetrate, with rook being taken by knight, say (6)
26479
24832
25320
24017
Brendan CAROL Perform seasonally in clubs, a job for actor being cut (5)
Joyful song a king needed in depression (5)
26479
25245
Brendan OLIVE Vice ring back in the shade (5)
This girl's in love, as it happens (5)
26479
24832
Brendan EDEN Former PM at centre of belated enquiry (4)
Place for couple, initially, in gated enclave (4)
24930
27199
Brendan BALMORAL French dance lesson in castle (8)
Frenchman's dance lesson in royal residence (8)
24901
24090
Brendan DONOR Benefactor's name inscribed in entrance (5)
Benefactor's name inscribed in entrance (5)
24901
26008
Brendan ABETTER A superior assistant (7)
Assistant has something to drink — not drinking inside (7)
24901
25271
Brendan CHANNEL See 10
Napoleon's failed project passed through by French on way to Waterloo (7,6)
24901
24288
Brendan OMEN Sign French author's antihero put up (4)
For example, removed branches over soldiers (4)
What became of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard? It's a warning (4)
25608
25595
23923
Brendan APRIL Best time to be 13 across, going by air? Not for Browning (5)
Did her arrival made Browning homesick? (5)
Girl that has first date after three months (5)
25608
23923
25701
Brendan TANGO Dance music as end of broadcast on radio (5)
A number of South Americans fly back to Rio, finally (5)
25608
24155
Brendan AYEAYE Nocturnal animal, as opposed to 22 down? (3-3)
I repeatedly heard this nocturnal creature (3-3)
26084
24521
Brendan EYES Regards as English, indeed (4)
Keeps watch on stern of frigate? That's right (4)
26084
25918
Brendan GREY Noble PM, between 11 and 26 (4)
Poet's pronouncement is dismal (4)
24614
25196
Brendan SUPERDUPER Awfully rude in middle of meal? Wonderful! (5-5)
Wonderful son, unusually pure — daughter likewise (5-5)
24614
25749
Brendan INTER Put in grave situation in leaderless period of decline (5)
Put into ground, using section of main terrace (5)
24614
25196
Brendan AYES One or more positive responses (4)
Votes for Republican president, not hard-headed (4)
25956
25608
Brendan ESTONIA Oddly, it's a volcano — even so, I land in northern Europe (7)
East Russian girl getting over time in part of former USSR (7)
Ie NATO's new country (7)
26254
24401
25015
Brendan PAUL Saintly fellow — friendly type with top-class input (4)
Revere as American hero that's become less appealing, we hear (4)
Revere, for example, a saint (4)
25467
25527
24692
Brendan SETTER Street being out of order, one provides direction to game (6)
See 10
25467
24949
Brendan LETTER Character reference, for example (6)
Landlord's strict verbal interpretation (6)
See 17
24438
25150
24521
Brendan ROSEMARY Shrub grew on river in a month (8)
One or two names for evergreen shrub (8)
26479
24090
Brendan ANAGRAM Opts for post, say, in an Indian city, beginning in March (7)
Crib clue from Crucible, for example (7)
25769
25467
Brendan LOCO Engine round the bend (4)
Thomas, for example, holding clubs in card game (4)
25150
25320
Brendan EYEGLASS Spectacle? (8)
Visual aid as I listened to minimalist composer (8)
24198
25641
Brendan STAIRS Flight in first airship (6)
Lots of flights contributing to worst air strikes (6)
24350
24930
Brendan RECORDING Changing program without right, not a live broadcast (9)
The spirit of double-entry bookkeeping? (9,5)
24774
25725
Brendan SOLDIER Join, in a way, when one gets admitted in private (7)
Person serving is 24 across in terms of 1 in play (7)
24774
26008
Brendan EDGY Nervous and at the forefront of fashion (4)
Nervous? Extremely so! (4)
27147
24164
Brendan HOTEL Stop for travellers before India, as pilot says (5)
House rented, turned into temporary accommodation (5)
27147
24155
Brendan BEST Worst as one part of speech, but only one (4)
Of highest quality, or worst (4)
27147
24206
Brendan ERATO Elegist's initial reaction, oddly his inspiration? (5)
In opera Tosca's an inspirational female (5)
Source of poetic inspiration among liberators (5)
27147
25361
24468
Brendan FILLIP Charge one penny for boost (6)
Medication provided when upset is a tonic (6)
23948
25414
Brendan CHEESE Danish 8, for example, that's said to make one smile (6)
25, perhaps, may be said to make one smile (6)
25673
25271
Brendan CARTER Driver's temperature taken by nurse, say (6)
Maximum speed on main road limited for driver (6)
26305
24216
Brendan FORD Supporting diamonds as bridge alternative (4)
Go to other bank in quest of note (4)
26305
24832
Brendan ARTHUR A king badly hurt at the end (6)
A king dreadfully hurt, finally (6)
26305
24832
Brendan ANNA Source of dark horse in best-seller list (4,6)
Gossip about new girl (4)
24230
23788
Brendan AVOW It's a very old wicket, so declare (4)
A car carrying head of one state (4)
27285
27466
Brendan AUSTEN Female novelist in same state as 20, we hear (6)
Writer in state capital, speaking (6)
Influence on 2 4, who produced 3 and 27 (6)
Novelist finding little energy in dotty aunts (6)
27216
24230
24901
27307
Brendan EUSTON End of line for some, including setter and solver in old school (6)
Return communication about America's London station (6)
27216
24176
Brendan OSLO How one plays after first-half switch in this European city (4)
Where peace accords were reached, for some too slowly (4)
27216
24704
Brendan AGED Old French painter coming up short (4)
Part for tragedian like King Lear (4)
Artist endlessly climbing over the hill (4)
27216
24206
24058
Brendan PATRON Financial supporter recycled no art under pressure (6)
Two men named benefactor (6)
One able to bestow a little money on art, perhaps (6)
27216
25142
24886
Brendan ALICE Girl having nibble from cake in a story (5)
Girl band from town down under (5)
27216
25196
Brendan UPASTREE Poisonous plant ruining pasture (Eastern) (4,4)
Source of poison for barbs, as repute has spread (4,4)
23975
24970
Brendan JULIAN Boy's description of a sort of yearbook? (6)
One Roman emperor related to another (6)
23975
24901
Brendan ORBITS Travels round the world with gold coins (6)
Gold coins used in round-the-world trips (6)
23763
24692
Brendan TASTE Altered state, in a sense (5)
Sampling can make sense (5)
Experience discrimination, in a sense (5)
Opening of show in gallery, in a sense (5)
24005
24155
24335
26126
Brendan CANCAN Is able to preserve old dance (6)
Dance in French town heard repeatedly (6)
24005
25081
Brendan TOMTOM Drum putting bird up (3-3)
Drum offered by male to maiden (3-3)
24005
24134
Brendan AGORA Public space, circle in site of mausoleum (5)
Asian city clustered round old marketplace (5)
24005
24774
Brendan CHASTISED Held back by 5, it's beaten (9)
Pure daughter is taken inside to be scolded (9)
24005
25429
Brendan CANNON Gun shot during break (6)
Gun shot, hitting two targets (6)
24005
24819
Brendan EDUCATED Learned gold coin in river turned up (8)
Learned of old coin in river turning up (8)
25942
24614
Brendan STARTS Begins with supposed sources of luck — about time! (6)
Leading players seen around West End for openings (6)
26222
24758
Brendan SILVER Pirate providing what fortune-teller requires in hand (6)
Argentine ship's cook (6)
26222
25081
Brendan SIGN Wrong about good omen (4)
Warning evil's masking good (4)
26222
25320
Brendan TORY Politician starts in this office, ends in another, say (4)
Attempt to retain old prayer in Church of England? (4)
24384
25984
Brendan ELEMENTS In sort of steel, workers put in iron, carbon and manganese, say (8)
Basic principles that forecaster studies (8)
24384
24597
Brendan HOMER Animated 13's all-round achievement as striker (5)
Striking achievement of American flier returning to base (5)
26912
26141
Brendan STEPHEN King who has feast after Christmas? (7)
Male celebrated on Boxing Day, dancing with female (7)
26912
24692
Brendan ANGLE Perspective provided by early European immigrant (5)
Fish that's found between rays (5)
26912
24916
Brendan TESTA Shell international area (5)
It's hard for a seed to finish important match with ace (5)
25517
24335
Brendan GARDENERS Brings in to store outside modern centre — their business is growing (9)
Awfully enraged queen's doomed 2, 5 and 7 trying to make 11 16 19 across (9)
25517
25028
Brendan PAGE Call for book section (4)
Young male worker's mature under pressure (4)
27147
25196
Brendan CAESAR "Brute" finished his final speech (6)
Kind of salad having 13, 4, 25 as 16? (6)
"Arrest that woman", said the emperor (6)
23875
24949
23890
Brendan DIAMETER I am interrupting to stop bore (8)
The writer's interrupting to stop bore (8)
25517
24986
Brendan WINE Graves, for example, that might be put in vault (4)
Heard complaint that's usually 19 across or 11 (4)
25517
24614
Brendan ECHO Nymph's character as communicated on radio (4)
Acoustic problem some of the choir encountered (4)
25996
24155
Brendan STERNA Parts of skeletons found in Western Australia (6)
Behind a lot of bones found in chests (6)
25104
23788
Brendan ACID Something helpful containing cold, so-called drug (4)
It's extremely ’allucinogenic, indeed (4)
25673
24640
Brendan WEST What every solver thinks, initially, is the point of setting (4)
Sets composed in extra musical setting for tragic story (4,4)
25429
25493
Brendan ATLAS Great weightlifter's world record? (5)
Finally cut world record? (5)
25180
27199
Brendan ETON School from middle of fifteenth century (4)
English-style college (4)
24640
24071
Brendan WHITE Kind of butterfly naturalist named (5)
Why is tea endlessly combined with milk? (5)
A little bit European, or totally so? (5)
24614
26026
25028
Brendan ASIA Romania is unsettled region near Greece (4,5)
Answer: area including south India (4)
A lot of the world leaders in assembly sense it's awful (4)
25126
23839
26126
Brendan STABILISES Is a bit less wobbly (10)
Is a bit less liable to change (10)
24198
25180
Brendan WEALTH Capital in which the law is broken (6)
Possible result of breaking the law (6)
24401
26973
Brendan CHARLESTON Cavalier leader not retreating where Civil War started (10)
Lively dance disheartened star of many epics (10)
25655
24704
Brendan EROICA Rousing stuff, timeless symphony (6)
Beethoven's work — exciting stuff that's timeless (6)
24740
25081
Brendan LONDON See 5 (6)
American author who chronicled abysmal conditions in this city (6)
27173
25320
Brendan POWER Man imprisoned, with ruler in control (5)
Strength shown by guy in red under pressure (5)
25996
24212
Brendan LOVE Supposed cause of global revolution, some rising (4)
Something to declare to court, or nothing (4)
What causes global revolution? Nothing (4)
27147
24901
25493
Brendan SPEED Expedition from way down South, heading West (5)
Dispatch drug (5)
25493
27003
Brendan PLANETS Policy covering aliens and some of their homes (7)
Suite from flat tenants gutted (7)
25438
25126
Brendan UTOPIA More work coming from Martinu to pianist (6)
Most of drink I consumed in university area, ideal place (6)
25361
26898
Brendan BRENDAN For me, goal is to tuck into health food (7)
I tear into outlaw (7)
Bishop managed to conceal object for saint (7)
25467
24521
24949
Brendan LIST Desire or inclination — that of 28, we hear, was little (4)
Lean over the edge (4)
Recognise architectural distinction in catalogue (4)
25833
24260
24017
Brendan IDEA Possible withdrawal from Mideast? That's a thought (4)
Initially, is doctor elated at result of brain operation? (4)
24930
27199
Brendan CORNER Tree in which rook sits before moving (6)
Trap heartless public official (6)
26176
24597
Brendan RANSACK Subject to tough search, having smuggled alcohol from Canaries, say (7)
Managed to fire rifle (7)
24384
24564
Brendan BISHOP Specially prepared wine I found in British store (6)
Man on board, such as one honoured as peacemaker in 1984 (6)
Mulled wine I served in bookstore (6)
25126
24720
24597
Brendan WING Injure player on side (4)
Slightly injure football player (4)
26305
24031
Brendan ASSERT A part of one's hair lifted, say (6)
State forcefully includes king in what's beneficial (6)
24384
23788
Brendan HEART Organ transplant hard in part of 3 (5)
Pressure around referee, initially, to give red card (5)
24005
25996
Brendan THIRTEEN Even parts of 1984, one must add, a number regarded as ominous (8)
Strange rite in earlier time a number regarded as ominous (8)
24720
26141
Brendan USED Exploited conclusions reached by you, as we did (4)
Part of religious education that's not new (4)
25150
26162
Brendan RIGHT
Examples of 19 down, 22 across, also 8 (5,3,5)
23821
25725
Brendan REDWHITEANDBLUE Standard description for 9, 25, 10 and 12 (3,5,3,4)
2 or 7, what's around 13 or 3, 4 or 25 - all standard (3,5,3,4)
24102
24498
Brendan TEASER No difficulty in this riddle, initially? Au contraire! (6)
Tricky question presenting no difficulty in test paper, ultimately (6)
27367
25150
Brendan PANACEAN Be critical about an expert able to solve everything (8)
Be critical about an expert supposedly solving everything (8)
25438
24640
Brendan WARM After peace in 1984, millions not hostile (4)
Friendly, minutes after fighting (4)
24720
25196
Brendan BACALL See 12
Bachelor with one diamond, say, for movie actress (6)
Bachelor getting a ring for movie actress (6)
24370
25320
24468
Brendan POUND Money for one whose verse was free (5)
See 6
24071
26931
Brendan RADII Bones found in river two years after the Massacre of the Innocents? (5)
… under way, disposing of old bones (5)
24564
27031
Brendan SHAKESPEARE Female introducing a speaker, possibly a playwright (11)
Chief's equal, it's said, as source of 14 (11)
Bard pronounced tribal leader's equal (11)
24758
26898
23875
Brendan PLUS Applauds at regular intervals? That's a positive sign (4)
Dump all you possess, ultimately — that's a positive sign (4)
24335
25984
Brendan BRUNEI Land in East, namely, taken back after British period (6)
Sultanate finally independent, earlier administered by British (6)
Ancient character in British island, or part of one (6)
26254
26100
26497
Brendan ROASTBEEF Tradition of British consumers to criticise and complain (5,4)
Fare to be cooked over first part of Sunday? (5,4)
24155
26162
Brendan LETTERS Parts of all answers, some 13 across in some answers singularly found in 14 and 22 across (7)
Hiring people of 16 (7)
See 15
25918
24176
24970
Brendan RECOUPS Makes up score, originally composed (7)
Compensates PC user, distraught about nothing (7)
25641
25552
Brendan TARTAR Salts forming deposit on teeth (6)
Fierce person creating problem with teeth (6)
24005
23890
Brendan MEAT Substance team-mate, before or after break, abused (4)
Food cooked in different ways for team-mate (4)
26008
25081
Brendan ISLE Man is one that's insulted, being oddly selective (4)
I may stand for it in part of church, say (4)
25749
24521
Brendan AMIS Kingsley, the author, inappropriately abridged (4)
Friends of French literary father and son (4)
24230
27307
Brendan SIMPLE See 24
In some cases I'm pleading innocent (6)
24114
24583
Brendan COMEDOWNTOEARTH Return to reality, as the jet set ultimately must (4,4,2,5)
Topple inside foxhole and return to reality (4,4,2,5)
23763
24309
Brendan NEMESIS Divine female that hero meets at end of the 5 24 across (7)
In unusual sense, I'm unbeatable opponent (7)
27036
26126
Brendan ORWELL What Blair became before spring (6)
Etonian yearbook author whose elder sibling saw everything (6)
24656
27307
Brendan BARNES Part of our capital in farm buildings, say (6)
British composer's village on Thames (6)
23975
24901
Brendan EASY Relaxed in every other part of exam, say (4)
Academic sinecure? It supports one comfortably (4,5)
24384
27367
Brendan FETA Cheese with fine Greek character? (4)
Salty cheese with fine Greek character (4)
Cheese that's fine with tea, oddly (4)
24198
24114
25196
Brendan FLAG See 9
Stone sink (4)
24614
24102
Brendan ENTITY A separate thing, it appears, in final parts of the main event, say (6)
Being removed from parent, it yells (6)
24384
25104
Brendan REGAIN Take back island held by princess (6)
Get back area in African country after rising (6)
24774
25797
Brendan GENE Player of 5 13 across generally has two characters changed (4,5)
Conclusions from hearing — the children receive what parents pass on (4)
25608
26479
Brendan SURFEIT Point in what we do with the Web too much (7)
Clubs, perhaps, taking bad ref to heart too much (7)
27147
25996
Brendan ROSES Emblems of war, 11 and 19 across - or alternatives to them (5)
See 13 across
24614
25028
Brendan APIECE One coin for each person (6)
For each person one must include something easy (6)
26973
25383
Brendan GUARDIAN Protector of child in a gun raid shot (8)
Venetian who painted over an angel? (8)
25467
26973
Brendan LEAD Top player thrashed when 19 15 (4)
Start putting one's cards on the table in corrupt deal (4)
27216
26191
Brendan OXFORD Old president holding vote in Mississippi city (6)
See 29 (6)
Not totally orthodox for detective that embraces lost causes (6)
Its rival's sporting gear is a shade lighter (6)
25438
27173
26162
27466
Brendan MARATHON In a way disturbed or hurt an athlete (8,6)
Revolutionary taking over horse - a long, long way to run (8)
25271
24583
Brendan LARGE King-size, or possibly regal (5)
Stout or beer, having moved right into centre (5)
23975
25886
Brendan MARTIN King's names for religious reformer (6,6)
So-called King, religious reformer (6,6)
25219
24216
Brendan NUMERATE Able to figure out true mean, somehow (8)
Able to figure nature out without me (8)
26176
24260
Brendan STEIN Author that can hold a lot of beer (5)
American author that can hold a lot of beer (5)
Container for drink — physicist dropping his first one (5)
27216
27003
26008
Brendan LINCOLN See 23 13 across, or 11 (7)
Left officer in pub in city (7)
27173
24832
Brendan GRANT See 19 across
Gift from relative coming on time (5)
Admit king and queen, perhaps (5)
Present or past president (5)
26912
26305
24832
26881
Brendan EMMA So-called heroine of 18 in work of 22 down (4)
Novel piece of theorem mathematician produced (4)
24901
27003
Brendan STARSANDSTRIPES Standard 7, such as 8, 20, 21 down, 22 down and 23 across or 3 and 18, together with 11, 12, or 22 across, possibly (5,3,7)
Standard combination of top players and bands, originally 19 (5,3,7)
25429
25180
Brendan ERODE Grind away, getting the answer to crossword clue, finally (5)
Gradually reduce fear, with soldier ignoring the odds (5)
25467
25984
Brendan ASCRIBED Put down like overlapping sleeping places (8)
Credited as copied, using only one book (8)
25028
24102
Brendan PLANES Tools for growing things with 19 (6)
Fighters, for example, seeing point in strategic efforts (6)
24031
25655
Brendan DOUGH Money from party that's awful! (5)
Sticky stuff for baker or cook that's disgusting! (5)
27285
26973
Brendan POETRY Literary form of essay by American author (6)
Literary work of American author on success in rugby (6)
American who wrote essay and verse (6)
23763
24212
24017
Brendan REDCARDS Penalties for players, not clubs (3,5)
Punishments for serious offences getting one down, for example (3,5)
26191
26497
Brendan BORDER See 11
Book on community that shows extent of state's authority (6)
25749
24720
Brendan SHOE From what we hear, drive away, partly brake (4)
Something needed by horse or mule, perhaps (4)
27173
24804
Brendan OMAHA It's in Oklahoma, Hawaii … and Nebraska (5)
Part of tomahawk found somewhere on the Missouri (5)
25673
26026
Brendan TITLE Playing piece, keeping time - The Emperor, for one (5)
Right for which Muhammad Ali often fought (5)
24216
26931
Brendan COIN Make an entry that exclud­es me as alternative to note (4)
I do without a bit of money (4)
24675
24521
Brendan SCOTTISH Form of Scotch some prefer, habitually drunk around clubs (8)
Author is hard to follow, like others of his ilk (8)
25595
27036
Brendan ANOTHER Somebody else getting nothing in articles right (7)
Not this piece for piano, therefore (7)
23975
25196
Brendan HARRISON President Ford, as seen in movies (8)
Player selected for part of 11, one of famous group (8)
24451
24449
Brendan DASH Verve shown in part of 20 (4)
Short American event in Florida show (4)
26162
25451
Brendan SQUARES Settles parts of crossword, 11 and 26 (7)
With 20, 26 across and 26 down and things that may be 8, 9, 17, or 24 repeatedly does the impossible? (7,7)
24614
25797
Brendan LYTTON Victorian author's only novel, about abstainer (6)
Somehow try and act honestly as biographer (6,8)
24230
24986
Brendan UNDERSEA At sea endures a submarine (8)
Endures being torpedoed by a submarine (8)
25749
26141
Brendan IRENIC With anger cut short, aimed at peace (6)
Anger cut short in pursuit of peace (6)
24114
25655
Brendan LUTHER See 12
See 1 across
25219
24216
Brendan CONRAD See 10
Author appearing in public, on radio (6)
23975
26479
Brendan CAPITAL I and others going astray in a dozen other answers (7,7)
I, for example, could be London landlord? (7,6)
24970
24521
Brendan DAIL Guardian, for one, hasn't finished house in Dublin (4)
Finish off Guardian, for example, in Irish house (4)
Guardian, for example, hasn't finished making house in Ireland (4)
25414
24260
26209
Brendan BRIDGE Irishwoman cut part of nose (6)
Part of 6 or 24 down for English composer (6)
25015
26191
Brendan OMEGA In conclusion, returning stone set in a ring (5)
See 17
25383
27199
Brendan STAB Reversed crazy attempt to 25 (4)
Raised clubs in attempt to wound (4)
25673
25398
Brendan SONATA Boy attending a musical performance (6)
Boy present for a musical performance (6)
23839
26209
Brendan ENIGMA Puzzle cryptically written by one finishing below (6)
Altered image about me, finally, in this puzzle (6)
25361
25320
Brendan LAUREL Singular honour for Hardy's partner (6)
Bait on line cast outside a bay (6)
24090
25886
Brendan BUSH Travel, in a way, hard in wild terrain (4)
World leader, so-called (4)
See 4
26305
24930
24401
Brendan AGREED A sin that's done! (6)
A desire for wealth that's said to clinch a deal (6)
25320
24597
Brendan VIOLET Love it redone in extreme colour (6)
Flower girl's savage, with no end of aggression (6)
24090
25383
Brendan SEEN Tacked, for example, after turning 22 — that's understood (4)
Part of play got by audience and understood (4)
25517
25749
Brendan ROOK Do bird (4)
Cheat that's cornered by knight, initially (4)
Bird that can't be moved on board, initially (4)
25126
26973
25335
Brendan NOSE As we hear, the opposite of 8 — it's between them (4)
Advance cautiously, finishing in two hearts, vulnerable (4)
26084
26191
Brendan PARIS Old prince's moveable feast, so-called (5)
… as this enemy proved in city (5)
He won the heart of a beauty in romantic city (5)
27216
25716
25493
Brendan NOBEL Explosives expert and arms manufacturer oddly responsible for 20 31 (5)
Supporter of War and Peace (5)
24930
27003
Brendan DOFF Remove from head office (4)
Remove from board of firm or suspend officially (4)
24692
27466
Brendan CRYSTALSET Act less, try broadcast for radio once (7,3)
Early radio broadcast tactless about what links stations (7,3)
25180
24114
Brendan LIED Song from European to be first in audition (4)
A number of Germans practised deception (4)
24901
24832
Brendan POPE Fish, such as eleven named in this puzzle (4)
Religious leader as father figure, ultimately (4)
24692
26141
Brendan KEYS One opens with these piano pieces, 11 and 26 (4)
Openers for Caribbean islands (4)
24614
25126
Brendan QUEEN Honour, or bestower of one (5)
One triumphing over knave when trick is played? (5)
26008
24597
Brendan LINEAR Like A or B, for example, or the shortest distance between them (6)
Vessel crossing area, following a straight course (6)
25044
25320
Brendan AGITATOR It creates a stir when a reptile swallows it (8)
A soldier and sailor going across to troublemaker (8)
24970
24451
Brendan OSCAR Academy's recognition for picture from Kokoschka, say (5)
Small statue one might get from cast (5)
24384
24155
Brendan ACHE Hurt repeatedly as part of approaches coaches used (4)
Suffer thus in test for container of 8 (4)
24212
24058
Brendan RAVELS Tangles or untangles (6)
Composer's tangles (6)
24206
24134
Brendan NORTH Player put on top of the charts (5)
12 by 13, 5 26 down, 26 across 27, or 9 plus 31, possibly (5,3,5)
23975
25015
Brendan EMPOWERED European politician on the left accepting nothing we authorised (9)
25015
23821
Brendan ELEVEN High score with dice, within maximum for Romans (6)
Team adding numbers before and after this (6)
26222
24740
Brendan ORIGIN Where axes cut roots (6)
Where axes cut, for a start (6)
24031
24916
Brendan GATSBY Game backed by great man of American literature (6)
Animal in Highlands turned up beside Scott's hero (6)
24230
25564
Brendan THEIRISH Supposedly lucky types, fair people who never speak well of one another (Johnson) (3,5)
Supposedly lucky people seen in part of eye hospital (3,5)
25438
26222
Brendan SMELL Spy chief taken in by deception, in a sense (5)
Dispose of about 1,000, in a sense (5)
26953
26126
Brendan AMERICAN See 11
A good one who's late is 13 across, wrote Wilde (8)
23975
25608
Brendan KERNEL Part of ship cut by navy in centre (6)
Navy divides part of ship, in essence (6)
24986
25104
Brendan NOTHING
One of those sweet utterances of lovers in love (7)
23821
24114
Brendan RESOURCES Doctor cures sore, making money (9)
Assets thus protected in securer arrangement (9)
25126
24804
Brendan INFORMAL Casual female making appearance in one routine (8)
During class a learner is not stiff (8)
24350
24949
Brendan GIST Serving Americans, time is the essence (4)
Is replacing all within government? That makes basic sense (4)
24640
26126
Brendan LEAR Humorous writer, tragic figure abused by children (4)
King Edward (4)
27307
26931
Brendan ISIS Divine female leads a double life (4)
Pair of islands in river (4)
24102
25383
Brendan SCOT Novelist said what kind of person he was (4)
Mac is small computer on trial, initially (4)
Old payment business set in stone (4)
23923
25245
25552
Brendan SALARY Your statement of misfortune gets a raise in pay (6)
Claim about line with ace and queen that's made by professional (6)
25150
26191
Brendan LAWRENCE Source of novel combination of children and partners (8)
A celeb in a war for a moving picture shot by 17 6 (8,2,6)
27307
24468
Brendan LEFT
Disappeared or remaining (4)
Set sail from port (4)
23821
24206
24804
Brendan BROUHAHA Produce beer, say, leading to laughter and commotion (8)
Excitement of captain rising around happy hour (8)
24970
25701
Brendan HEARHEAR Try, try again? Absolutely! (4,4)
A flightless bird in her grasp? Right on! (4,4)
25104
23890
Brendan RUMBA Unusual degree to which some Caribbeans dance (5)
Dance with drink for sailors one set up (5)
25886
25701
Brendan EPIC Some impressive picture (4)
What's showing in some picture houses? (4)
25956
25126
Brendan ONELINER Singular craft seen in short humorous piece (3-5)
Short crack found aboard English vessel (3-5)
27307
24970
Brendan SENTRY Small way in which soldier protects sleeping comrades? (6)
Guard's second appearance (6)
25467
24740
Brendan TIMORSEA It's a more tempestuous part of the Indian Ocean (5,3)
It's a more turbulent part of the Indian Ocean (5,3)
24090
25335
Brendan STAR Prince, for example, getting 20% in statistics and arithmetic (4)
Dramatist arranging central part for top actor (4)
25044
25271
Brendan PRIZE Value force, from what we hear (5)
Laboriously extract something captured in war (5)
24930
27003
Brendan APHID Pest one introduced to a high degree (5)
Something don may have done that contains one bug (5)
25015
26162
Brendan CRAYON Carbon material, chalk or wax used by artist (6)
Heart of fascism, material that's something writer can use (6)
25150
24720
Brummie WHITECAP Brandished cape with wave (8)
Flyer's pace with winds (8)
24549
27303
Brummie PSYCHO Foreign spy ring accepts chief was shot by 13 down 26 down (6)
Film chain entertained by dodgy spy ring (6)
23529
24697
Brummie HAITI Republic's salutation interrupted by pause (non-Western) (5)
Smash hit enthralling an island republic (5)
26444
24217
Brummie SMELT Separate metal from fish (5)
Sensed salmon (5)
25342
26368
Brummie ALOPECIA Which comes as no shock to those who have it (8)
Bound to get caught by a government agency, which would make a 13 across out of the question? (8)
27240
24673
Brummie IONOSPHERE Sky region broadcast poison at this point (10)
Sky region's broadcast poison in this place (10)
25025
23357
Brummie UPTHEWALL Madly distracted Ivy's journey? (2,3,4)
Mad course for a climber? (2,3,4)
25899
24862
Brummie RANCOROUS Bitter, drunk sour, binds one, I say (9)
Bitter flowed cold and oyster starter turned sour (9)
24492
26551
Brummie MEMORY Computer feature more suitably stuck in well! (6)
One of the 10 26 harassed my role model, externally (6,4)
26984
23896
Brummie ILLGOTTEN Telling off about orange tank tops wrongly taken (3-6)
Some think the Elgin Marbles were long involved with title (3-6)
27432
25735
Brummie QUEEN See 22
Unique, endlessly entertaining picture card (5)
23863
25139
Brummie SEEYOU "I'm off", as poker player might seek to end a round? (3,3)
Heads of Cambridge University said au revoir (3,3)
25914
25771
Brummie GNOSIS "Number's up" is spiritual knowledge (6)
Number turned against terrorist group's spiritual knowledge (6)
25087
27158
Brummie SETTER Maybe Paul's temperature doubled in Sibyl's embrace! (6)
See 24 across
25184
24742
Brummie ORCHESTRA Group of players or front running athletic starters (9)
Pit workers possibly round river front — god! (9)
25878
26583
Brummie DUTCH Missus, having 100 years of the Guardian, displays spirited confidence? (5,7)
Arboreal devastation of Middle East unleashed with such energy (5,3,7)
25878
26551
Brummie HYBRID Cross Henry I appearing in Byrd composition (6)
Cross borne by worthy bridegroom (6)
27450
27102
Brummie ZIRCON Mineral water ultimately put in impure zinc when oxygenated (6)
Unknown metal containing cold mineral (6)
25158
26194
Brummie MANHATTAN Guy Bowler-Brown's drink? (9)
Drink from island boater, possibly Brown (9)
26444
25453
Brummie SPAM Is a cartographer up for contents of tin? (4)
Sandwich filling plans upset? (4)
27351
24742
Brummie HACK Hut, entrance gone, fell (4)
Modest structure has no opening for writer (4)
Drudge fell (4)
26877
27351
26910
Brummie BASKETBALL Warm yourself before ballet movement, a competitive activity (10)
Kebab stall prepared game (10)
26504
27114
Brummie DAVENTRY One opening in alcoholic drink-free town (8)
Don't ’ave to go into liquor-free town (8)
25453
25500
Brummie STONE Beryl's second character? (5)
9 square pitch (5)
See 3
25692
24282
25288
Brummie HALL Auditorium bag, not old (4)
Bag, not old, in lobby (4)
26444
25342
Brummie OVERLAY Indulge in too much sex, as printers might do? (7)
Was too prone to apply veneer? (7)
26984
26392
Brummie COUCH Idle person with set habit needs analyst's aid: "Doctor too pat" (5,6)
Who idly views analysis aid number two — "full of cheap rubbish" (5,6)
25859
27422
Brummie TREASURE Chartreuse, drunk by wrong set, is object of a pirate's dig? (8,5)
Darling Hazel possibly goes round America the wrong way, meeting resistance (8)
27422
26638
Brummie LACKLUSTRE Want unpredictable result? How dull! (10)
Miss sporting result, being dull (10)
27068
23703
Brummie SLEEPY Rather drippy, grabbing top of ledge, ready to drop off (6)
Tired skin lifted in surgery — extremely (6)
24549
25583
Brummie CATCHMENT Water collection difficulty: pieces start to tear (9)
Problem with bosom' right side new net patch: it hardly swells Jordan these days (9,4)
27240
24126
Brummie EGOMANIAC Try to lance anaemic wound, being totally self-obsessed (9)
Being obsessed with self, say nothing about murderer, keeping mum (9)
27050
25500
Brummie DEAL See 17
Timber trade (4)
25914
24936
Brummie ISLE Man's one non-Latin thread (4)
See 17 across
A solemn, if moving, setting of Douglas (4,2,3)
26665
26772
23183
Brummie PSST Platinum-coated vessel that is said to gain attention on the quiet (4)
A word in your ear: civilian vessel's engaged in exercises (4)
25811
22874
Brummie MILE Head is off beam, a long way (4)
A long way from Guy swapping one for another one (4)
24466
26145
Brummie FIDDLE Tinker's days standing in line (6)
Religious academic stands in line to bow and scrape (6)
26282
26638
Brummie BEVY Ladies' drink? (4)
Females gathered for drink (4)
27278
27204
Brummie BLUE Rude to squander (4)
Shock colouring of some elderly people being racier in Kent area? (4,5)
See 8
Down and dirty (4)
Flag down Cook? (4,5)
Down with 22 down, a European cleanliness award (4)
25184
24878
24549
23977
27385
25288
Brummie SCAR Aftermath of surgery's video link affair? (4,6)
"Arthur's Cigars" rendered with two lines added (8)
25914
23404
Brummie REPOT Size up a container plant? (5)
Size up a house plant? (5)
Size up a conservatory plant? (5)
23105
23464
27565
Brummie ASTOUND Texas to undergo housing shock (7)
Has to undergo housing shock (7)
27240
25811
Brummie OSIRIS Very backward name of female god (6)
God's very large flag (6)
Deity's oversize flag (6)
26300
24639
27408
Brummie SHOT Hard drinker, extern­ally wrecked (4)
See 21
27240
25158
Brummie GRANDCRU Wine from well-respected source spiked by narcotic drug (not aural) (5,3)
Good money gets cur drunk (superior drink?) (5,3)
24312
25158
Brummie POINT See 21
Spike's bluff (5)
26444
25025
Brummie INCHOATE Only just started at home on a sweet treat, pass out (8)
Rudimentary travelling to China on back of horse (8)
24466
25811
Brummie DISHWASHER Domestic machine work role forced on the patron without means? (10)
Menial role of aerial nut and bolt ring? (10)
24188
25500
Brummie DOUBLE Drink largely is an old habit, timeless (6)
Not a single feature that would make old-style toast (6,4)
25899
25878
Brummie LATVIAN Language of one set to wear back-to-front collar (7)
Language almost dead, going by name (7)
25666
24778
Brummie SYSTEM Tense, in excited, messy way (6)
US sports team, almost the last characters to overturn routine (6)
27114
26038
Brummie FANATIC Crank turning, in fact, engrosses one (7)
Nut cracking, in fact, absorbs one (7)
22926
27114
Brummie BYRD Old composer's chat, say, on the radio (4)
Old composer's lark given voice? (4)
25548
27475
Brummie SHOO Drive off in second with, say, Robin Day left out (4)
Wash without audio aid? Get away! (4)
24625
27385
Brummie CASH "Nice little earner" from bread and milk supplier (4,3)
Johnny's ready? (4)
See 23
25859
27240
26504
Brummie LANDING Fish nets with stairs section (7)
Arrival that's between flights (7)
25914
27158
Brummie NEGLECT Don't care for dauphin's final say on the French court (7)
Pass up information about desks losing their right side (7)
24126
23851
Brummie CARMARTHEN County town vehicle to drive home in reverse at that point (10)
County town's banger selling place, just for women (10)
26241
24466
Brummie UNSOLEMN Frivolous Greek character knocked back fish pieces (not filling) (8)
With sun out, melon burst (not serious!) (8)
23896
25426
Brummie ERMINED King Edward exploited having the royal habit (7)
King Edward was exploitative, in the royal habit (7)
23017
24492
Brummie COCK Familiar form of address given by bacteriologist to an audience (4)
Turn up a pile of hay (4)
23105
23529
Brummie ESPARTO Grass drugs ring member put inside (7)
Pears lost to grass (7)
24955
26145
Brummie LOCUS A tail-less, devouring creature's place (5)
Legal position of a plant stripper taking time off (5)
24312
24697
Brummie POLYP Could be an octopus put heartlessly in the drink (5)
Yen squeezed by reverse drop in liquid growth (5)
23232
24862
Brummie TIRED Drunk tried to lie with Madonna — gross (5,3,9)
Mentally resigned to go west (5,2,4)
25453
27565
Brummie PAUL See 6
Artist's audio version of Dark Cloud, Earth (4,4)
27068
26062
Brummie NASH War artist's Nuclear Residue (4)
Architect's unopened grate (4)
26022
25468
Brummie ESCORT Retailer disposing of capital — right time for company (6)
Model on road: wow, in tailored set! (6)
26488
26282
Brummie ADLIB One day, William raised less money, so extemporised (2,3)
Gateshead library displays not prepared (2,3)
24443
24742
Brummie ROBOTIC Like a Dalek's pinch of the ear (7)
Mug on old jerk like a Dalek? (7)
23464
23662
Brummie AWESTRUCK In respectful dread of one-way furrow (9)
Astonished by one-way fold (9)
26955
27462
Brummie FACTOR Female player's cause (6)
An agent works endlessly (6)
27422
23703
Brummie SYNAPSE Cy sleeps soundly, which allows a nervy connection (7)
Sleeps during Yes composition, 'Nervous Connection' (7)
26955
23642
Brummie WITH Supporting comedian Henry (4)
See 1
24217
26726
Brummie BEAR A 6 - no bull! (4)
Put up with no bull! (4)
See 2
23232
27264
27432
Brummie AFRO Out for a cut (4)
Continental-style leaf-roof houses (4)
27583
26022
Brummie TABLE Submit pill when temperature's taken (5)
Lie around entrance to basilica that's columnar (5)
27518
26175
Brummie ACHE See 19
See 25
26856
24443
Brummie PAPER See 24
Origami work that's only superficially strong? (5,5)
26300
26612
Brummie JACK Flag lifting device (4)
No head for heights: held by John Bird to be an elusive type (4-1-7)
26877
23357
Brummie OPENWEAVE Fish-net tights are making Frank get windy (4-5)
Quality of fishnet tights makes Frank get windy (4-5)
23105
25139
Brummie PORRIDGE Dish of pork topping and gold hog's back (8)
Breakfast TV series? (8)
27488
27432
Brummie ROOK Jumper reduced at neck end — swindle! (4)
Jumper cut at back end — rip off! (4)
25139
27303
Brummie THEORY Politician's full of gas, it's supposed (6)
Man taken in by politic­ian's speculation (6)
25795
25158
Brummie SURREAL United, king and queen stamp about — bizarre (7)
Stop circling source of Ugandan rivers — it's bizarre! (7)
27138
27462
Brummie LEAP See 18
See 7
23914
24227
Brummie HELLBENT Determined underworld criminal (8)
Ruthlessly determined underworld criminal (4-4)
25087
24110
Brummie ISLAND See 26
Victoria, say, lives light (6)
26081
26638
Brummie STGEORGE It's small time stuff, acquiring energy, for one taking out a fiery creature (2,6)
"Dragon's Den" resident put-down exponent: "Small time stuff, consuming energy" (2,6)
23977
24936
Brummie MOSES One seen in rushes of movie, ultimately eaten by plant? (5)
Folk artist who made use of tablets (5)
25859
27068
Brummie NAIROBI Capital new look waistband (7)
City's rain affected bio­diversity (7)
26338
25468
Brummie VETO Second and last switch in Poll's bar (4)
Red light area of selective Toronto (4)
25914
26145
Brummie RAY Colourless American takes top off 9 (3)
Name a god ending in Y (3)
24282
27506
Brummie PLUS Advantage of puzzle lacking number and name (4)
Bonus puzzle, lacking number and name (4)
23017
24200
Brummie FLYING Cleaner sort of air transportation - brief to Bush: "It's gone off half-cock!" (6,10)
Wrong foot idly in — disastrous for 10 and 6's first screen pairing (6,4,2,3)
Brief, bound (made by squirrel?) (6,4)
23863
25715
24227
Brummie DOWN See 23 across
Blue wing's unpunctuated surrender (4,4)
25914
24990
Brummie DIAGONAL Raised support along cracks running at angle (8)
Slanting support raised along breaks (8)
25139
27303
Brummie POKER See 15
Rude attention-getter is 12 (5)
Game, digitally rude sort (5)
26955
24060
26062
Brummie SANDDAB New dates accepted by car producer, Fish (4,3)
Poor genetic material's turned up flatfish (4,3)
24443
25372
Brummie PNEUMONIA Virgin broadcast by Lisa without one complaint? (9)
As fresh-cut hay is said to precede one getting an infection (9)
26551
24742
Brummie AGES Many years can be over, say, in a second (4)
See 1
24639
23511
Brummie TOTHE See 1 across
Virginia's classic direction of keeper going to work? (2,3,10)
25025
26583
Brummie EMMY Oscar's equivalent of a thief's aid (not jack) (4)
Oscar's equivalent of a burglar tool (not jack) (4)
25859
23553
Brummie ELSINORE Ground relies on dramatic location (8)
Theatrical location used by hotels in Oregon (8)
Dramatic setting relies on rocks (8)
26877
26175
27408
Brummie STOP See 24
Pull up second best drink (4,5)
25025
26749
Brummie POTATO See 13
See 9
25859
27422
Brummie COLON Currency that might introduce a list (5)
Intestine that calls for a pause (5)
Pause after seeing this Central American currency (5)
26402
27540
24936
Brummie PLAY See 18
See 26
See 2
25548
27158
27506
Brummie EPILEPSY Pepys possibly swallowing lie about reason for getting fit (8)
It makes some people get fit all of a sudden (8)
26877
23511
Brummie SPUR Spike's football side not Southend (4)
See 26 down
25158
24716
Brummie EDGE Advantage of top-cut grass (4)
See 9
27264
27540
Brummie MAHATMA Indian sage that's been topped and crushed by child's mother (7)
Gandhi's headgear wrapped by two old ladies? (7)
25548
27565
Brummie BIRD Swift's time? (4)
Swift sentence? (4)
27583
26551
Brummie CLOG Unimportant employee guarding Latin block (4)
Choke reindeer, one making an entertaining clatter (4,6)
24312
23511
Brummie STLEGER Last leg, erecting housing for three-year-old event (2,5)
Stone artist's classic (2,5)
27138
24549
Brummie UNFORGIVEN Spacecraft with new inside (ultimately inferior, granted) is not overlooked (10)
26 down's not a description of the Prodigal Son (10)
26665
25272
Brummie THOREAU Philosopher turned author, accepting Sartre finally (7)
Embracing Aristotle's conclusion, author turned philosopher (7)
23941
26955
Brummie MOTEL Spot large roomy place (5)
Spot large rooms to let here (5)
26081
24742
Brummie HASSLE Nuisance Hardy appropriates pair of shorts (6)
Trouble when Hardy grabs "smalls" (6)
27450
25735
Brummie TRAP See 19 across
See 10
24492
27422
Brummie ENGLISHROSE Race got up — a classic beauty (7,4)
Beauty of a certain country's language enhanced by 1 across (7,4)
25548
25061
Brummie DRWATSON Famously slow assistant from way back now sat awkwardly (2,6)
Moving towards new, famously slow assistant (2,6)
26856
25223
Brummie VITRIOLIC Mean (extremely so) of 3 into 5151 + 100 (9)
Bitter players engaged in civil disorder (9)
24778
27540
Brummie GOOD Worthy attempt to use too much (4)
Gigolo Don's dancing around all right, which is fair (4-7)
27488
25583
Brummie ADAM Credit the pair who came first? (4,3,3)
Resident of Paradise Avenue's westernmost block (4)
24188
24023
Brummie FORD Doctor of climbing is cross (4)
9 since died (4)
26488
24282
Brummie ROOM See 8
Heath stood up for Cabinet once? (4)
25426
25342
Brummie NAIL Clout means nowt without one? (4)
Brad Pitt's second part secured by network backing (4)
24778
26894
Brummie YETI Hairy brute gets even with crossword setter (4)
Hairy creature still to secure independence (4)
25601
27351
Brummie SHAWL Quiet boring thing's clothing item? (5)
One could be wrapped up in this Walsh novel (5)
25878
26583
Brummie HEAD Proceed left by rocks for a feature of a 13 across? (4,4)
See 10
Nose blocked, eyes streaming? In that case, wear a hat! (4,4)
24673
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25735
Brummie NASCENCE Beginning to sound like Scottish lacking in brains? (8)
Beginning one's comeback, one abandons discipline (8)
26570
27303
Brummie MAN Mother ending in ruin (gin?) - "One way to catch a bloke" (7)
Unnatural as an oversexed female with electronic bottom (3-4)
24492
26022
Brummie FORT Military post reportedly battled against criticisms (4,4)
Strove in speech with moral excellence for US city (4,5)
23319
25811
Brummie CHECK Stop language broadcast (5)
Control tongue, when speaking (5)
25139
27303
Brummie ENCOMPASS Go round and measure, say, Araucaria's top half, fool! (9)
Cover of only half useful navigational aid? (9)
23492
27102
Brummie SPARK The author's flash of brilliance? (5)
Flash author (5)
25771
23662
Brummie IHRAM After short time, one gets into one's pilgrim garment (5)
Hair woven on masculine religious garment (5)
27068
26282
Brummie NOISE See 20
Illinois expecting housing racket (5)
24878
24363
Brummie BOOT Scary word applied to top of tree trunk (4)
Salvation Army man, unwell, is for the cemetery (4,4)
24312
27583
Brummie COOK I'm surprised Kay's on fiddle (4)
I'm astonished by Köchel's fiddle (4)
23553
26726
Brummie MUGSHOT Stein's latest picture taken for the record (7)
Male toughs bad for police image? (7)
24492
25372
Brummie NOIR See 14
Rather bleak form of iron (4)
See 8
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23069
Brummie CHICAGO City's smart to acquire ace shot (7)
Church split about art venue in capital city (7)
26665
24561
Brummie ROAD Stop, say, arsing about with our daily leaders (4,4)
Way to say what Boatman did? (4)
23679
27408
Brummie IRISH Perhaps Murdoch wants the SW broadcast dish (5,4)
Part of eye hospital instant? Here's a drink (5,6)
Hard 7 for Murdoch's kind of whiskey? (5)
25878
25548
27278
Brummie INEARTH Not a place 1 across would come from after popular Bury (7)
Bury, archaic location of building foundations (7)
24363
25500
Brummie OXBOW Bend round to kiss missile launcher (5)
Bend round and cross front of ship (5)
22926
23914
Brummie LONG Enduring, so it seems to jaded scholars (4-4)
Pines burning? Little chance of that (4,4)
26984
25158
Brummie ELEGY Reflective lines, say, in city (5)
Reflective lines of energy on stage yard (5)
23017
27080
Brummie TIGHTS Legless and short? They're just the opposite (6)
Cover for members getting drunk on Sunday (6)
25087
23183
Brummie SATURN A major wanderer rested by vessel (6)
When to be rejected by wind god (6)
27158
27506
Brummie BELLYFLOP Botched entry from board - corporation failure (5,4)
Corporation founder's shambolic board manoeuvre? (5-4)
23977
26194
Brummie AMIDST In a haze, having died inside (6)
In the thick of it, dam's broken (6)
25899
27278
Brummie BARRACKS Army building a component of music stands (8)
Garrison Keillor's last artist between supports (8)
26038
24110
Brummie EXACTLY Just once, start to tease in lacy creation! (7)
Just once, do put one out! (7)
25184
24878
Brummie ROPE Pore over an early offering from 13 down 26 down (4)
Hitch film (4)
23529
27351
Brummie DISC See 23
See 24
26081
26348
Brummie SPAHI Cavalryman advanced into ship at sea (5)
Cavalryman's second hip replacement with advanced insertion (5)
27408
26638
Brummie RETYPE Put in another class to correct a text message? (6)
Put in another class? Correct (6)
23896
27540
Brummie SNAP Eagerly take slates back (4)
God's rejected 12 (4)
26097
24060
Brummie SEDGE Grass spades advantage (5)
Spades have advantage on grass (5)
26300
27204
Brummie STORY Account level in the US (5)
See 28
American's level account (5)
24813
24492
26997
Brummie PIEMAN Specialist in silent film slapstick bumped into by Simon? (6)
Slapstick exponent encountered by Simon? (6)
24126
26749
Brummie SOLAR Struggling also-ran's prime sort of power (5)
From our star turn, Los Amigos: "Roof Tops" (5)
Sort of power that lifts Los Alamos Red Tops (5)
26596
23183
27114
Brummie CANOPY Ape hides article in top branches (6)
Tester parrot gets a new inside (6)
23319
24625
Brummie EGAD Say nowadays, 'Gosh!' (4)
Oath finally made, go in search of pleasure (4)
24293
27278
Brummie MOUTH Hum to upset personal drink taster (5)
See 12
25453
24862
Brummie LEANDER Character who drowned, one grabbed by shark possibly (7)
Bank, say, welcoming one legendary character who tragically went under (7)
27264
24227
Brummie TOM Large bell or half of a drum? (3)
See 20
27583
25583
Brummie OUTSKIRTS Margins revealed on Minis? (9)
Fringes unfashionable on garments (9)
26464
24023
Brummie NEEDLESS Redundant bugs put on sulphur (8)
Expendable Bugs Society (8)
22874
27158
Brummie LAWN Many blades needed in the making of this mat­erial (4)
Section of garden line to provide a canvas covering (4)
25025
23977
Brummie CYAN Cold and retiring, no colour (4)
Year in prison shade (4)
24673
27462
Brummie SESAME Sort of oil — a mess all over earth (6)
Tropical plant's a mess when crushed by earth (6)
"Tropical plant", one says in cod Italian style? (6)
Energy produce by sun in equivalent type of oil (6)
26521
25692
27629
27506
Brummie AND Reverse-engineered molecule that might bind some solutions here (3)
See 31
See 1
See 4
27050
25453
25771
25601
Brummie FAIR Top design just lies awkwardly (4,4)
See 6
26772
25468
Brummie IRON The young Thatcher's terrible means of punishment? (4,6)
Upset Noriega has no time for press (4)
27475
25468
Brummie FLEA See 14
Feel a bit sorry for trifle (4,4)
23553
26570
Brummie TRAFFIC Essential element of jam trade (7)
Much of which contributes to jam trade (7)
25087
24227
Brummie LARK Flower birds almost sound like a Persian? (8)
Mischief, latitude and craft (4)
24716
26551
Brummie ERSATZ Substitute bankers at Zurich centre (6)
Wonders at Zermatt housing fake (6)
27565
26097
Brummie SOUP See 12
Very excited starter? (4)
27450
26749
Brummie LOVE In full, oven-ready relish (4)
Start a revolution back at the centre — cheat (4,3)
27240
26638
Brummie RECIPROCAL Parking in a circle or ground given in return (10)
Fixed price mythological bird with a £ given in return (10)
25184
25272
Brummie YELLOW Wimpish Iris's quarantine indicator? (6,4)
Chicken's cry that hurt (6)
24878
27408
Brummie DATUM Stomach upset affecting certain lawyers, in fact? (5)
One bit of information backing commercial corporation (5)
23105
23529
Brummie CREDITOR One who believes he's owed money (8)
MASH director, who wants paying (8)
25666
26081
Brummie STEP Second favourite revolving stage (4)
Measure up cats and dogs? (4)
26338
25318
Brummie TROT Pace is wrong on the rebound (4)
A revolutionary back in the wrong (4)
26338
23770
Brummie PONTOON Floating supporter quickly right away gets working (7)
Bridge 12 (7)
26097
24060
Brummie VERITY Woman gets so protective of sex (6)
Reality truly overwhelms sex (6)
23896
27408
Brummie HAMLET Miles enters sporting heat for the community (6)
Play leads to joint restriction (6)
26665
27602
Brummie COPENHAGEN Capital is accessible in change, maybe (10)
See 12
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Brummie TIME See 12
See 21
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Brummie SUMMER One who reckons showing off is an arty academic event (6,10)
Adder stretch standard from 1 (10)
23492
25811
Brummie GARLAND Former musical star returning paper light (7)
Endlessly large rocks together with floral ring (7)
23851
25500
Brummie BOXER Contender who puts Jack in his place? (5)
Packer fails to complete circuit and pants (5,6)
26828
24742
Brummie AHEM One's on edge — pardon me (4)
Er, I say, one is on edge (4)
27602
23105
Brummie BERYL Cook the painter's stone (5)
Cook the artist's stone? (5)
23146
25601
Brummie STUD Which calls for show of hands from boss, Rod (4,5)
Virile male boss (4)
26955
24742
Brummie COMPANY Overturned political leader, one guarded by reticent body of troops (7)
Soldier, having inhaled phosphorus, is carried by retiring fighting unit (7)
24561
26997
Brummie STAR Lead blast rejected (4)
How annoying to be turned over for lead (4)
One of 12 celebs swilling gin (4,4)
Celebrity bass, armed in the main? (8)
Those who squeal about mark on horse (4)
See 16
Big shot: "How annoying to be rejected" (4)
26444
25859
26772
24716
27114
25601
27204
Brummie FILM Projected style company, Northern Petroleum, swapping right and left (4,4)
Blur record almost ahead of McFly's No. 1 (4)
23069
25272
Brummie STRIP Short cut round T-bar (5)
See 14
27518
24697
Brummie WHITE Barry (associated with hooter) muffling one background sound? (5,5)
Bit end of pie/pasty (5)
24878
24549
Brummie MURDER Top content of rookery? (6)
Top champion horse raised (6)
27422
27204
Brummie SIGN See 1
See 11
26772
23679
Brummie APOLLO A head of uncompleted major space project (6)
A top circle mountain butterfly (6)
26392
27158
Brummie SALEM Males turned intellect against church — meet subject matter for 5 26's 20 (5,5,4)
Deal twinned with medium US city (5)
25426
27614
Brummie AGNOSTIC Improvised acting, so unlikely to be a 14? (8)
Fancy acting so sceptical (8)
25795
27158
Brummie ILLNESS Not feeling good about Humberside's misfortunes (7)
Breathes over large lens — turned cold? (7)
23357
27408
Brummie LOHENGRIN After north-eastern break backfired, composed Ring opera (9)
Take a look at all-female Ring Cycle opera (9)
26856
26504
Brummie RAIN See 1
Directed film about filling of Big Mac (8)
23183
23679
Brummie AISLE Drink crushes lives and possible way to union (5)
Man possibly following a path to wedlock? (5)
25453
24060
Brummie PROMOTION Sales publicity for poet? (9)
Advertising for poet (9)
27518
23594
Brummie RED Study lacks one which is often potted (3)
US reactionary's date with (finally) Jonathan Creek broadcast (7)
It's often pocketed, being light (3)
25184
24878
27114
Brummie CYGNET Sexless city gent choreographed ballet role (6)
It's not part of city gent's choreographed minor ballet role (6)
26521
27629
Brummie FREE See 15
Charge round opening of roof on the house (4)
See 21
Unchecked downward motion caused by trip over natural obstruction (4,4)
See 16
26772
25087
26504
26612
24990
Brummie LAPSE Legs before energy gets to run out (5)
Run out, legs extended by a quarter (5)
26984
24293
Brummie NEWWORLD Term not used before, includes Latin America (formerly) (3,5)
See 4
27583
25811
Brummie GURU Wig turned up on head of unfazed leading authority (4)
Toupee back to front on university teacher (4)
26444
24227
Brummie TETANUS star@earth.net finally reversed disease (7)
star@alien set back by infectious disease (7)
25158
23553
Brummie CROSSWORD Darn leisure activity? (9)
Paul is one possible product of Worcester South not East Dorset (9,6)
26081
24742
Brummie NECK Spoon that might be collared (4)
See 18
Smooch Isthmus (4)
24625
24878
24697
Brummie SNOW Cocaine bagged up - way over the top (4)
TV interference once broadcast goes over western tip of Norway (4)
24549
25735
Brummie CATCH Round hook? (5)
clubs@switzerland.net? (5)
27264
23642
Brummie INFAMY Intelligence diminished by "bad girl" pop star? Shame! (6)
Having little intelligence, girl gets bad reputation (6)
24625
23896
Brummie POTROAST Corporation has pan for meat dish (3,5)
Drug joint's menu item? (3,5)
23553
26772
Brummie REST "Convalescence is something useful to snooker players", snooker player said (4,4)
John Moor gets up after the others (4,4)
23183
25426
Brummie PUMP Question what might produce inflation (4)
See 23
24312
26338
Brummie RULER Straight strip, guv? (5)
Chief law maker ultimately (5)
23105
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Brummie MOTET Choral work: "The first word in champagne?" About time! (5)
Choral music spot time (5)
23941
25601
Brummie HEART See 19
See 6
25943
26241
Brummie THAT Unabridged version of 1957 rock ’n' roll classic? Don't count on it (4,4,2,3,3)
See 1 down
24778
23770
Brummie GRUMPY Cross borne by George Smiley, extremely protective of back (6)
Cross borne by gutless chap holding back (6)
24549
26402
Brummie FLAG See 24
Jack wants female to keep from getting too cold (4)
24878
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Brummie ELAPSE Run out of circuits to go in opposite ends of electronic device (6)
Roll on stages between two points (6)
27583
24443
Brummie MOON Night light, low, needs new support (8)
Limo once cleared of external insects to give a rear view (4)
Night light's low neutral green initially, then blue (8)
Loaf's a short time in progress (4)
25184
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25223
27158
Brummie DEBONAIR Sophisticated, emergent girl broadcasting (8)
Jaunty, emergent person broadcasting (8)
24878
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Brummie ABERDEEN Want river to flow back to the east of Lincoln city (8)
City of Lincoln? Right — need to change (8)
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Brummie TORSO Approximately to the right of top of tree trunk (5)
Depersonalised statue of god thus lacking height (5)
27114
23679
Brummie ADONIS One lives without function as a handsome youth (6)
Who's a noble Spaniard? A fair character (6)
25426
27540
Brummie VIOLET See 25
Nameless wild flower (6)
25061
27462
Brummie HOOK Catch wine circle substituting carbon (4)
See 6
27385
24742
Brummie TAKE Be hopeful Nick is on the organ (4,5)
See 13 across
26241
25601
Brummie CLOSET Cabinet's mean temperature? (6)
He hasn't come out of dead-end road, end of street rock group (6,5)
26464
23863
Brummie ABBEY One was set up for men in order to change baby without embarrassment, initially (5)
It accommodates men in order "to put muscle on the old governor" (5)
23553
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Brummie INPARIS See 26
See 13
24492
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Brummie TEST See 15
See 2
26081
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Brummie MONARCH Working to break demo ruler (7)
Butterfly, middle of tummy, activated by cunning (7)
26392
25500
Brummie CAMBRIDGE City approached game without energy (9)
City game after US guy's comeback (9)
26772
27462
Brummie LAND Catch biblical figure roping one in to get work (4,1,3)
See 26
23594
23662
Brummie SACK Lay off the dress! (4)
Lay off the dress! (4)
25666
25223
Brummie SAHIB Title: "Henry Enters Bent Over" (5)
Hermaphrodite is in possession of inverted form of address (5)
24549
24227
Brummie RIDER Cyclist's condition? (5)
Contractual modification to remove King Edward (5)
26392
23851
Brummie LONDON Salon do, not including a 6 (6)
Regent's Park Zoo lions and rockery plant? (6,5)
23232
24492
Brummie BROWN Brunette, possibly with daily application for Jack's sore top? (5,5)
Yes-man enters two names and round figure in Internet Explorer? (5-5)
Baron with line in chocolate? (5)
Toast US abolitionist (5)
26300
24878
26504
26894
Brummie AQUA Militia quarantine housing water (4)
Paraquat has no peripheral role as water (4)
25795
26338
Brummie CAKE Brownie, say, might follow 1 (4)
Angelica kept as cover for this? (4)
25223
25583
Brummie POOL 24 Kitty's 12 (4)
Game runner falls back (4)
24060
26145
Brummie OKRA Former Hollywood studio turned up a lady's fingers (4)
Cook rare, coreless vegetable (4)
26570
25223
Brummie SHORT See 10
Rum in spirits taken by cautious gambler? (5,4)
26749
27629
Brummie SEVEN The main bodies on earth still restricted by stupid asses (5,4)
See 28
25771
24110
Brummie MAIDEN Miss relief — in pieces (6)
See 5
27264
27475
Brummie PIERROT Comic entertainer and where he often performed with balls (7)
Clown's depression - without sin nothing (7)
26241
23319
Brummie PETER Look round the stereotypically Yorkshire cell (5)
See 8
23553
27385
Brummie SACCHARIN It's very sweet of school's head, turning anarchic (9)
Bag bracelet rings right, which is sweet (9)
23642
26062
Brummie MASON Society member, as in "servant" (5)
Parent and child society member (5)
23941
25500
Brummie SPRING Keeping neutral, shoot well (6)
Well set fashion house event (6,10)
26551
23492
Brummie ETHOS The cast upset very distinctive character (5)
Things mentioned before getting back to front distinctive culture (5)
26551
23770
Brummie ATOM It's been split, the first half of dictionary? (4)
A small thing, but half the dictionary is missing? (4)
25548
24217
Brummie PACK Cram cards (4)
Four suits put in case? (4)
27240
27204
Brummie NORTH Rounding Horn — about time to get lead navigational aid (5,4)
Russian Orthodox housing shown at the top of a map? (5)
25601
26894
Brummie COMIC Beano on a grand scale, with society excluded (5)
Rich sulphur extracted from beyond earth (5)
25601
25372
Brummie CHINESE Which might contain noodles destined to be put away in a home? (7,8)
Receiver of beating in eastern temple: bones click, he crumbles (7,5)
25601
26282
Brummie LITTLE Bear after it sees stars (6)
Peanuts stand stars (6,4)
27050
27432
Brummie TYPO Party politics covers up blunder (4)
1 across has a role in party politics (4)
26583
25061
Brummie ECLIPSE Dotty, see, imbibes punch, so put in the shade (7)
See about wrapping box and put in shade (7)
24188
27158
Brummie FLOG Persist in a lost cause: to whip one past Hunter? (4,1,4,5)
Hawk's game over (4)
24188
24955
Brummie TISSUE See 5
For use when sneeze almost audible? (6)
Sounds like noise of sneezing head off - absorbing stuff (6)
25914
27351
23404
Brummie EXTRA Who's part of the movie host's run? (5)
Run one of the film crowd (5)
26583
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Brummie ONTHETOWN Enjoying the delights of Nancy, for example - at Nancy's expense? (2,3,4)
Enjoying Nancy's delights? He won't, not being flexible (2,3,4)
23319
24561
Brummie SHAH Leader has worked hard (4)
Ruler's quiet sigh (4)
24697
26997
Brummie DIEOFF Reduce in number, as something that's spotted and rotten (3,3)
Spotted thing gets sick, as doomed species do (3,3)
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24990
Brummie THESIS Hythe's isolated housing position advanced (6)
Goethe's Isolde's housing position advanced (6)
23511
23977
Brummie FOUR See 11
See 28
23511
24110
Brummie ANIMA One's involved in one-to-one, showing the female side of man (5)
Indie music's origins found in American not Scottish soul (5)
23357
23770
Brummie BYTE See 25
See 24
Standby terraced housing bits combined (4)
23319
24492
26194
Brummie COWER I say restricting crossword setters is to display fear! (5)
"Rustle" Crowe (cringe!) (5)
Daisy, the US TV series shrink? (5)
27432
23679
24862
Brummie VEIN Very eastern, wearing body tubing (4)
Element of 14 20, useless audio-wise (4)
Very English, wearing bloody tubing (4)
24200
26038
23703
Brummie KING Part of truss delivered by Royal Mail (4,4)
Posing like deposed ruler (4)
Best selling writer's weight reduced (eating short measure) (4)
Stock sum of money that may well be checked (4)
26955
25139
25318
25735
Brummie ISSUE Baby problem? (5)
Children's lives appeal (5)
27138
26551
Brummie RITZ It's very expensive to get legal papers heard (4)
It's not cheap, making legal documents sound (4)
27583
24023
Brummie BRIOCHE I've run out of patience stuffing cheese roll (7)
"Roll Over Beethoven", initially improvised with Erich (7)
27240
23679
Brummie ROUND Drink order? Just one shot (5)
See 18
Bullet heat (5)
25453
25468
25061
Brummie UPON See 23
Excited about getting over (4)
26022
27303
Brummie INROADS Made to reduce one's workload (7)
What invaders hope to make (7)
26022
27303
Brummie ACID It makes for a bad atmosphere when tart has fall (4,4)
Drug user represented by a police chief (4-4)
It provides proof of ace group of detectives attending sports event (4,4)
Grant holds C sharp (4)
23183
27475
27422
25583
Brummie DEARTH Want symbolic home to have entrance changed (6)
Famine departs this world (6)
26392
25139
Brummie HILL See 26
See 5
Racing driver family's rise (4)
27583
26175
27506
Brummie HYENA He's involved with any apparent source of laughter (5)
Sympathy enables accommodating source of laughter? (5)
26856
26175
Brummie EPOXY Resin you once brought back, carrying viral disease (5)
Perverse old you, catching a viral disease which is connected with resin (5)
24162
26368
Brummie SLEEPER Kipper, which is tracked (7)
Agent's below-the-line item (7)
26444
27114
Brummie ROSSSEA Jonathan's going to each extension of the Pacific Ocean (4,3)
Diana's taking each part of South Pacific (4,3)
24878
23642
Brummie BLACK One wouldn't be pleased to give them Jet Air South (5,5)
Grimly funny champion (outside left) (5)
Very gloomy game opponent (5)
24878
27114
26145
Brummie FLAGEOLET George Orwell and Colette finally breaking even, which produces a high note (9)
Instrument even cracked by George Michael and Kylie finally (9)
27240
23069
Brummie RHAPSODIC Effusive, improvised C sharp setting for Groom's Vow Rejected (9)
"Bride's Vow Rejected" in C sharp - terribly moving, musically (9)
27518
24023
Brummie OSSIFY Loss if your houses become inflexible (6)
Cross, if Yorkshire holds become fixed (6)
24625
27264
Brummie FISH See 5
Angle on house all right for securing a catch (4,4)
24716
24742
Brummie SLIP Mistake over drink (4)
A 1 across, though not, say, Daisy, is still a 1 across (4)
25453
25061
Brummie FIESTA Contemptuous cries raised at carnival (6)
Provided raised dicky seat for vehicle (6)
26488
23594
Brummie HORSEPLAY "Equus" mundanely lacks the space for tomfoolery (9)
Tomfoolery from Arab given latitude? (9)
24312
26910
Brummie NONSENSE Rubbish Poles measure inside of hooter (8)
Negative poles seen around hot air (8)
24561
25583
Brummie PRIDE See 22 down
Much abbreviated service offered by some councils to motorists' family group (5)
24492
27204
Brummie GLEECLUB Joy has hit with "Harmonious Society" (4,4)
Singers Joy and Mace (4,4)
24466
23357
Brummie NINE A slight shift in Einstein's original negative figure (4)
All used up, Tom's a goner (4,5)
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Brummie JOVIAL Cheery little woman has bottle (6)
Merry little woman with medicine bottle (6)
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25288
Brummie COMET Long-distance traveller needs to reach Everest's base (5)
Member of rock band that blazed a trail? (5)
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Brummie OLDHAT Out of fashion, Derby? (3,3)
Tile - and what it's use in crossword clues is! (3,3)
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23404
Brummie TALE Porky's tip on the radio (4)
See 22
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Brummie PIGEON See 16
Carrier to stick around old George? (6)
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26022
Brummie IDIOTIC Bananas old ruler has about the ear (7)
Nuts impair delicate internal leads of the ear (7)
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26097
Brummie AWAY See 4
See 13 across
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Brummie BARNSTORM Give a superlative performance using rod and poles - to empty space! (9)
Get around electioneering ban with directions to empty room (9)
23941
24363
Brummie GIGA Lots of storage space for carriage with a punch, it's said (8)
Memory of concert followed by talk of something to eat (8)
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24492
Brummie CRASH Ready to fence river fall (5)
Ready to circle river 26 down (5)
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25272
Brummie RHINITIS Fool interrupts Irish composition, which results in inflammation (8)
It's formally replacing end of river, which is inflammatory! (8)
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24673
Brummie EXPO Show past name for "chamber pot" (4)
Public showing of Blake's final version of "Windows with Duck" (4)
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23017
Brummie WELL See 25
See 10
See 4
I say "source" (4)
See 24
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27629
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25288
Brummie EQUIPMENT Sally goes to pieces in film outfit (9)
Sally cosies up to blokes in alien gear (9)
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Brummie LIGHT See 8
See 9
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25500
Brummie LADYDAY Celebration of US city having variable input to World War II event (4,3)
Musical Holiday (25 March) (4,3)
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26828
Brummie MISERY Spender's opposite end of poetry for 26 down (6)
Woe is me going round on reduced public transport (6)
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25735
Brummie INSPECT Small creature captures heart of support vet (7)
Pakistan's opener in cricket survey? (7)
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26062
Brummie GRANGE Country house fruit good for nothing (6)
Grand farmhouse fruit, good for nothing (6)
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27506
Brummie EIDERDOWN Cover for the sleeping seabird (blue) (9)
Cover for the sleeping sea bird (blue) (9)
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23642
Brummie TRUE Political loyalist gets straight down (4,4)
See 26
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Brummie AGRA Granada's offbeat and retiring as a city (4)
City's answer — good god! (4)
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Brummie LEMONTEA Drink contributing to problem on team (5,3)
Drink problem on team displays (5,3)
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27158
Brummie DURABLE Divided by resistance, one times two less zero gives constant (7)
Persistent Egyptian god breaks twice as much, having no oxygen (7)
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26368
Brummie OUTOFSIGHT Really good and mad (one's having left)? Not in the view of dismissive type (3,2,5,3,2,4)
Hidden optical faculty all used up? (3,2,5)
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Brummie IMPIETY African warriors, revolutionary yet showing irreverence (7)
Sacrilege makes ego doubly empty (7)
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24162
Brummie CARRAGEEN Mini modified genera of seaweed (9)
Tip over mock seaweed (9)
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Bunthorne BREECH Behind with the delivery (6)
Stern king concealed in a tree (6)
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21660
Bunthorne SIDEARM Weapon useless at the front? (7)
Rod Stewart's first idea jolly! (7)
23129
22847
Bunthorne ALBATROSS Mariner's neckwear acclaimed at the 19th hole? (9)
Birdie surpassed by Coleridge's handicap ... (9)
22456
21959
Bunthorne LOVE Nothing for charity? (4)
See 1 down
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23141
Bunthorne HYDROMEL Alter ego literally left without memory ?- it's the drink! (8)
My Lord! He brewed mead! (8)
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21750
Bunthorne ERATO Inspirational figure from under a toadstool (5)
Did Mnemosyne shed tear round her birth? (5)
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22716
Bunthorne PAWAW Prince absent from Scotland with tribal convention (5)
Prince absent from Scotland with conference on reservation? (5)
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Bunthorne IGLOO Could one force John from the White House? (5)
Returning soldier can arrive at winter quarters (5)
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22162
Bunthorne BRIDGE See 3
See 8
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23671
Bunthorne ERICA Natural cover of one held by care order (5)
She drops one into 'er accountant (5)
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22294
Bunthorne ROGER He's OK (5)
Congressman's acknowledgement? (5)
He's understood to have relations(5)
22145
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21882
Bunthorne ASPECT A ghost on losing direction (6)
Elevation of priest into a division of the church (6)
Look at the list of features in it (6)
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22022
21702
Bunthorne ROYAL Mystery tour with Ali leading soldiers back to the 20 (5,5)
Stag party at Balmoral? (5)
23339
23325
Bunthorne INREASON As is right and proper at home ground (8)
See 1
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Bunthorne ENDIT Advice on dodgy affair last thing one needs (3,2)
Top oneself? Close thing! (3,2)
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23714
Bunthorne QUINTET Peter James's valet and sometime chamber body (7)
James's valet joining alien group (7)
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Bunthorne UPTHEDUFF Expecting to expand the pudding (2,3,4)
Put out man not working with child (2,3,4)
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23714
Bunthorne MISER Work of 18 having spacecraft without directions (5)
Harpagon's promise remains herein (5)
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22227
Bunthorne ROMEO "R loves me whole-heartedly!" (1 across)? (5)
A lover of phonetics (5)
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22531
Bunthorne AVAIL A few have sickness benefit (5)
Show, in two senses, to have sickness benefit (5)
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22319
Bunthorne CAMBRIDGE 20 finding good in eccentric newly-wed (9)
Archers' ground about to open up here! (9)
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22787
Bunthorne CLIO Cracked peal from Calliope leaves her sister standing (4)
Call in on the odd characters who inspired Macaulay? (4)
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23531
Bunthorne AMBIT Confines a lot with a little (5)
Stratagem fails to gain entry to sphere of influence (5)
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21875
Bunthorne CLUELESS Shed no light thus? That's stupid! (8)
So Clouseau's no cruciverbalist? (8)
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21875
Bunthorne RAINBOW Lawrence's work with artist from the East End (7)
Trout knocked off by Lawrence? (7)
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22944
Bunthorne USED Exploited employee of the Washington Post? (4)
One might see a lot of such cars (4)
Guardian leader exploited (4)
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22001
Bunthorne RATIO Expression of relativity from artist to Spanish relative (5)
Nelson's house left to relation (5)
23559
23259
Bunthorne MERCIA Offer, say, his kingdom (6)
15 over a one-time kingdom (6)
21762
21875
Bunthorne PALM Oil producer a friend to many (4)
One making a date with the future? (4)
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23076
Bunthorne LETTHESIDEDOWN What Woodgate did with Leeds, noted transfer (3,3,4,4)
It's Hoddle with we ten, sadly: so what did the eleventh do? (3,3,4,4)
23806
21675
Bunthorne UPSET Downcast not downcast? (5)
Overthrow of the ruling class (5)
22934
23806
Bunthorne RIOT Tumult raised at abattoir's closure (4)
Back one to enter the height of success! (4)
21821
23531
Bunthorne AUNT Relative 'abitat of coot or hern (4)
Sally's so shy (4)
22001
21875
Bunthorne CAROL See 1 down (5)
Waits to sing this (5)
22563
21833
Bunthorne HERON Bird woman's refusal to return (5)
Bird migrating with no rehearsal (5)
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23519
Bunthorne WORD See 7
Message given by 2 (4)
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23584
Bunthorne ELBOW Jab from the weapon of El Cid? (5)
Joint force (5)
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23026
Bunthorne AGEN A good measure of habitation in Aquitaine (4)
Spy detail on the Garonne (4)
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23141
Bunthorne LADY Tramp reaching end of road in song (4)
Hero, as it were, of my Lily of Laguna (4,4)
22813
23141
Bunthorne BEANO Could this be a negative bender? (5)
Party at which Ecstasy proscription goes around and round (5)
21959
23584
Bunthorne ORCHESTRA Pit workers with soldiers joining revolutionary's art movement (9)
Phil, some say, a royal playing for Liverpool (9)
22757
22944
Bunthorne BLACKSEA No white water activity here then? (5,3)
Sackable lapses of a Crimean bounder? (5,3)
23103
22603
Bunthorne AGRESTIC Unpolished silver on staff detail (8)
Rural retreat caught by its awful rage (8)
22184
22603
Bunthorne BORTSCH Abort school meals for East Europeans in here (7)
Right to fail in British school's Russian course (7)
23559
22699
Bunthorne GOFORTHEJUGULAR Get thee hence, Mr Thribb! Bend an ear in old Egypt and make, say, a vain attack! (2,3,3,7)
Make, say, a vain attempt to nobble "The Weakest Link" (2,3,3,7)
23884
22757
Bunthorne LITERATI Left one time, time and time again - one of the intelligentsia (8)
What's fifty-one three times? One for the eggheads! (8)
23884
23519
Bunthorne THAIS Alexander the Great has it off with her! (5)
Meditation here from Massenet: ie wasting time once! (5)
22473
22531
Bunthorne LOITER Refined oil to soak up? Hang about! (6)
Birmingham's pronounced posterior? Hang about! (6)
23619
21803
Bunthorne OFFPISTE The wrong side of the tracks at Klosters? (3-5)
Where some skiers go from bad to worse in France with the heartless (3-5)
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23671
Bunthorne STRAUSS Was his Danube as blue as his Levis? (7)
Get out of Germany in ways of 21's creator (7)
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23501
Bunthorne JOHN See 1 across
Jordan's precursor went topless after 8 9 11 (4,3,7)
23603
23501
Bunthorne EXCLAIM Thunderclap curtailed in Eastern mix-up (7)
Old forty-niner's right to raise hell (7)
22787
22347
Bunthorne THEIC One having too much of the one c-cup that cheers? (5)
He''s gone into spasm! He's drunk too much tea! (5)
22473
22227
Bunthorne EXTOL Crack up making those absent from W --- K, say? (5)
Old tax docked to pay tribute (5)
21686
23026
Bunthorne YALTA Leaders of Yanks always left their allies conferring here (5)
Crimean War settlement here (5)
22473
23339
Bunthorne DRACO Tough lawman could stand nothing eccentric (5)
"Death repays all crimes; off with their heads!" (The Lawman) (5)
21779
22961
Bunthorne CAIRO Transport circuit in which one's invested capital (5)
First accountant to run out of capital (5)
22359
22825
Bunthorne TENANCY Lawrence Sikes's frail occupation (7)
Lawrence Reagan's occupation (7)
22359
22645
Bunthorne ESAU No young shaver, this biblical twin? (4)
Twin of the King James Authorised Version (4)
23103
22119
Bunthorne NIXON The Ulster Times on the President (5)
Name the wheel-bound king: not I, Mr President (5)
22716
22645
Bunthorne ICHOR French king rising to embrace Switzerland's divine humour (5)
Hellenic horseman's heavenly humour (5)
22934
22359
Bunthorne GRANT One hand in glove in France with Ulysses(5)
Actor with an E concession (5)
21882
22645
Bunthorne ERRED On the contrary, the Red Queen miscalculated (5)
Red Queen swapped places and proved she was human? (5)
22473
21851
Bunthorne OCHLOCRACY Might Jock's declaration pass up risque crowd control! (10)
Power of the great unwashed? Hooray! Left three hundred laundered (10)
21893
23205
Bunthorne CRYPT Call for a pint in the vault (5)
Clues like this, I see, leave one hollow (5)
22162
22603
Bunthorne OPHELIA She drowned up river; he raised flag (7)
Catastrophe liable to take issue with Polonius (7)
23011
22319
Bunthorne AGAIN Home on the range once more (5)
At the Turk's Head, in for another round, please! (5)
23631
22497
Bunthorne ATHENA Wisdom, therefore, in articles (6)
Divine wisdom subsequently dividing adults (6)
21762
23531
Bunthorne INDIANA Hoosiers at home with Artemis here? (7)
The state of Jones, at home with Artemis in Rome (7)
23154
22699
Bunthorne ENGINE Donkey, for one, bearing trap in Tyneside (6)
See 9
22145
23519
Bunthorne ICESKATE Puck's pursuer on edge? (3,5)
Glider could freeze fish (3,5)
22319
21726
Bunthorne ETHIC Principle of the characters in command (5)
Principle of working Protestants: "Call back in an hour"? Quite the reverse! (5)
22585
22867
Chifonie ERRATA In time, traitor makes mistakes (6)
In time, traitor makes mistakes (6)
27544
23794
Chifonie EXCERPT Passage leads right into bar (7)
Bar houses rare selection (7)
25259
23794
Chifonie ESCAPADE Prank creates leak - put a plug in it (8)
Stunt creates leak? Put a plug in it! (8)
22657
27029
Chifonie SCHOONER Ship companion boarded previously (8)
Boat found on bar (8)
22657
24525
Chifonie FLORIN In favour of taking a pound in coin (6)
In favour of accepting a pound in coin (6)
22224
27155
Chifonie MORTAL Person takes time in lesson (6)
Person has time during lesson (6)
22224
27029
Chifonie AVERTABLE Swear plateau can be avoided (9)
Confirm item of furniture can be turned aside (9)
24342
27630
Chifonie TRADESMAN Smart dean used skilled worker (9)
Worker met Sandra dancing (9)
24843
26034
Chifonie BRASSERIE Club entertains queen in restaurant (9)
Restaurant for staff officers by a lake (9)
24119
26034
Chifonie HERMES A higher messenger reveals himself (6)
Another messenger reveals himself (6)
24119
27630
Chifonie NURTURE Turner originally toured posh school (7)
Run true to form in school (7)
23057
23106
Chifonie REPAST Soldier’s gone for a meal (6)
Soldier's gone for a meal (6)
27424
24525
Chifonie CASHMERE Fabric ruined? Search me! (8)
Cloth requires money, nothing more (8)
27424
25002
Chifonie RENTAL Conservationists separate material for hire (6)
Conservationists separate material for hire (6)
23930
27630
Chifonie NEIGHBOUR Whicker bowled our man next door (9)
Make a beastly noise before our local resident (9)
23930
22188
Chifonie LANDAU Arrive with gold carriage (6)
Learner with gold carriage (6)
23930
24974
Chifonie DETRITUS Rubbish put out? It rusted (8)
Rubbish put out? It rusted! (8)
27355
25259
Chifonie BROWNING Poet admitting to holding up branch (8)
Poet admitting holding up branch (8)
27355
25002
Chifonie STEPONIT Isn't poet poorly? Hurry! (4,2,2)
Isn't poet poorly? Hurry! (4,2,2)
27355
24974
Chifonie ENDEAR Win when giving complete attention (6)
Win earned fraudulently (6)
24098
24119
Chifonie REGARD Watch bearing (6)
Watch and respect (6)
24098
27544
Chifonie OREGANO Plant spectacles on mad king's daughter (7)
Shakespearean girl rings round for herb (7)
Herb loves holding Shakespearean (7)
22537
22034
22188
Chifonie COMPARTMENTAL Commander, somewhat mad, is sectioned (13)
Commander, a bit crazy, is sectioned (13)
23726
27473
Chifonie ANNUAL Cancel without a regular publication (6)
Cancel without a regular publication (6)
23726
27424
Chifonie PEAGREEN Flighty female about to settle colour (3,5)
Writer accepts match for colour (3,5)
23726
25824
Chifonie ONTHERUN Fugitive is no hunter, unfortunately (2,3,3)
None hurt badly in retreat (2,3,3)
21680
25988
Chifonie STAFFA Workers on a Scottish island (6)
Crook absent from Scottish island (6)
21680
23794
Chifonie IMPORTUNER International dealer retains a French pimp (10)
Trafficker retains a French solicitor (10)
24098
27355
Chifonie SECT Faction is first-rate without the French (4)
Faction agreed to accommodate Charlie (4)
24248
26855
Chifonie ELEVATED Lofty is glad about English victory (8)
Lofty is happy about English victory (8)
27185
25002
Chifonie ATODDS Goes on about Tory leaders in disagreement (2,4)
Goes on about tax officer arguing (2,4)
27185
24525
Chifonie DILATED Acted without deceased becoming bloated (7)
Acted without past being enlarged upon (7)
26929
23057
Chifonie CAPSTAN Accountant pants moving windlass (7)
International players beat the machine (7)
26929
23452
Chifonie SINISTER Forbidding nun tours Ulster (8)
Health worker embraces trendy left (8)
26610
22657
Chifonie SUSPICION American photo taken in Israel produces mistrust (9)
American photo taken in Israel produces scepticism (9)
23713
27526
Chifonie CATNIP Jazz fan shot — found in the garden (6)
Jazz fan shot — found in the garden (6)
26015
27424
Chifonie DRESDEN Research done initially during study in China (7)
Endlessly prepare retreat in China (7)
23996
24459
Chifonie AMEND Change people in commercial (5)
Better people found in publicity (5)
Mark tucks into a scotch — that's better (5)
23996
23199
24685
Chifonie DAREDEVIL Stunt man died? That's a ruddy disaster! (9)
Thrill-seeker has lawyer embarrassed by depravity (9)
25362
26165
Chifonie DUENNA Chaperone expected girl to be taken aback (6)
Chaperone expected girl to be upset (6)
23956
27185
Chifonie MEASURED Careful firm invested in drink (8)
Firm invested in drink? That's deliberate! (8)
23740
27630
Chifonie CITADEL Odd dialect in fortress (7)
Strange dialect in fort­ress (7)
22113
26034
Chifonie PIERROT Before the nonsense there's support for the entertainer (7)
Entertainer sees support collapse (7)
22113
25824
Chifonie LASAGNE Food in sink in the alley (7)
Slump in alley from filling food (7)
22158
24203
Chifonie CORELLI Composer's heart's bad when climbing (7)
Composer's heart's bad when climbing (7)
22158
26015
Chifonie CHAFF After tea, a couple of fellows banter (5)
Kid's rubbish (5)
22158
23794
Chifonie EMBED Decoration held by journalist in Bury (5)
Teddy receives medal in Bury (5)
22158
23713
Chifonie IMPRUDENCE Folly of Romeo interrupting disrespectful behaviour (10)
Folly of king interrupting disrespectful behaviour (10)
27496
23452
Chifonie ACETYLENE Wrongly elect any European leader? That's inflammatory (9)
Eyelet can deploy dangerous gas (9)
25720
27072
Chifonie DISMAL Hit boy turning up sorrowful (6)
Gloomy NCO occup­ied phone (6)
25720
26610
Chifonie DEATHROW Delaware atomic project? That's the last place to live (5,3)
Hated dreadful brawl in last place to live (5,3)
25720
26816
Chifonie RANK Rotten Row (4)
Rotten Row? (4)
23506
26891
Chifonie ELDERLY Old tree lay hollowed out (7)
Old tree lay hollowed out (7)
See about the German student aging (7)
23555
25681
26015
Chifonie TUNDRA Medic introduced to swimmer in wasteland (6)
Medic introduced to swimmer in wasteland (6)
24867
27544
Chifonie ATREST Stopped king interrupting an investigation (2,4)
Still in the theatre stalls (2,4)
24867
25259
Chifonie SWATHE Bandage for ambassador after sharp blow (6)
Woman gets marble put back in wrapping (6)
24786
26165
Chifonie NEARMISS Narrow escape for mean young lady (4,4)
Lucky escape for mean spinster (4,4)
Narrow escape for ship after marine disaster (4,4)
27394
22799
24248
Chifonie DRAWINGROOM Inspire union member in place of reception (7,4)
Leadin' newly-wed to place of reception (7,4)
27394
21680
Chifonie TEASELLER Drink vendor who treats fabric (9)
Drink vendor treats fabric (9)
23895
23930
Chifonie PEEVE Upset in Peru the day before (5)
Drill gets girl upset (5)
23895
25681
Chifonie ASPIC Delia's pickle contains jelly (5)
Like film of jelly (5)
23895
27072
Chifonie DIGEST Research set out in periodical (6)
Understand girl gets made up (6)
22928
26180
Chifonie APSE Primate holds beginning of service in church (4)
Drop in standards scratching head in church (4)
26199
26034
Chifonie NECTARINE Fruit sadly aren't nice (9)
Fruit produced in a recent development (9)
26199
22113
Chifonie ATTEST Give evidence as Tory leader in an investigation (6)
Witness at big match (6)
26199
25988
Chifonie IGNORAMUS Dunce is amusing or unruly (9)
Simpleton is disorderly or amusing (9)
22014
26929
Chifonie ADROITLY Tory laid out with skill (8)
Old tray I renovated with skill (8)
26905
27185
Chifonie DEBTOR One has an obligation to gather up rubbish and litter (6)
Rubbish and litter showed up insolvent (6)
26905
24685
Chifonie CELEBRITY Star born during expedition (9)
Star born during expedition (9)
24954
24342
Chifonie TROTSKY Communist gets to run? Heavens! (7)
A revolutionary runs Kentucky (7)
27171
24248
Chifonie EASEL Stand for carnivore being beheaded (5)
Art supporter finds peace on lake (5)
27171
26165
Chifonie LEGUME Plant tree in shelter (6)
Plant tree in shelter (6)
27171
23506
Chifonie INCONCERT Performing together (2,7)
Playing live together (2,7)
27171
23726
Chifonie ADVICE Failing to support a director's recommendation (6)
Notice weakness after promotion (6)
21829
27424
Chifonie NATIVE Time to interrupt credulous resident (6)
Resident is ingenuous garaging vintage car (6)
21829
27029
Chifonie ENDEARMENT Fondness for costly staff in hospital department (10)
Stop and notice people getting tons of affection (10)
Stop and notice people getting tons of affection (10)
26302
22854
27526
Chifonie AWARD A minor trophy (5)
A charge leads to a verdict (5)
23267
22113
Chifonie TENANT A shelter without an occupier (6)
Shelter without an occupant (6)
24907
27394
Chifonie REPOSE Quiet girl holds record (6)
Slumber for girl holding record (6)
24907
27544
Chifonie PIEDATERRE Frenchman eats fruit in home from home (4-1-5)
Frenchman keeps fruit in home from home (4-1-5)
23122
25259
Chifonie SPIT Heartlessly betrayed lookalike (4)
Small stone from coastal feature (4)
23122
23360
Chifonie BOOTES Footwear worn by English stars (6)
Footwear worn by Oriental stars (6)
26374
21829
Chifonie SEANCE Church supports Irishman in spirit-raising (6)
Irish lad gets to church for mystical meeting (6)
24241
26929
Chifonie BRANDY Bachelor's amorous spirit (6)
Mark has yen for strong drink (6)
24241
25259
Chifonie BARCELONA Ban Alec or Dicky in Spain (9)
Orchestra leader wears clean bra made in Spain (9)
25315
27155
Chifonie ELEGANT Echo support six-footer cultivated (7)
English worker keeps on being stylish (7)
Charming English social worker holds stage (7)
25602
22854
25705
Chifonie EGRET Mourn decapitated bird (5)
Feel sorry for decapitated bird (5)
25602
23267
Chifonie STARTING Tell about pastry that's going off (8)
Setting out pictures in swindle (8)
23408
25002
Chifonie ASTOUNDING 'Arry takes part in a scam? That's surprising! (10)
'Arry takes part in a scam? That's shocking! (10)
23408
23360
Chifonie TEACADDY Box for China? (3,5)
Edward keeps article about store for gunpowder, say (3,5)
23408
25547
Chifonie WHEATEAR Bird shows passion in display (8)
Don eats roast bird (8)
23408
26905
Chifonie NOTARIES Senorita troubled officials (8)
Never house officials (8)
25105
26140
Chifonie ADULTERATE Corrupt grown-up English count (10)
Corrupt grown-up English count (10)
27600
23408
Chifonie PUTT Commit time to play a stroke (4)
Commit time to play a stroke (4)
27600
25105
Chifonie TOSCALE Italian opera the French see in proportion (2,5)
A closet designed proportionately (2,5)
25048
26595
Chifonie COASTER Trading vessel or schooner may be put on it (7)
Estimator includes a boat (7)
25048
22113
Chifonie ATTEND Pay heed to a bike race's finish (6)
Go to listen (6)
25048
26439
Chifonie KNIGHT Man closely wrapped up in himself (6)
Man said to be dark (6)
25048
23408
Chifonie PIERCE Support civil engineer cut to the quick (6)
Rabbi fills report of puncture (6)
26630
25396
Chifonie NOWHERE Instantly introduce queen to man out of the running (7)
These days that woman's sweetheart is in limbo (7)
26630
23930
Chifonie NANKEEN New article needs sharp material (7)
Material makes granny cry (7)
21735
25988
Chifonie ANGERED Tipsy grandee gets bitter (7)
Maddened by exploding grenade (7)
21735
26034
Chifonie ANGER Risk losing head or spleen (5)
Some strangers give offence (5)
22826
25602
Chifonie INCONSTANT In a short time a prisoner becomes disloyal (10)
In a short time a prisoner becomes disloyal (10)
27574
23057
Chifonie PREFERENCE Copper's testimonial is choice (10)
Pick president's testimonial (10)
27574
23956
Chifonie HOOVER Hang around old president (6)
Hang around old dam (6)
27574
23360
Chifonie SKINT Broke the surface with triathlon leader (5)
Having no money, family is thrown in street (5)
27242
23555
Chifonie DEACON Clergyman receiving company of clergyman (6)
Clergyman receiving company of clergyman (6)
27242
23555
Chifonie SWEEPER Society keener to get cleaner (7)
School head keener to get cleaning device (7)
27242
26816
Chifonie STRICT Hard to control soldier leaving (6)
Uncompromising way religious teaching gets to court (6)
When detective inspector leaves area, it becomes tough (6)
27242
27171
24377
Chifonie OFLATE Recently Oscar got deflated by egghead (2,4)
Old Etonian acquiring apartment recently (2,4)
27242
22799
Chifonie POSED Sat and asked (5)
Sat in swimming school round the corner (5)
27242
26929
Chifonie BOOSTS Encourages catcalls around the street (6)
Increases sales, initially in footwear (6)
27242
25499
Chifonie ACTON Change a place in West London (5)
Continue to play in London (5)
27242
22158
Chifonie TITIAN Man of strength holds information for painter (6)
Superman retains interest in painter (6)
27242
23895
Chifonie CRATER Queen wears outfit in depression (6)
Old car runs into gaping hole (6)
24055
24954
Chifonie THEATRE Dine with rabbi in the hall (7)
Assembled at three for drama (7)
Scoff king in the audit­orium (7)
24055
27600
26595
Chifonie ENCHANT Penny's restrained from liking charm (7)
Penny's restrained from liking charm (7)
26287
24342
Chifonie MINUTE Speechless about batting a short time (6)
Exact time (6)
26151
24786
Chifonie SENT Thrilled by pronounced smell (4)
Discharged pronounced smell (4)
26151
23360
Chifonie ECLAIR Alice formulated recipe for cake (6)
Celia altered recipe for cake (6)
26151
22745
Chifonie LEAN Barren meadow needs nitrate, initially (4)
Barren meadow needs a bit of nitrate (4)
21974
27526
Chifonie SCABBARD Sheath for skin disease obtained by poet (8)
Poet supports anti-union sword-bearer (8)
21974
22657
Chifonie PREACH Coppers get hold of address (6)
Coppers get hold of address (6)
27380
23956
Chifonie LACERATED Ripped fabric gets assessed (9)
Torn fabric gets valued (9)
27380
24459
Chifonie SPIDER Swims back to emergency room for a rest (6)
Little girl interrupts salesmen going up for a rest (6)
27380
24525
Chifonie SCRATCH Pull out claw (7)
The devil is rough-and-ready (7)
27103
21735
Chifonie TIEPOLO Artist to draw game (7)
Artist to draw travelling merchant (7)
26359
23122
Chifonie ENTRY Measure and test doorway (5)
Guard decapitated candidate (5)
26359
26180
Chifonie RATES Assesses the value in cholera testing (5)
Speaks, when scratching head, of taxes (5)
Painter put up prices (5)
26359
27103
24055
Chifonie ALERT A warrant keeps regiment on its toes (5)
A warrant keeps Romeo on his toes (5)
Porter's right to be vigilant (5)
23369
27600
26595
Chifonie RIPOSTE Sally makes love with good man in perfect surroundings (7)
Is toper rehabilitated, Sally? (7)
23369
23895
Chifonie HELLO Greeting Oscar after trial (5)
Greeting that man will love (5)
23369
26165
Chifonie OBERON Borneo troubled king (6)
King giving order to man (6)
23751
27574
Chifonie RELISH Priest's in Haiti for pleasure (6)
Queen's priest's hard to like (6)
24285
26151
Chifonie DWELLING Bit of dampness seeping up in the house (8)
House a large number streaming forth (8)
24285
23408
Chifonie STROLL Son to fish from promenade (6)
Stone on level promenade (6)
24285
24954
Chifonie IMPEL Force politician to wear revolutionary garland (5)
Instigate wicked lie about politician (5)
22276
25278
Chifonie BRANDISH Display a bowl of cereal (8)
Shake a bowl of cereal (8)
27313
23608
Chifonie LITTER Refuse to give birth (6)
Refuse to give birth (6)
27313
23751
Chifonie RAISE Intensify approval initially lacking (5)
Put up and soundly knock down (5)
"Lift the beams", we're told (5)
25163
23028
22854
Chifonie RIOJA Wine from South American port gets German approval (5)
Wine (South American port) gets German approval (5)
25163
27171
Chifonie PLAYACTOR Give fake gold to pretentious character (4-5)
Give performer gold for a charlatan (4-5)
27013
22276
Chifonie INSERT Still retaining Sunday supplement (6)
Still containing special implant (6)
27013
25988
Chifonie PIMPLE Spot representative in stately home (6)
Spot redcap in stately home (6)
27013
24459
Chifonie LEARNED King Edward is erudite (7)
Many deserved to be erudite (7)
24620
26359
Chifonie ESTEEM Bridge players experience mounting admiration (6)
Spain encounters rising credit (6)
24620
23895
Chifonie INFERTILE Conclude shingle is unproductive (9)
Presume oriental settled back to be unproductive (9)
24620
25259
Chifonie PART Leave when the gin's knocked back (4)
Usual time to say goodbye (4)
Usual time to say goodbye (4)
24620
27574
24098
Chifonie AMRITSAR Emperor backed morning scripture lessons in India … (8)
Rita's arm is broken in India (8)
26070
23956
Chifonie STRAINER Kitchen utensil, surprisingly, isn't rare (8)
Colourist keeps recipe in the kitchen (8)
26070
22224
Chifonie HEALTH Former PM had a hand in constitution (6)
Condition of lake in moorland (6)
24638
23895
Chifonie TOLLBOOTH Ring Mrs Blair professionally where charge is made (9)
Ring assassin, where charge is made (9)
24638
27155
Chifonie GRASP Old monarch gets snake to hold (5)
German has file to hold firmly (5)
24638
26287
Chifonie TANGENT Function where Hazel gets a man (7)
Hit chap in relationship (7)
26658
23996
Chifonie LHASA Luxembourg possesses a capital (5)
Sovereign owns a capital (5)
25082
22113
Chifonie OBLITERATE Alumnus's able to read, write and rub out (10)
Wipe out former pupil who's properly educated (10)
25082
23726
Chifonie EMMA Girl takes part in re­quiem mass (4)
She followed Pip in the afternoon (4)
Girl takes part in requ­iem mass (4)
25082
22898
26336
Chifonie CLEANSE Spare holy man in church to give absolution (7)
Prefers to be in church to give absolution (7)
25082
27600
Chifonie INGRES Painter cut admission (6)
Singer disturbed painter (6)
25639
26070
Chifonie GATES Tycoon's stage effects (5)
Tycoon creates openings (5)
25639
23452
Chifonie STREAM Burn gas when touring Romania (6)
Dancing master selected pupils (6)
21878
25105
Chifonie RATIO Separationist has covert relationship (5)
The proportion of a square in a South American city (5)
21878
22188
Chifonie MENAGERIE People, I agree, upset a collection of animals (9)
Ermine age terribly in a zoo (9)
People coming to Silver Lake for a show of animals (9)
23328
27380
21644
Chifonie QUITERIGHT Left crew cuddling queen? Exactly! (5,5)
Left crew protecting queen? Exactly! (5,5)
23328
27600
Chifonie SHIPSHAPE Trim fruit covered in mould (9)
Trim fruit covered in mould (9)
23328
24620
Chifonie HEATED Abhorred keeping earl angry (6)
Passionate earl in dance of death (6)
24285
26630
Chifonie LEGEND Celebrity went ahead without the facts (6)
Superstar went ahead without the facts (6)
24257
26905
Chifonie INTENSIVE Like the decimal system, setter's becoming rigorous (9)
Popular numbers I have detailed (9)
24257
27171
Chifonie ANNEAL English queen with a Latin temper (6)
British queen with a Latin temper (6)
24257
27171
Chifonie RATEL Roast large mammal (5)
Mammal took food in both hands (5)
22675
25547
Chifonie EXPIRED Old relationship lefty brought to an end (7)
Old relationship Ruby brought to an end (7)
22675
27473
Chifonie STEAMER Cooker (7)
Team leader wears bowler in ship (7)
Vessel requires time in delivery (7)
A Frenchman interrupts pilot of vessel (7)
22436
26287
22113
22034
Chifonie LIGHTER One giving offence has head cut off (7)
More manageable boat (7)
22436
23930
Chifonie TOTEM Transport grand icon (5)
Transport grand icon (5)
22436
27496
Chifonie RINGFENCE Assign funds solely for telephone receiver (4-5)
All-round protection for telephone receiver (4,5)
26773
22113
Chifonie AGENTS Spies like keeping man (6)
A convenience for intermediaries (6)
26773
26642
Chifonie CHOPSTICKS Implements used to prepare firewood (10)
Implements used to prepare firewood (10)
25578
22928
Chifonie PERSIA Praise exotic old country (6)
Moving praise for the old country (6)
25578
24119
Chifonie COCKPIT Set up match in arena (7)
Prepare to fire a hole in old sports centre (7)
23627
23267
Chifonie UNION Marriage in the old workhouse (5)
Public sector workers giving up Sunday league (5)
23627
22113
Chifonie CONTINENT Sober and satisfied when touring Indiana (9)
Sober and satisfied, when outside batting (9)
23627
26929
Chifonie PANDA Great beast's godfather? (5)
Criticise Russian approval for great beast (5)
23627
25602
Chifonie RESTORATION Break off speech for refreshment (11)
Discontinue speech for refreshment (11)
22519
27526
Chifonie ENDURE Excavate, initially, under new stand (6)
Cope with death on the river (6)
26264
24867
Chifonie GROUSE Birds in Greek river (6)
Find fault in game (6)
26264
22928
Chifonie CRESTS Charlie takes a break from making insignia (6)
Cockscombs getting time off in civil service (6)
26264
25578
Chifonie EMIT Egghead gets to US university? Give off! (4)
Give out over a period (4)
26264
23106
Chifonie ADONIS A tutor is a handsome lad (6)
Handsome youth rejected wickedness after trouble (6)
24014
22745
Chifonie EXCEL Top swimmer receives ten cents (5)
Top swimmer receives ten cents (5)
24014
27526
Chifonie RUINOUS Uri developed knowledge that's devastating (7)
It's very expensive in old university in Russia (7)
24014
25315
Chifonie GUTTER Threaten to go out in the Channel (6)
Threaten to go out in Golf, say (6)
24014
25163
Chifonie EXPANSE Range of vessels in river (7)
Range of vessels in river (7)
27265
25259
Chifonie PRESENTER Host attending the Queen (9)
Broadcaster here with the Queen (9)
27265
22235
Chifonie STOPPRESS Latest news of holy woman's put down (4,5)
Latest news of St Harry (4,5)
27265
23627
Chifonie HONESTLY Plant encircles lake? No kidding! (8)
Virtuous when keeping gang on the level (8)
27265
24119
Chifonie JEST Ridicule first person in French street (4)
Ridicule the first person in French street (4)
27616
25315
Chifonie LOSER No-hoper with dreadful roles (5)
Tiepolo's Eros is in part a failure (5)
27616
26581
Chifonie DEALT Traded in wood tar, initially (5)
Traded in wood tar initially (5)
27616
23996
Chifonie TROUNCE Thrash counter-revolutionary? (7)
Tory leader runs over cat? That's slaughter! (7)
27616
24342
Chifonie PLATITUDE Penny has licence to provide bromide (9)
Penny has licence to provide bromide (9)
27616
25396
Chifonie SCION Shoot many in Israel (5)
Shoot Communist leader in Israel (5)
22259
22826
Chifonie VIGOUR Power of Spanish port - an ancient city (6)
Might Spanish port be linked to ancient city? (6)
22259
26658
Chifonie NIELSEN Lenin's wrongly harbouring English composer (7)
Sentinel half-heartedly disturbed composer (7)
22259
23106
Chifonie ABSINTH Ban this fermented drink (7)
Ban this fermented drink (7)
23003
27171
Chifonie EMERGENCE Development in Greece men vandalised (9)
Development of endless crisis with Spain (9)
23003
27616
Chifonie THORN Old character is a nuisance (5)
God faces new source of irritation (5)
Time on instrument is a source of irritation (5)
God has a name that has a point (5)
23003
22519
23895
25954
Chifonie ALFREDTHEGREAT King manipulated heart-felt rage about Germany (6,3,5)
King Gareth faltered when upset (6,3,5)
23003
23713
Chifonie DANGLE Hang many a crook (6)
Tempt poor Glenda (6)
22958
24867
Chifonie TOILETRIES Cloth samples found in bathroom (10)
Cloth samples found in the bathroom (10)
Cloth samples found in the bathroom (10)
22958
27313
22224
Chifonie LESSON Model wearing fewer clothes? (6)
Exercise wearing fewer clothes (6)
Model wearing fewer clothes (6)
27514
27380
23956
Chifonie THOROUGH Utter nothing in between (8)
Utter nothing in-between (8)
27514
22224
Chifonie CARTHORSE God’s in charge of working animal (9)
God's in charge of working animal (9)
27514
24257
Chifonie ERROR Blunder has rascal guillotined (5)
Mistake has tinker guillotined (5)
27514
22014
Chifonie OVERTHETOP Alien hiding in public dance is lacking restraint (4,3,3)
Alien in public dance is lacking in restraint (4,3,3)
27514
22235
Chifonie UNCLEARED Relative gets a halt signal that’s not vindicated (9)
Relative gets a warning sign that’s not vindicated (9)
27514
26287
Chifonie HAIL Greet bad weather (4)
Prince receives one cheer (4)
27514
23751
Chifonie ARBITER Judge a royal nipper (7)
Judge a royal nipper (7)
27514
22675
Chifonie INEARNEST I mean to make a home — seriously! (2,7)
One close to retreat is resolute (2,7)
I approach home resolutely (2,7)
25972
24014
26199
Chifonie NOBLE Half-heartedly incapacitate an aristocrat (5)
Half-heartedly incapacitate an aristocrat (5)
25972
27526
Chifonie EASTBOURNE Ensure boat is ordered for resort (10)
Ensure boat is ordered for resort (10)
22325
27616
Chifonie LACERATE Cut fabric's cost (8)
Cut fabric's cost (8)
21845
27574
Chifonie INDONESIA Land somebody on Sunday in the country (9)
One's in the country here (9)
21735
21680
Chifonie DALTON Boy lifted heavy weight for scientist (6)
Scientist has tutor entertaining a commissioned officer (6)
21845
21974
Chifonie BRIGHT Bishop's perfectly happy (6)
Bowled straight? That's brilliant! (6)
21845
22799
Chifonie ORCHESTRATOR Speaker keeps royal box for the organiser (12)
Speaker reserves royal box for arranger (12)
26422
22014
Chifonie SPEEDWELL Despatch spring flower (9)
Veronica makes career profitable (9)
26422
23057
Chifonie IRATE Angry plagiarist loses patience, initially (5)
Raider losing copper is angry (5)
23678
26306
Chifonie AGENT Period with conservationists is a factor (5)
Period with conservationists is a factor (5)
23678
26581
Chifonie DELOS Winter transport carrying Oscar back to island (5)
Greek island where duke raised fish (5)
23678
24974
Chifonie RELATE Tell of soldier getting fresh (6)
Report on deceased (6)
Tell of soldier getting fresh (6)
23678
26336
22224
Chifonie CONDONE Forgive prisoner? That’s acceptable! (7)
Cheat produced excuse (7)
26480
23794
Chifonie PLAY Pundit initially put down performance (4)
Coppers put on drama (4)
26480
26336
Chifonie CHANGINGROOM Caught droppin' curry in the sports pavilion (8,4)
Caught droppin' curry in the sports pavilion (8,4)
27061
22034
Chifonie PASTIS Finished one small drink (6)
Finished one small drink (6)
27061
21829
Chifonie TEACHEST Drills type of junction box (3,5)
Try keeping every one in case (3,5)
27061
22928
Chifonie BASTILLE Work the land in infamous prison (8)
Work the land in infamous prison (8)
27061
21829
Chifonie HANDKERCHIEF Long to dress daughter with outstanding accessory (12)
Long to dress daughter with outstanding accessory (12)
27061
21735
Chifonie DRIFT Implication makes many quarrel (5)
Many break the bank (5)
27061
23713
Chifonie SLAVISH Grovelling son's effusive (7)
Sycophantic son's excessive (7)
25148
23996
Chifonie DECKCHAIR Dress caught on bristle in seating (4,5)
Trim curls without coiffeur initially providing seating (4,5)
25148
22414
Chifonie TRENCHANT Ditch worker for biting (9)
Transport leaders fascin­ate when driving (9)
25148
24867
Chifonie INSTALLED This month every edition is placed (9)
This month every edition is set up (9)
This month every edition is placed (9)
25148
27616
24342
Chifonie SLEDGE Hammer old Bob put on shelf (6)
Transport small shelf (6)
27217
21974
Chifonie ELAPSE Pass by the Spanish church feature (6)
Slip away and head off setback (6)
Please arrange pass (6)
In a riot please slip away (6)
27217
26287
26536
23360
Chifonie FEVERISH Excited swimmer is eating continually (8)
Restless swimmer is eating continually (8)
Woman at all times is hot and restless (8)
27217
23360
27029
Chifonie SCAN Search about in tin (4)
Screening is not completely inadequate (4)
27217
24377
Chifonie SHILLING Old Bob and Carol separated by rising ground (8)
Carol keeps stack of coin (8)
27217
22898
Chifonie BREATHER Respite for swimmer boxing soldier (8)
Rest of soldiers introduced to swimmer (8)
26873
25499
Chifonie RECOUP Make good soldiers triumph (6)
Compensate for soldiers' exploit (6)
26873
25002
Chifonie CHERRY Fruit for girl to shout about (6)
Girl's call about fruit (6)
26873
23608
Chifonie MATISSE Mike arranged siesta for artist (7)
Painter is special to be embraced by comrade (7)
Painter is caught in steam explosion (7)
26838
27616
24867
Chifonie EVENT Player's opening match (5)
Woman books for occasion (5)
Regular time for fixture (5)
Bridge player opening tournament (5)
Ethiopian leader opening tournament (5)
26520
25315
26015
24342
24459
Chifonie FORESIGHT Gift horse dealt with providence (9)
Preparedness to battle when stealing minerals (9)
26520
25163
Chifonie OLIVE Nothing's charged for fruit (5)
Duck breathing in tree (5)
26520
22537
Chifonie RADICAL Militant caught slashing tyre (7)
Revolutionary caught slashing tyre (7)
26520
27171
Chifonie ACUMEN Wit of copper getting in the last word (6)
Copper has last word about judgement (6)
24066
22958
Chifonie TURIN Highwayman powerless in Italy (5)
Ride around island in Italy (5)
23226
26302
Chifonie EARLIER Noble queen toured island previously (7)
Nobleman that is king in past times (7)
23226
26359
Chifonie STERN Rear small bird (5)
Small bird's tail (5)
23226
22158
Chifonie TREADMILL Time to study philosopher? That's dreary! (9)
Tory leader studied philosopher? That's soul-destroying! (9)
23226
26287
Chifonie HASTE Bears note for dispatch (5)
Son is gripped by loathing of speed (5)
23226
24257
Chifonie DEATH Doctor hated curtains (5)
Curtains some made at home (5)
26701
26034
Chifonie RILKE Right type to meet English poet (5)
Poet upset about king (5)
26701
23122
Chifonie DWELLER D-Dickensian denizen (7)
Deceased Dickensian resident (7)
24558
24241
Chifonie EVERGREEN Standard type of shrub (9)
Standard is incessantly naive (9)
24558
26374
Chifonie EMERALD Dodgy dealer hides minute stone (7)
Engineers rejected lad's shattered stone (7)
24558
22276
Chifonie EDICT Tory introduced to rewrite proclamation (5)
Without copyright, rephrase ordinance (5)
24558
23267
Chifonie MACHETE Spice split by the newly-designed cutter (7)
Couple concealing guerrilla's weapon (7)
24558
23057
Chifonie BRAT Born traitor is a rascal (4)
Rascal runs into club (4)
25870
22928
Chifonie STILETTO Weapon lit up during fight (8)
Fight about drunk returning weapon (8)
25870
22276
Chifonie DEADLINE Tedious approach to time limit (8)
Ideal end violated time limit (8)
25870
24485
Chifonie INTERN Lay to rest navy doctor (6)
Popular bird to keep in captivity (6)
25870
24066
Chifonie RANGERS Referee initially upsets football team (7)
Referee initially upsets Scottish team (7)
25870
27380
Chifonie SCOTCH Switzerland supports tax for drink (6)
Church supports tax for drink (6)
24748
27242
Chifonie BRIDEWELL Union member thriving in jail (9)
Union member thriving in jail (9)
24748
24342
Chifonie RINSE Nationalist during upturn becomes flush (5)
Nationalist in revolt may cause a splash (5)
Swill some beer in Serbia (5)
24748
26520
25105
Chifonie DINGHY Husband aboard grimy boat (6)
Sombre without husband (6)
24748
22436
Chifonie HANDICAP Give current international a disadvantage (8)
Give one international a disadvantage (8)
24748
26905
Chifonie GIVEIN Soldier has blood vessel collapse (4,2)
I have been caught in trap and accept defeat (4,2)
24748
27394
Chifonie ENTER Workman disregards quibble to sign up (5)
Tenant has no right to come in (5)
Landlord has no right to come in (5)
22694
25972
22414
Chifonie ACTED Cadet's badly behaved (5)
Bill and Edward played (5)
26505
27155
Chifonie PEAR Mean to consume English fruit (4)
Fruit and veg recipe (4)
22694
24786
Chifonie ALIMENTAL Ill man ate stew that's nutritious (9)
All meat in stew is nutritious (9)
22694
24248
Chifonie SLUR To drink loudly, not quietly, is an insult (4)
Starts to seem ludicrous under resounding disparagement (4)
22694
25315
Chifonie BEATIT Decay found in grain? Get away! (4,2)
Live as a bird and take off (4,2)
22383
24459
Chifonie EASTER Oriental plant festival (6)
A tree's chopped up for festival (6)
Unending Oriental festival (6)
22383
24241
24786
Chifonie CAESAR Autocrat created a scare (6)
Autocrat creating a scare (6)
22383
27424
Chifonie LETDOWN Tolerate drink that's a disappointment (3-4)
Allow insulating material is a disappointment (3-4)
25733
26838
Chifonie ORACLE Charlie leaves boat for shrine (6)
Oscar meets clear disturbance in shrine (6)
Old people entertaining Latin soothsayer (6)
25547
26536
23956
Chifonie RODRIGO Perch on equipment overlooking old composer (7)
Composer has staff fiddle with opening of opera (7)
Composer's baton Igor smashed (7)
22636
26520
22188
Chifonie BRIE Union member loses money (4)
Gabrielle hid the cheese (4)
22636
25824
Chifonie URCHIN Young rogue endlessly tottering (6)
Waif shows vital energy when boarding vessel (6)
22636
22958
Chifonie STILTON Boy hides list (7)
Support for member concerning cheese (7)
Lad keeps list of cheese (7)
22636
23678
25681
Chifonie SECRET Religious faction holds divinity to be known only to initiates (6)
Clandestine faction assimilates scripture (6)
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Chifonie PRACTISE Carry on and scrape it off (8)
Go over and scrape it off (8)
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Chifonie YOGHURT Ascetic almost spoiled food (7)
Hugo! Try exotic food (7)
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Chifonie ENCHANTRESS Siren in car sent hens crazy (11)
Siren in car sent hens crazy (11)
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Chifonie EARNEST Man keeps a pledge (7)
Resent a dodgy firm (7)
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Chifonie ADMIRAL Largely respect a trainee naval officer (7)
Endlessly respect a novice in the navy (7)
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Chifonie AGREE Give consent in Gretna Green (5)
In time soldier gives consent (5)
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27119
Chifonie CATAMARAN Boat in a river in Canada (9)
A river in Canada (9)
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Chifonie TEARDOWN Drop feathers in trash (4,4)
Drop feathers in trash (4,4)
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27544
Chifonie STRAIN Dishonour grips royal family (6)
Overwork Bob's followers (6)
Anxiety in the family (6)
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26642
Chifonie RIDDEN Managed to clear shelter (6)
Travelled to get free study (6)
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Chifonie LANDLORD Peer under berth for letter (8)
Letter left with master (8)
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Chifonie MATINEE West transfixed by metal spike finally in performance (7)
Show couple consuming popular drug (7)
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Chifonie RAIL Storyteller about to complain (4)
Rook upset wader (4)
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Chifonie ISSUE One small petition is the matter of concern (5)
It's of concern when living matter loses temperature (5)
Outlet for children (5)
Children matter (5)
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24119
Chifonie RAINFOREST Knowledge commonly found in most uncommon jungle (4,6)
Dope found in most uncommon jungle (4,6)
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27394
Chifonie AMBROSIA Best food Mike's brother found in the continent (8)
Delicious food makes Maria sob uncontrollably (8)
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Chifonie RACED Competed for best in road (5)
Competed for best in street (5)
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Chifonie DELIGHTED Luminary in performance is euphoric (9)
Luminary in performance is happy (9)
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24459
Chifonie DELETE Remove obstruction in river (6)
Remove obstruction in river (6)
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Chifonie RUMBA Cranky sailor got up for a dance (5)
Graduate had drink before dance (5)
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23157
Chifonie PARAPET Soldier sitting on favourite wall (7)
Mirror in section of wall (7)
Primate caught in deception set back defence (7)
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Chifonie FORETEETH Separating canines? They have a sharp bite! (9)
They can give a sharp bite — between the eyes? (9)
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27119
Chifonie BARTENDER Publican's reason to be in trade (9)
One who gives drink to Arthur during spree (9)
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25048
Chifonie HOIST Tackle one interrupting entertainer (5)
Raise one gets in the army (5)
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Chifonie STANDARD Fruit tree or evergreen (8)
Type of fruit tree, or evergreen (8)
Specification for booth on a street (8)
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25396
Chifonie DETERMINED Intimidate colliery director, being resolute (10)
Try to stop my old Dutch being resolute (10)
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26891
Chifonie FIANCE Intended female to meet Scot at church (6)
Intended to remove name from capital (6)
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25824
Chifonie SCALLION Vegetable child of the family eats whole (8)
A shoot embodies the whole vegetable (8)
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21845
Chifonie REVERE Honour soldiers having come round on any occasion (6)
Look up to American patriot (6)
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Chifonie DETONATE Girlfriend holds message upside down? Blast! (8)
Set off for school in time (8)
Set off for school in time (8)
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23199
27185
Chifonie OCHRE Foreign coins keeping church in paint (5)
Foreign money keeps children in paint (5)
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23003
Chifonie ANGEL Backer strangely revealed (5)
Backer provides a new stage, after reflection (5)
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21680
Chifonie FLOURISH School member admits dirty look and gesture (8)
Display angry look when tucking into seafood (8)
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27600
Chifonie SPLIT Go separate ways in Croatia (5)
Lance accepts coppers in shop (5)
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24459
Chifonie PASSAGE A girl wears old hat in the street (7)
Attendant keeps donkey in the hall (7)
Spend time in the hall (7)
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24867
Chifonie INAMORATO Lover off to Romania (9)
Her lover excited Marina, too (9)
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23996
Chifonie ABSORBENT Missing catching ball that's like a sponge (9)
Baron bets foolishly when imbibing (9)
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25681
Chifonie CAIRO Officer takes in the atmosphere of foreign capital (5)
Company adopts style that's capital (5)
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22854
Chifonie ELAPSED Journalist hides mistake that slipped by (7)
Pleased criminal passed by (7)
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26733
Chifonie RASH Queen remains headstrong (4)
Rex remains impulsive (4)
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23122
Chifonie INCUR Meet with much-liked villain (5)
Expose oneself to some maudlin curiosity (5)
26678
24014
Chifonie EDITOR Computer program overturned current operations research (6)
Rising current requires alternative adaptor (6)
Newsman travelled up without it (6)
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25547
Chifonie ENROL Recruit first needs to be introduced to revolutionary teaching (5)
Rebel leader in isolated uprising is put on record (5)
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24974
Chifonie NAIL Love taking in a fixer (4)
Claw caused knight pain (4)
25844
22235
Chifonie RIFLESHOT Uproar about bodily appetites may be life-threatening (5,4)
Sweltering under sacks? That's life-threatening! (5,4)
25844
26678
Chifonie PRANG Called after parking accident (5)
Anguish about rare accident (5)
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24558
Chifonie STATUE Expound about superior work of art (6)
Girl holds shoddy item to be work of art (6)
Prepared astute representation (6)
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23726
Chifonie EVENSONG The chances on getting good service (8)
Odds on getting good service (8)
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Chifonie GANGSTER Tough German conceals neurotic fear (8)
Tough German conceals apprehension (8)
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27185
Chifonie LOATHE Turner accepts love and hate (6)
Hate seeing the French keeping a promise (6)
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25163
Chifonie TRAVERSE Trustee's ill-disposed and cross (8)
Reject paintings and poetry being cross (8)
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25578
Chifonie GRACE Greek champion's charm (5)
Breeding good stock (5)
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26658
Chifonie PARTYLINE Alliance views shared link (5,4)
Someone gets a letter - a general form of communication (5,4)
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23028
Chifonie DREAM Imagine putting last of ice in a drop of Scotch (5)
Nightmare in which tot swallows Ecstasy (5)
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23713
Chifonie ARRANGE Score runs in a series (7)
Settle on retired painter's collection (7)
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26678
Chifonie SIGNAL Endorse a Liberal notable (6)
Wrongly aligns an indicator (6)
Outstanding director (6)
25345
22224
22657
Chifonie POTASH Classy when receiving thanks for fertiliser ingredient (6)
Pawn books when hospital supplies chemical compound (6)
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26422
Chifonie ASHAMED Cinders made trouble and is sorry (7)
Cinders made trouble and is sorry (7)
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Chifonie SEVERN Lop off pole in river (6)
River perpetually split partners (6)
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26324
Chifonie APOSTATE Dissenter beaten to a paste (8)
A situation troubled dissenter (8)
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23740
Chifonie ABANDONED Boycott achieved during commercial is very wicked (9)
Ended in a group that's dissolute (9)
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24558
Chifonie SERENGETI Tiger seen frolicking in animal sanctuary (9)
Green site developed for National Park (9)
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24377
Chifonie SIGHT Complain over time of show (5)
Show sense (5)
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Chifonie OTTER Carnivore decapitated craftsman (5)
Excessive hesitation of fish-eater (5)
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26105
Chifonie PHEASANT Yokel holds hearts in game (8)
Game that's hard for rustic to grasp (8)
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25002
Chifonie RETIRING Shy soldier getting worn out (8)
Giving up work soldier finds arduous (8)
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26581
Chifonie FOSSIL Relic of saints wrapped in thin sheet (6)
Relic of saints captured in defeat (6)
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27544
Chifonie IBADAN Fleming toured corrupt African city (6)
Scot toured unhealthy African city (6)
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21845
Chifonie VIAL Small vessel going through lake (4)
Medicine bottle essential when losing heart (4)
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25082
Chifonie EWER Vessel found in a brewery (4)
Tailor loses top for jug (4)
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25844
Chifonie INCOMPLETE Money allowed in wages is short (10)
Unaccomplished representation of temple icon (10)
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25844
Chifonie ELEMENTAL Cooked eel with crackers is basic (9)
Meet Nell, a reformed primitive (9)
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24459
Chifonie SINCERE Seeing that's about true (7)
Frank is after soldier (7)
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26287
Chifonie EVENTUAL Net value is adjusted — and that's final! (8)
Impartial trade union meets a Labour leader after a time (8)
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26070
Chifonie DADA … childish father's art movement (4)
Father an art movement (4)
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24974
Chifonie ESCALATE Intensify destruction of a celesta (8)
Raise case being resolved tardily (8)
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22958
Chifonie ROADSTER A copper involved in roll in sports car (8)
Repairs, or trades, sports car (8)
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27544
Chifonie BLOTTO Bowled before game gets tight (6)
Drunk initially bet on game (6)
Book on game found under the table? (6)
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23956
25002
Chifonie ISLE Paisley holds the key (4)
Corridor without a key (4)
Corridor without a key (4)
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23740
Chifonie ERATO Patron of the arts in danger at opening night (5)
Patron of the arts a soldier turned to (5)
Daughter of Zeus in danger at Olympiad (5)
Patron of the arts in That Riviera Touch (5)
Time to muse (5)
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23392
23328
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26929
Chifonie RETIRED Left soldiers dead beat (7)
Left embarrassed about drain (7)
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23199
Chifonie NOVICE Trainee without bad habits (6)
Virtuous student? (6)
Probationer finds old book in French resort (6)
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25345
Chifonie ATHEIST Sceptic engaged in armed robbery (7)
Sceptic engaged in armed robbery? (7)
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27473
Chifonie RESTRICTED Authoritarian breaks instrument that's not for the public (10)
Trot round tough quarter in secret (10)
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26701
Chifonie DITHER Director eats the stew (6)
Edith concocted recipe for stew (6)
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22657
Chifonie ADAMSALE A hindrance to marketing of water (5,3)
Bill gets a million marketing water (5,3)
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24485
Chifonie CAMISOLE Old king keeps writer in clothing (8)
Mice also damaged clothing (8)
Old king keeps writer in clothing (8)
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27544
Chifonie NOTCH Nick's never getting an honour? (5)
Nick's section cannot change (5)
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23267
Chifonie WREATH Band threw a wobbly (6)
Anger about bearing garland (6)
Defect in porcelain has Oriental in temper (6)
23654
25048
23408
Chifonie TOTAL Shot a sovereign? Perfect! (5)
Comprehensive kid gets a quid (5)
Reach and slug a sovereign (5)
23654
25972
23328
Chifonie REARRANGE Change loom catalogue (9)
Move the bottom line (9)
23654
27072
Chifonie VILLAIN Scoundrel proud to admit cruelty (7)
Football team elected rogue (7)
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26658
Chifonie RIDE Spain backs free travel (4)
Spain supports free travel (4)
24322
27424
Chifonie OVERCAST Threatening accomplished performers (8)
Finished with model? That's a bit dim! (8)
24322
27265
Chifonie PALETTE Range of colour allowed in a spread (7)
Head about to permit a range of colours (7)
26054
26701
Chifonie NOSTRUM New ’otelier's strange potion (7)
Most run out of medicine (7)
26054
24322
Chifonie TROTOUT Swimmer about to be put on display (4,3)
Reiterate nonsense solicitor put about (4,3)
26054
25148
Chifonie PRETENDER One has aspirations before the bid (9)
Claimant is quiet about offer (9)
26054
25972
Chifonie DRIFTER Fracture in the German fishing boat (7)
Disagreement in the German fishing boat (7)
26054
22188
Chifonie GOYA Painter unknown in Indian state (4)
Gentile's a painter (4)
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22898
Chifonie CHASTISE Scold is indecent? (8)
Scold is indecent (8)
24224
27424
Chifonie POSSESSION Israel supports law enforcement agency's territory (10)
Soprano rejected term of ownership (10)
24224
26397
Chifonie TOPSECRET Classified summits on exotic Crete (3-6)
Sensitive tot creeps about (3,6)
24224
27072
Chifonie INSET Six-footer initially cut out magnified section of map (5)
A piece introduced when a six-footer's caught out (5)
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23328
Chifonie DISMISSIVE Girl's letter is contemptuous (10)
Is girl in place of ill repute, sneering? (10)
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26324
Chifonie PILOT Guide the first person in the area (5)
Many supporting relationship guide (5)
24224
23726
Chifonie MOCHA Short time to get tea or coffee (5)
Doctor has tea or coffee (5)
Doctor has tea or coffee (5)
25522
23199
27072
Chifonie COLLIE Miner clipped dog (6)
Dog having depression? Make up a story! (6)
Dog officer over prevarication (6)
25522
26468
26642
Chifonie PROTRUDE Puritan about to perish or come through (8)
Corruption riddled Victorian project (8)
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22383
Chifonie GENERIC Boy after information that's comprehensive (7)
Comprehensive kid after information (7)
25225
25972
Chifonie TRADESECRET Street cred — a fusion of special expertise (5,6)
Detects rare fusion of special expertise (5,6)
25225
25578
Chifonie AMENDMENT American cure meant heartless correction (9)
Man met end making revision (9)
Workers in tandem developed change for the better (9)
Qualification for social worker about to heal setter (9)
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25522
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23930
Chifonie ADOPT Take responsibility for fuss over gymnastics (5)
Support expert capturing cheat (5)
25928
23003
Chifonie ASTEROID A drug creates a a heavenly body (8)
A fashion editor's heavenly body (8)
25928
24715
Chifonie BRIDGE Union member embraces girl in game (6)
Potter has a rest in game (6)
25928
27089
Chifonie REEFER Mention hiding earl's jacket (6)
Jacket for a smoker (6)
Oriental wearing guide's jacket (6)
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26105
22898
Chifonie POLISHOFF European's gone? Put away (6,3)
Eliminate east European? That's bad! (6,3)
26248
27029
Chifonie ACTOUT Portray a Tory publicist (3,3)
Represent a Tory solicitor (3,3)
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26610
Chifonie ADAMSAPPLE Water swallowed very quietly in the throat (5,5)
First man to market keeps very quiet, getting a lump in the throat (5,5)
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26386
Chifonie PASTRAMI One supports old meat supplier for beef (8)
Accomplished meat producer joins "Institute for Beef" (8)
22069
25522
Chifonie GOODSTRAIN Means of transport showing first-class pedigree (5,5)
Means of transport, showing first-class pedigree (5,5)
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27496
Chifonie SHEARS Son picks up tool (6)
Son picks up tool (6)
Bob discovers tool (6)
22203
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23608
Chifonie RETINUE Soldiers about to join up in train (7)
Staff regret keeping key money (7)
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22113
Chifonie ETHOS Standards in Internet hosting (5)
Attitude of model wearing messy hose (5)
Those wayward attitudes (5)
24806
23369
23057
Chifonie SINGLETON One alone in wearing a vest (9)
Carol spilled the beans, all alone (9)
24806
26015
Chifonie CHAMBERTIN Legislative body has money for wine (10)
Type of orchestra having time in Burgundy (10)
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24377
Chifonie SPLENDID Pick-pockets backed accepting grant in sterling (8)
Boy accepts coppers' grant in sterling (8)
21919
26610
Chifonie ANUBIS Article's focus is God (6)
Article is about the meaning of God (6)
21919
24748
Chifonie RAPT King inclined to be enthralled (4)
Informer keeps president absorbed (4)
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22373
Chifonie GIMMICK Grandmaster containing one boy's stratagem (7)
Boy supports chess expert retaining one intriguing device (7)
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22034
Chifonie ORCHESTRA Common soldiers box artists or musicians (9)
Her co-star upset the players (9)
Trunk kept in old car by amateur players (9)
24144
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25681
Chifonie APRICOT Pair prepared bed for fruit tree (7)
Pair rotavated bed for fruit tree (7)
26015
24342
Chifonie GRAPPA Doctor accepts rebuke when getting a drink (6)
Girl hit father, showing spirit (6)
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Chifonie AMATEUR Old city supports a match that's played just for pleasure (7)
Untrained apprentice acceptable in Arkansas (7)
Enthusiast accepted pal's posh recipe (7)
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25733
Chifonie NARRATIVE Frank eats r-rodent in story (9)
Countryman swallowing a bishop's tale (9)
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26054
Chifonie MANTRAP Trespasser's peril requires word of comfort repeated quietly (7)
Poacher's concern requires words of comfort repeated quietly (7)
23099
26855
Chifonie SPORTSCAR Bob left Cliff's vehicle (6,3)
Skinhead left Cliff's vehicle (6,3)
23099
27586
Chifonie OBLIGE Force knight to leave ignoble order (6)
Do a favour and repair big ’ole (6)
23099
27171
Chifonie SKILLET Butcher breaks bent pan (7)
Cooking utensil for butcher in film scene (7)
Group keeps prey in cooking pan (7)
23099
21644
22034
Chifonie NUGATORY Turning over weapon to a politician is useless (8)
It's useless turning gun on a politician (8)
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21974
Chifonie SPELLBOUND Transported skip after a while (10)
Possessed time to be shown over vault (10)
23099
22898
Chifonie NOISOME Stinking row about honour (7)
Row about medal is offensive (7)
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Chifonie DECADENT Some years with conservation group are corrupt (8)
Some years with conservation group that's corrupt (8)
Publicity's suitable without being self-indulgent (8)
27448
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26581
Chifonie PEEP Look both ways (4)
Look both ways (4)
27448
24248
Chifonie CHARMING Caught spoiling sweet (8)
Caught spoiling sweet (8)
27448
22928
Chifonie COUPON Officer knowledgeable about voucher (6)
Officer knowledgeable about token (6)
27448
22224
Chifonie CATERPILLAR Supply post providing grub (11)
Supply support vehicle (11)
27448
22694
Chifonie REMINISCENT Suggestive of the latest wrap-around dresses (11)
Suggestive skirts appearing in modern surroundings (11)
27448
23199
Chifonie ADVOCATE Recommend against commander breaking an engagement (8)
Recommend against commander breaking a tryst (8)
27448
22383
Chifonie GLOSSARY Cooper bears cost of lexicon (8)
Player accepts cost of reference work (8)
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24974
Chifonie ADJACENT Hoarding money retains German approval. That's touching! (8)
Nowadays German approval takes money — that's touching! (8)
21901
26271
Chifonie GAFF It can be blown indiscreetly, producing a boom (4)
Foreman, without hesitation, produces landing gear (4)
21901
25225
Chifonie MALEFACTOR He's an influence for a criminal (10)
Villain is a man with influence (10)
The man with the estate manager is a villain (10)
21901
26610
22224
Chifonie IDOLATER Pagan I figure out in time (8)
Devotee I get on with in time (8)
25378
27103
Chifonie OVERT Extra time is apparent (5)
Oscar's green — that's obvious (5)
Accomplished tenor appearing in public (5)
Professed to make Chubby weigh less (5)
25378
25844
23003
23713
Chifonie SHAD Mum gets a dead fish (4)
Bob ate fish (4)
27206
21878
Chifonie LATE Apprentice dined and departed (4)
Former pupil wasted away (4)
… and others got up tardily (4)
27206
23726
26816
Chifonie STRIDENT Unpleasantly rough walk by conservat­ionists (8)
Rough walk over Northern Territory (8)
27206
24285
Chifonie SATURNALIA Wild Australian orgy (10)
Wild Australian orgy (10)
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22826
Chifonie DIRECT Order credit to be changed (6)
Honest conduct (6)
27206
22383
Chifonie RUDIMENT Weakling keeps small coin of necessity (8)
It's essential for weakling to keep a small coin (8)
27206
22383
Chifonie AGREED Gave approval for silver musical instrument (6)
Admitted a strong desire (6)
A grand musical instrument chimed (6)
27206
24066
22657
Chifonie ALTAIR A trail blazed in the sky (6)
Star shows a bit of interest in place of worship (6)
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22928
Chifonie ESTONIAN Scholar entertains Pole or other European (8)
European scholar entertains society (8)
21956
23122
Chifonie SPEARMINT Flavouring and cooking man's tripe (9)
Plant making weapon takes a lot of money (9)
21956
23895
Chifonie INGLE One does not start a fire (5)
One does not start a fire (5)
21956
22854
Chifonie RAMPANT Wild animal's desire (7)
Unrestrained tirade about a politician (7)
Unrestrained tirade about a politician (7)
21956
26302
23452
Chifonie PANACHE Criticise a guerrilla for dashing style (7)
Criticise a guerrilla for dashing style (7)
Criticise pounding in dashing style (7)
21956
23369
26595
Chifonie SANTAMARIA Famous craft worker in the old country (5,5)
Famous craft worker in the old country (5,5)
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26034
Chifonie PLAUDIT Polish plate and check for sign of approval (7)
Hand gets praise when trapped in mine (7)
21956
23369
Chifonie VALENTINE Climber accepts a period without a sweetheart (9)
Virginia's deceptively lenient sweetheart (9)
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26929
Chifonie ARCHITECT Designer makes Catholic dose with ecstasy during play (9)
Girl established church is within expertise of designer (9)
25434
24867
Chifonie HADES Pluto gets sunglasses off first (5)
Pluto tolerated bridge opponents (5)
Section broken off sunglasses? Hell! (5)
25434
24322
27029
Chifonie EXTRACT Caught after no ball when cutting (7)
Passage from old pamphlet (7)
25434
27072
Chifonie THIGH Taxidermist initially given rotting body part (5)
Model elevated body part (5)
25434
24715
Chifonie NAIVE Simple to be the first person in the body of the church (5)
Unworldly domestic's short of time (5)
Childlike interest in body of the church (5)
25434
26374
24459
Chifonie RADARTRAP Soldiers bound to knock road safety device (5,4)
Soldiers launch blow for road safety (5,4)
27295
23452
Chifonie TEMPTRESS Stand-in gets lock for siren (9)
Supply lock for siren (9)
27295
23678
Chifonie REAREND Romeo earned beaten backside (4,3)
Bring up death in crash (4-3)
Romeo earned beaten backside (4,3)
27295
27586
24055
Chifonie TOLERATED Treated fairly and informed about energy price (9)
Lead otter about? That'll be endured! (9)
27295
27616
Chifonie TRANSPIRE Happen to exhale (9)
Managed, without issue, to be dressed in flag to become known (9)
27295
25048
Chifonie PITCHER He throws an earthenware vessel (7)
Crock a baseball player (7)
27295
23654
Chifonie CHEAP Shoddy cold store (5)
Budget for lots and lots (5)
27139
26015
Chifonie TIRADE In business one gets criticism (6)
Harangue one stuck in traffic (6)
Denunciation of one in business (6)
27139
25163
21680
Chifonie SCARFACE Stole whizz for a notorious gangster (8)
Notorious gangster stole one (8)
27139
24485
Chifonie EPIDEMIC Plague is half the content of a poem (8)
Poem about Ms Moore that's widespread (8)
27139
24585
Chifonie ASTRINGENT Under terrible strain, fellow is bitter (10)
Sent rating out for bitter (10)
27139
27103
Chifonie RUDE Daughter's about to regret being un­pleasant (4)
Naughty schoolmarm goes topless (4)
27139
25062
Chifonie DEPOT Mark stores record in warehouse (5)
Got drunk over in the warehouse (5)
27139
24786
Chifonie SATIRE Parody met with anger (6)
Father accepts a time for ridicule (6)
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23824
Chifonie RESENT Take exception to topless show (6)
Take exception to topless show (6)
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Chifonie TOLEDO Shown the way in, as well, in Spain (6)
Informed about English love for a blade (6)
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Chifonie RADON Artist put on gas (5)
Scampered around discharge of gas (5)
Gas creates fuss among sailors (5)
Gas causing fuss in the navy (5)
Hazardous gas produces confusion among sailors (5)
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Chifonie STRANGENESS Emphasise taking in article with information about oddity (11)
Worry about endless fury with navy irregularity (11)
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Chifonie RADISH Plant has detective covered in spots (6)
Artist gets bowl for plant (6)
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26140
Chifonie PRISON Nick priest who's working (6)
Priest is working for porridge (6)
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Chifonie EDGE Border plant needs no introduction (4)
Removal of weight from golf club gives advantage (4)
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25315
Chifonie ASHRAM Redhead enters a make-believe retreat (6)
King held in a bogus retreat (6)
A quiet drive to religious retreat (6)
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Chifonie RETRACT Withdraw touching monograph (7)
Repudiate religious education booklet (7)
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Chifonie REVEAL Give away soldier's meat (6)
Unmask American during party (6)
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25105
Chifonie FREIGHTER Note carried by plane or ship (9)
About to enter aircraft carrier (9)
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27242
Chifonie HORSE Husky is said to be a large creature (5)
Stockings getting runs in clothes drier (5)
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Chifonie NASCENT New climb shows potential (7)
Name a perfume that's showing potential (7)
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Chifonie ERGOT Queen contracted fungal disease (5)
King Edward contracted a fungus (5)
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23654
Chifonie HABITAT Environment Tabitha created (7)
A short time in, for example, Derby's environment (7)
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Chifonie STIPPLE It's spotted having small drink (7)
Dotty results after artist's fifth drink (7)
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25870
Chifonie ORDINANCE Command one in artillery (9)
Bill or Bob keeps batting (9)
Bill or Bob keeps batting (9)
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27380
Chifonie HARDFEELINGS Resentment of English earl during exhausting binges (4,8)
Handles grief badly, showing resentment (4,8)
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26165
Chifonie RECAP Walker turned up to be run over (5)
Racehorse going uphill is run over (5)
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22158
Chifonie STEVEDORE Worker's first wife died in shop (9)
Workman's first wife died in supermarket (9)
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27473
Chifonie MERIT Value gathered when assimilating scripture (5)
Talent encountered when touring Rhode Island (5)
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24558
Chifonie FARCE Traveller catches cold? Nonsense! (5)
Food includes cold stuffing (5)
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26773
Chifonie ATPRESENT Returning thanks here and now (2,7)
Now for a tango show (2,7)
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26165
Chifonie TUNIS Units deployed in North Africa (5)
Chiton cut short initially in North Africa (5)
Port one kept in casks (5)
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22014
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Chifonie OUTRE Revealed soldier is strange (5)
New route is fantastic (5)
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27380
Chifonie RACER Competitor has reviver first off (5)
Competitor brilliant in a car (5)
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Chifonie PLACEMENT Exercise about to strengthen soldiers' disposition (9)
Exercise about to stiffen soldiers' disposition (9)
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23369
Chifonie TEMPERA Tone down a painter's medium (7)
Paint a casual worker over time (7)
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23106
Chifonie ARID Dehydrated in the Kalahari Desert (4)
Only a small part of the Kalahari Desert is parched (4)
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25463
Chifonie HUGE Mammoth's initially grey in colour (4)
Mammoth is initially grey in colour (4)
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23608
Chifonie HEBE Goddess makes man exist (4)
Goddess makes man survive (4)
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22069
Chifonie MINORCANON Island lacking a clergyman (5,5)
Island lacking a clergyman (5,5)
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22373
Chifonie SMUT Coarseness makes stomachs turn (4)
Obscenity makes stomachs turn (4)
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22928
Chifonie CHAPEL Husband put in place, wandering in religious venue (6)
Man gets the Castilian into place of worship (6)
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27630
Chifonie COURTESAN Mistress recounts a disaster (9)
No curates get mixed up with her! (9)
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25204
Chifonie CARAMEL Drive Earl in California? That's sweet! (7)
Animal carries artist? That's sweet! (7)
Sweet beast carrying artist (7)
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23930
Chifonie ELEVEN A number in the Spanish flat (6)
The French rejected uniform for soccer team (6)
The Spanish nonetheless produce a cricket team (6)
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25482
Chifonie ESOTERIC Inscrutable Tories assembled in the City (8)
Inscrutable Tories assembled in the City (8)
Coterie's wicked secret (8)
Store ice produced in secret (8)
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27331
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26422
Chifonie VERONESE Painter overseen by arrangement (8)
Person in poem is a painter (8)
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21829
Chifonie FURORE Verbal warning about union rep initially causing uproar (6)
Commotion upset our ref (6)
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26610
Chifonie PINNIE Apron for local tucking into tart (6)
Apron for local tucking into tart (6)
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27574
Chifonie PRIMROSE Plain language written about border flower (8)
Sprinkler required after Penny gets border plant (8)
21769
26248
Chifonie RIFLE In anger fellow produces weapon (5)
Plunder is common around Leatherhead (5)
23773
26070
Chifonie BEARER Agent for soldier eaten by animal (6)
Inert gas in ale or porter (6)
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27394
Chifonie DEVOTEE Follower put cross in river (7)
Addict vetoed dodgy ecstasy (7)
23773
25362
Chifonie FAIR Light show (4)
The food sounds OK (4)
Pretty loud voice (4)
They say the food's tolerable (4)
Just fine (4)
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26386
26199
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27185
Chifonie PLOT Sovereign caught in drug conspiracy (4)
Coppers share the action (4)
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24685
Chifonie ASLEEP Like skin that's turned numb (6)
Snake without shelter becomes dormant (6)
General bitten by snake becomes numb (6)
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23654
22799
Chifonie CHANGE Linger in church for conversion (6)
Cash conversion (6)
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26151
Chifonie COMEDIAN A demonic form of entertainer (8)
Tory tours news agencies for a laugh (8)
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23726
Chifonie GALLOWAY Happy accepting permit in Scotland (8)
See inside an Irish bay horse (8)
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Chifonie GENTRY Upper classes make good with admission (6)
Force admission to the upper classes (6)
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24224
Chifonie SPOTON Issue about drug that's exactly right (4,2)
Time in club is precise (4,2)
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26891
Chifonie REPUBLICAN Politician, soldier and landlord (10)
Politician contrived Cuban peril (10)
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24954
Chifonie COWARD Cry of pain stifled by eccentric dramatist (6)
Film star departed after officer's hostility (6)
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26105
Chifonie DIED Stopped working and fixed when touring Spain (4)
Stopped working and fixed when touring Spain (4)
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27544
Chifonie OLDMANSBEARD Traveller's joy seeing damn bad loser upset (3,4,5)
Traveller's joy seeing damn bad loser upset (3,4,5)
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27526
Chifonie SHODDY Cautious about rum that's poor quality (6)
Chuck set about old clergyman? That's badly done! (6)
26873
27242
Chifonie EXCRETE Pass former partner on Greek island (7)
Evacuate from island (7)
27089
26733
Chifonie DWELT Daughter hit hard and lived (5)
Lived and died on smack (5)
27295
22034
Chifonie ACTAEON The hunter hunted for work over a long time (7)
The hunter hunted for work over a long time (7)
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24342
Chifonie ADORABLE Is skilled at getting round girl; that's charming (8)
Sweet girl introduced to expert (8)
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25362
Chifonie ELDERFLOWER Blossom makes senior fellow frown (5,6)
Blossom makes church official initially feel let down (11)
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27355
Chifonie CHASTE Tory leader taking part in hunt is virtuous (6)
Charlie's speed is immaculate (6)
Restrained Charlie's impulsiveness (6)
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26891
Chifonie ALSO Further inside the Royal Society (4)
Further inside the Royal Society (4)
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27600
Chifonie MELANIN Linesman half-heartedly spread pigment (7)
Short time to grab dash of tanning pigment (7)
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27103
Chifonie STAR Principal gives up deserters (4)
Lead is found in Costa Rica (4)
21919
27355
Chifonie STUN Make unconscious rejection of madmen (4)
Overcome by today's leader in newspaper (4)
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Chifonie TENDER Nurse turned up coloured fabric (6)
Sympathetic proposition (6)
26180
23452
Chifonie HAMMER Poor performer has value, but loses it in strike (6)
Tap beer container for 19 (11)
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23506
Chifonie PARSONAGE Priest's crime taking time in a clerical residence (9)
Servant admits crime in official residence (9)
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25148
Chifonie DRESSY Stylish, clean youth leader (6)
Stylish, clean and young (6)
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27630
Chifonie USHER Guide woman in old city (5)
Escort is well decapitated (5)
27089
24055
Chifonie INSPECTOR Assessor crept in so cunningly (9)
Supervisor gets much-liked odds on Trojan ’ero (9)
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25870
Chifonie DWELL Glen keeps wife in lodge (5)
Many fit in lodge (5)
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26302
Chifonie DEODORANT Nothing girl put in hole hides smell (9)
Nothing girl put in hole hides smell (9)
24806
27072
Chifonie REMARK Comment on evangelist (6)
Comment on old currency (6)
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27355
Chifonie ELIJAH Prophet in jail? He's upset! (6)
Prophet in jail? He's upset! (6)
27380
23408
Chifonie INTRUDE Meddle, in time getting offensive (7)
One turned awkwardly and thrust oneself forward (7)
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21735
Chifonie SEMINAR Study group in airmen's mess (7)
Engineer remains in workshop (7)
27265
24843
Chifonie SPRIG Branch displaying special equipment (5)
Knight leaves spa for shoot (5)
27380
24203
Chifonie ESPADRILLE Footwear for English banker wearing suit (10)
Shoe is European with spiralled design (10)
24431
21845
Chifonie BASALT Bishop, a laconic wit, makes one rock (6)
Type of pottery made by graduate and seaman (6)
25415
27313
Chifonie ADHERE Dare he produce stick? (6)
Stick notice on present (6)
Follow Bill around (6)
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24715
24843
Chifonie INTACT Much-liked delicacy is perfect (6)
Sound batting requires perception (6)
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24119
Chifonie SATURN Agricultural power and 9, visited by 1 Down next and 28 2 on a 16 (6)
Space traveller posed on vessel (6)
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26015
Chifonie ROULETTE Obstruction to appear in road? You can bet on it! (8)
Bad service during journey? You can bet on it! (8)
Obstruction to appear in road? You can bet on it! (8)
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27600
Chifonie DELIBERATE Think of French rescue (10)
Considered giving shop censure (10)
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24954
Chifonie STALL Bob's lofty hedge (5)
See giant hedge (5)
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22537
Chifonie ESOTERICA Trio cease inducing dark secrets (9)
English drunkard getting Heather's deep secrets (9)
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25547
Chifonie INERT Still upset after having victory annulled (5)
Supplement is losing dollars still (5)
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24806
Chifonie OVERREACT Lose a sense of proportion when soldiers tuck into ham (9)
Respond immoderately and veto racer after crashing (9)
24885
26140
Chifonie LINGERIE Fish lake in underwear (8)
Hang on! That's underwear (8)
24585
22799
Chifonie IDEAL I buy the best (5)
One understanding perfection (5)
23996
27185
Chifonie ORDEAL Trouble in gold market (6)
Nothing legitimate about duke's trial (6)
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27600
Chifonie ATONCE Many getting into a temper simultaneously (2,4)
Immediately make amends without a bit of conceit (2,4)
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26733
Chifonie CLOSET Furtive miss appears in court (6)
Underground drain in court (6)
23408
22799
Chifonie TRASH Team leader spots rubbish (5)
Tory leader spots scum (5)
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27630
Chifonie EXTENSION Development in old dispute (9)
Development in old conflict (9)
23996
27526
Chifonie NATURE Character and disposition of a tuner (6)
Features and assembly of tea urn (6)
23099
23678
Chifonie NONET Ensemble performing without protection? (5)
Nobody has time for band (5)
23654
23122
Chifonie EXECRATE Curse old banger at bottom of river (8)
Loathe old English jalopy (8)
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23157
Chifonie THEORY Politician admitting man's hypothesis (6)
Right to adopt man's hypothesis (6)
People accepting alternative hypothesis (6)
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26336
23930
Chifonie OATMEAL Ersatz meat loaf endlessly cooked for breakfast (7)
"This is for breakfast? Love a duck!", Mark interjected (7)
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22014
Chifonie ORCHESTRATION Arrangement for lecture about rare casket (13)
Arrangement for lecture about royal box (13)
Arrangement for that crooner is dreadful (13)
Arrangement for lecture about rare casket (13)
23773
27265
26306
24119
Chifonie SEDATE Quarter fruit in a dignified way (6)
Earnest doctor teased (6)
26480
26151
Chifonie PRESTO Topers getting wrecked quickly (6)
River-borne spider is very fast (6)
Quickly dump surplus in river (6)
22898
24843
26165
Chifonie STOP Prevent vessels turning back (4)
Prevent vessels capsizing (4)
Blockage in colon, say (4)
Take off Somerset's first spinner (4)
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26701
26873
27574
Chifonie PERUSAL Reading through America's literature, initially (7)
The country's getting a long examination (7)
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24431
Chifonie DETEST Hate journalist over investigation (6)
Abhor English international supporting Germany (6)
Hate journalist backing investigation (6)
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24098
26581
Chifonie TROUSSEAU Initially, the painter depicts the bride's clothing (9)
Initially, the painter depicts bride's clothing (9)
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27630
Chifonie HALIBUT Prince only eats one fish (7)
Fish a politician found in cabin (7)
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24342
Chifonie ASIDE American team is out of the way (5)
Amanda's identity revealed in a digression (5)
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25705
Chifonie ERNEST Man displays hesitation over retreat (6)
Bloke with bird on the street (6)
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21829
Chifonie EARNESTLY Quick to adopt retreat with conviction (9)
Advanced, engaging retreat with intent (9)
27295
23627
Chifonie INFORMER Sneak in late (8)
Sneak in late (8)
27217
23794
Chifonie NIECE Relative is friendly when taking Ecstasy (5)
She's agreeable, when taking drug (5)
23654
27380
Chifonie OSLO Endless work-to-rule in capital (4)
Second placed takes the lead in game? That's capital! (4)
22373
23328
Chifonie TORMENTOR Bully fell upon teacher (9)
Persecutor fell upon guide (9)
27295
23996
Chifonie PARTHENON Dolly eats chicken in ancient temple (9)
Correspondence at that time over ancient temple (9)
25082
27029
Chifonie TEAR Drop speed (4)
Charge rent (4)
26520
24715
Chifonie EPICURE English beauty losing heart to person of taste (7)
Ambitious banker has great taste (7)
Ambitious banker has great taste (7)
21735
27496
24843
Chifonie EVEREST The highest ambition of woman remains (7)
Woman gets support for surveyor (7)
Highest ambition of first lady remains (7)
23003
22188
24459
Chifonie TOSCA Act so badly in opera (5)
Part of Boito's cast in opera (5)
Opera almost in proportion (5)
24014
27242
25278
Chifonie ERASED Got rid of Red Sea problem (6)
Periods Edward rubbed out (6)
Times editor's removed (6)
26324
25062
27217
Chifonie LEONINE A long time in the business of a beastly king (7)
Family conceals age of beastly king (7)
27331
23751
Chifonie RANGE Scope of anger management (5)
Raving about new collection (5)
Called expedition leader for compass (5)
25302
27586
24248
Chifonie ENTAIL Occasion where hospital department has trouble (6)
Require English to Latin translation (6)
Require English to Latin translation (6)
24638
24055
27574
Chifonie TRIFLE Play for time with weapon (6)
Not much time to plunder (6)
26199
26581
Chifonie TUTOR In Timbuktu, torturer is master (5)
Trade union gains prominence in school (5)
25148
26302
Chifonie LOOSE Promiscuous European after the toilets (5)
Society in Cornish resort is promiscuous (5)
Promiscuous miss embraces Oscar (5)
Sunday spent in Cornish resort rambling (5)
26248
22325
23267
23106
Chifonie TWINE Duplicate bridge player's in a knot (5)
Duplicate bridge player's yarn (5)
21919
23930
Chifonie TAIL Tory leader has pain in bum (4)
Train makes Tory leader feel off colour (4)
24431
24119
Chifonie RATIONALIST Free-thinker's desert island record (11)
Reasoned thinker's Desert Island record (11)
23157
27394
Chifonie DRILL D stream in school (5)
Practise making cloth (5)
25315
25396
Chifonie DITHERS Hesitates, for the reading is set in hell (7)
Red hits out and wavers (7)
26180
25278
Chifonie KEYNES Leading currency upset economist (6)
Leading currency upset economist (6)
27394
24459
Chifonie MATELOT Sailor gives lashings in support of officer (7)
Sailor gives lashings in support of ship's officer (7)
27265
21644
Chifonie EYESIGHT Rowing team without a word of consent makes sense (8)
Rowers keeping right makes sense (8)
22383
27313
Chifonie INCARNATE It's essential to apprehend road user in the flesh (9)
It's essential to apprehend road user in the flesh (9)
27380
23452
Chifonie ROAST Criticise a society involved in corruption (5)
Emperor is upset about old censure (5)
23930
24342
Chifonie DECAMP Flee city in the rain (6)
Edward caught tucking into dripping in desert (6)
22958
26306
Chifonie CHERUB Queen tucks into fish and lamb (6)
Angel gives revolutionary massage (6)
23608
27029
Chifonie TRACE Follow Tory leader contest (5)
Follow a suggestion … (5)
25870
27171
Chifonie ELEGY See about, say, a poem (5)
See about, say, a funeral song (5)
25905
24342
Chifonie STREET Way in which a good man catches a plane, for example (6)
The way a good man catches a plane, for example (6)
27171
22854
Chifonie DEMEAN Clergyman keeps setter humble (6)
Clergyman keeps setter humble (6)
23773
27331
Chifonie ADAPT Bill gets fitting from tailor (5)
Fashion that is nowadays appropriate (5)
Tailor has fitting interrupted by attorney (5)
25905
23654
25082
Chifonie MAYFLY Insect can escape (6)
Insect can escape (6)
25988
27526
Chifonie SLIPUP Lager knocked back at university in error (4-2)
Upset students making careless mistake (4-2)
25482
27217
Chifonie SOAPOPERA Flattery works in drama (4,5)
Drama as Father Time takes American (4,5)
25204
24144
Chifonie LEINSTER Siren let off in Ireland (8)
Smirk when taking in this month in Ireland (8)
25302
26422
Chifonie MATERIAL Let Maria make up stuff (8)
Indispensable friend has money (8)
26324
22224
Chifonie PENNON Quaker colonialist on flag (6)
Ensign and Quaker agreed (6)
22203
22898
Chifonie IMPUDENCE Thoughtlessness right away leads to rudeness (9)
Rudeness becomes folly right away (9)
26562
22675
Chifonie AGEOLD A dilapidated lodge is ancient (6)
Ancient American lodge in ruins (3-3)
23555
26733
Chifonie OSPREY Bird returns like this to quarry (6)
Sailor to hunt bird (6)
A bird like this turned up over quarry (6)
26999
22898
25547
Chifonie ENTRAP Deceive parent maliciously (6)
Deceive parent wickedly (6)
23408
25681
Chifonie ADAGE Saw Bill decline (5)
Saw one’s daughter get on (5)
24806
26248
Chifonie IGNITE Brown coal left off fire (6)
Brown coal left off fire (6)
21769
26536
Chifonie HIPPOCRATES Trendy Italian banker boxes celebrated doctor (11)
Trendy Italian banker boxes celebrated doctor (11)
24224
27514
Chifonie AGGRAVATED Exasperated with Dave and ragtag ensemble (10)
Greg 'ad a VAT mix-up that made matters worse (10)
22373
22694
Chifonie ACTOR Player fell after a collision, initially (5)
Empty-headed steward is juvenile (5)
26374
23057
Chifonie FLEECE Leave church in warm clothing (6)
Warm clothing for most of the navy going to church (6)
23984
21974
Chifonie STRIPLIGHT Stumble in feeble illumination (5,5)
Stumble in feeble illumination (5,5)
23740
27544
Chifonie PECULATOR Embezzler to clear up mess (9)
Gambler decapitated thief (9)
26701
23996
Chifonie SPOT Little bit of jam (4)
Small amount in a small container (4)
Holy man keeps Jerry in place (4)
26151
22235
23608
Chifonie ADRIFT Austria and Germany feud? That's aimless! (6)
Disagreement following publicity that's aimless (6)
25225
27526
Chifonie DRESSDOWN Trim blue carpet (5,4)
Trim blue carpet (5,4)
Don not working? Issue a reprimand! (5,4)
26054
27265
23996
Chifonie CELLAR Recall breaking into storeroom (6)
Recall breaking into storeroom (6)
24620
27526
Chifonie EXECUTANT Former employer in­itially axed worker for performing (9)
River separated worker from performer (9)
25163
22113
Chifonie SCOW Small beast is lighter (4)
Vessel for plant containing cocaine (4)
23392
23956
Chifonie PRESERVE Protect Penny's modesty (8)
Jam Penny set aside (8)
26151
27185
Chifonie EAVESDROP Water falling from roof or tap (9)
Dope raves about spy (9)
23369
26855
Chifonie ARNICA American in car damaged plant (6)
Popular artist upset about bruise treatment (6)
26397
23408
Chifonie TANKARD A king died carrying basin of pewter (7)
A king died under military vehicle? The mug! (7)
22675
26302
Chifonie SCOURGE Son has pluck exorcising a curse (7)
Officer in a rush to inflict punishment … (7)
Son with pluck exorcising a curse (7)
24273
26505
24248
Chifonie TEACHIN Drink's a feature of the seminar (5-2)
Drink with Greek character new in seminar (5,2)
23751
22113
Chifonie ASHORE Initially, amphibians stay on land (6)
Initially amphibians stay on land (6)
Mineral remains first on land (6)
27013
25547
22537
Chifonie DIRGE Greek leader in dismal lament (5)
There's gravity in woeful song of farewell (5)
German beset by woeful lament (5)
23627
22675
24715
Chifonie ARCH Knowing some nuclear chemistry (4)
Major Russian port loses financial backer (4)
Chief gets letters from marchioness (4)
Vault pollarded tree (4)
Leading member's leaving the demo (4)
27448
22069
24273
26359
23506
Chifonie DRAG Democratic newspaper, commonly a nuisance (4)
Many poke fun at bore (4)
24241
24715
Chifonie LOGJAM Record and preserve an impasse (3,3)
Record and preserve an impasse (6)
24014
27355
Chifonie PIMENTO Self-righteous people finally uproot old plant (7)
People in depression love this vegetable (7)
24638
24119
Chifonie RATE Betray European judge (4)
Judge to hold forth after scratching head (4)
27616
26750
Chifonie FIREDAMP Sacked a politician for inflammatory release (8)
Sacked a politician for inflammatory release (8)
27448
21974
Chifonie TORMENT People in the wrong producing annoyance (7)
Annoy people being in the wrong (7)
27013
23028
Chifonie RENT Let rip (4)
Let rip (4)
23328
27394
Chifonie PEEWIT Bird is keen to go up it (6)
Be in tears over Italian bird (6)
24431
24014
Chifonie TRANSIENT Nurse enters passage that's short (9)
Sent train out for a short time only (9)
27616
26336
Chifonie ILLNESS It could give one a bad head (7)
It could give one a bad head (7)
27139
24144
Chifonie STUART Union leader interrupts opening of royal house (6)
Foolishly trust a royal house (6)
26336
26439
Chifonie STICKY Difficult to get on with youth leader (6)
It's difficult to stab Yankee (6)
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Chifonie SAINTLEGER Gail enters medley race (5,5)
Classic comprises great lines (5,5)
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Chifonie REASON Sedition doesn't start to make sense (6)
Think about an issue (6)
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Chifonie DETERGENT Stop fellow becoming cleaner (9)
Stop man getting cleaner (9)
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27072
Chifonie FALLEN Fine US comic is dead (6)
Everyone in Slough surrendered (6)
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25259
Chifonie CHARACTER Mapmaker admits a cold constitution (9)
Bond eats a cold kidney (9)
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23028
Chifonie SWELL Merchandise keeps wife smart (5)
Old Bob kindly provides balloon (5)
Merchandise keeps wife smart (5)
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22188
Chifonie TEASERVICE Ridicule Romeo on defect in crockery (3,7)
Ridicule rare defect in crockery (3,7)
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24285
Chifonie NOOKS Refusal to sanction small corners (5)
Retreats agreed in numbers (5)
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27630
Chifonie LADEN Left Middle-Eastern port weighed down (5)
Left Middle East port weighed down (5)
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26336
Chifonie CRINGE Draw back from phone in church (6)
Shrink from phone in church (6)
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Chifonie COLLATERAL Security for sovereign overdue when in the pink (10)
Pass to the side for security (10)
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26302
Chifonie ELEMENT Member of crew in Spain gave permission (7)
Trace oriental allowed to keep chess pieces (7)
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27089
Chifonie LAPEL Students keeping primate in a flap (5)
Many imitate student in a flap (5)
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24248
Chifonie INDOLENT Lazy old Liberal detained by order (8)
It's popular to perform, fast or slow (8)
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25259
Chifonie COLLAPSE Break down everything that's sprung up in the wood (8)
Officer's mistake leads to failure (8)
Break down everything that's sprung up in wood (8)
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27574
Chifonie ADVENT Bill has duct coming (6)
A puff atop the discharge pipe is coming (6)
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26165
Chifonie PIPER Player finds promenade without parking (5)
Musician is quiet in supporting part (5)
22235
26929
Chifonie EVENS Quits competitions, being short of time (5)
Unexcited when getting second chance (5)
Quits endless competition with son (5)
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26359
24342
Chifonie ENEMA Medical procedure shown in hygiene manual (5)
Medical procedure shown in hygiene manual (5)
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27185
Chifonie AGUE This fever is uncertain with onset unseen (4)
Fever is universal in advancing years (4)
22235
24203
Chifonie LUSTRE Distinction is a falsified result (6)
Glory of Ulster settlement (6)
Distinction is a surprising result (6)
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27029
Chifonie RIDING Mounted detective appears in circus (6)
Little girl in circus is mounted (6)
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24377
Chifonie EVENTER Always about to release equestrian (7)
Competitive rider always covers slit in jacket (7)
Horse rider always covers slit in jacket (7)
23654
27380
21644
Chifonie SCANTIES Check straps of underwear (8)
Examine fastenings of women's underwear (8)
22203
26439
Chifonie BENT Grass is set (4)
An inclination to be dishonest (4)
Knight in venture that's dishonest (4)
23028
27600
23506
Chifonie OFFENDER Miscreant makes proposition about the outcome (8)
Miscreant makes proposition about outcome (8)
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22898
Chifonie TACITURN Cut train in error — it's withdrawn (8)
Understood vessel to be reserved (8)
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26816
Chifonie STIR Uproar in jail (4)
Teacher has time in jail (4)
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23369
Chifonie WARDEN Conflict over retreat of custodian (6)
Keeper of an Anderson shelter? (6)
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23726
Chifonie SUBTERFUGE Deception begs future involvement (10)
Deception begs future involvement (10)
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21829
Chifonie SCREEN Guard noticed protecting crown (6)
Riddle of knight found under a pile of loose rock (6)
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26816
Chifonie WORDSWORTH 5 across 9 for our 12 (10)
Oath's significance to poet (10)
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23751
Chifonie EXACTOR One claiming from player (7)
One forcing payment from performer (7)
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25362
Chifonie TANGERINE Can earl consume passion fruit? (9)
Can Egyptian eat passion fruit? (9)
27072
24459
Chifonie AGREEMENT A welcome keeps people in sympathy (9)
A salute keeps people in harmony (9)
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24342
Chifonie IMAGINE Dream of silver in independent store (7)
Dream of silver in island excavation (7)
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27600
Chifonie GENTLE Heathen dropping one's grub (6)
Grub for fellow the Parisian supports (6)
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26015
Chifonie ODDSON More often than not it's rum, my lad! (4-2)
More often than not it's mismatched, my boy! (4-2)
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27029
Chifonie EMANATE English couple admitting an issue (7)
English associate adopts an issue (7)
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26905
Chifonie GOANNA Lizard found by girl in Indian state (6)
Monitor shot girl (6)
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22958
Chifonie TEENAGER Youth brewed green tea (8)
Youth to generate transformation (8)
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27514
Chifonie MEAGRE Inadequate Frenchman's a bore (6)
A German entering pool is skinny (6)
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23956
Chifonie SCREW Bob boasted of earnings (5)
Son boasted of wages commonly (5)
22519
22158
Chifonie ROUGE Cosmetic for girl initially entertained by libertine (5)
Cosmetic for girl entertained by libertine (5)
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27600
Chifonie PULSE Seeds taking some beating (5)
Food item for one's heart-throb (5)
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27013
Chifonie GERMINATE Shoot queen's minister in entrance (9)
Preparing a regiment to shoot (9)
26386
25362
Chifonie OPERATE Perform works by Lawrence (7)
Manage lecture about gymnastics (7)
27013
25105
Chifonie BRAND Mark British and foreign money (5)
Society accepts right sort (5)
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24867
Chifonie RETREAT Run English nurse to asylum (7)
Withdraw soldier's entertainment (7)
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27473
Chifonie HACK Journalist gets chop (4)
A horse's cough (4)
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23608
Chifonie ODESSA Lay with fool returning from Black Sea port (6)
Doctor doses American in Ukraine (6)
23555
25396
Chifonie REPROBATE Villain gets money returned without spin doctor (9)
Shameless prostitute cuts back payment (9)
26595
23057
Chifonie RESIDUE Odd desire to store uranium waste (7)
Strange desire to keep uranium waste (7)
27295
22276
Chifonie THREAT Risk of nurse taking heroin (6)
Mad Hatter in danger (6)
Danger for doctor taking heroin (6)
23408
26374
26180
Chifonie CREATE Found American inhabiting island (6)
Found ecstasy in container (6)
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26151
Chifonie DECANTER A vessel does when about to tilt (8)
A vessel does when about to tilt (8)
22745
27185
Chifonie RIDGE Arête has German in a spin (5)
Travel across German mountain range (5)
Fret for German leader during trip (5)
25522
27514
23895
Chifonie OSCAR Ring Cliff to get trophy (5)
Almost half 9 rash infects one heartless writer (5,5)
25905
22069
Chifonie CUBA Trainee meets one in the country (4)
Young American country (4)
25378
23794
Chifonie EXPENSE Cost of swans in the river (7)
Loss of writers in river (7)
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23028
Chifonie AIDE A swimmer's assistant (4)
A swimmer's assistant (4)
23028
27600
Chifonie SISKIN Bob is related to winger (6)
Winger is wearing coat (6)
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22745
Chifonie MISSAL Girl with a Latin prayer book (6)
Note girl put back in prayer book (6)
24241
24525
Chifonie EXPRESS Squeeze out of train (7)
Train for show (7)
27139
23003
Chifonie APOLLO Answer question put by Oscar, the patron of poetry (6)
A handsome youth is a beginner in a sport (6)
24285
23122
Chifonie BANSHEE Woman in torment shows spirit (7)
Woman in torment shows spirit (7)
27265
22034
Chifonie PRESENT It is given here (7)
It is given here (7)
Statesman gives off a piece of his mind here (7)
23773
27139
21878
Chifonie BOWLER Delivery man's hat (6)
Hat left in shady spot (6)
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27355
Chifonie OBESE A sample of the Globe's exhibition stout (5)
A sample of the Globe's exhibition stout (5)
24144
27119
Chifonie CHARTREUSE Plan to recycle liqueur (10)
Mrs Mopp has time to recycle liqueur (10)
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27514
Chifonie NEPAL The French writer climbed here (5)
Plane crashed here (5)
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26929
Chifonie ENSUE Nebraska upset over appeal result (5)
Guarantee losing right result (5)
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24459
Chifonie DREAD King comes in late for quail (5)
Many look at quail (5)
26054
27072
Chifonie TROOP Reduced temperature upset the crowd (5)
Soldiers' miserable time is up (5)
23654
26105
Chifonie FLAMBE A way of cooking meat in France and Spain (6)
Method of cooking meat in iron container (6)
A way of cooking meat in France and Spain (6)
22459
22325
27313
Chifonie TITAN Half-hearted artist, object of 20 (5)
Colossus represented by half-hearted artist (5)
Vermouth drunk by bronze colossus (5)
22259
21644
24119
Chifonie SMELLARAT Become suspicious when Pasternak heroine stuffs fish (5,1,3)
Suspect lets alarm off (5,1,3)
25547
25259
Chifonie CONDESCENDING Snooty prisoner's going down (13)
Supercilious prisoner's going down (13)
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27496
Chifonie IMPACT Repercussions make one representative take steps … (6)
Scamp's performance making an impression (6)
26816
23794
Chifonie SUNDER Split up left-wing union (6)
Split up left-wing union (6)
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27496
Chifonie NONAGE Nobody keeps a German in a state of immaturity (6)
A number pester partner in a state of immaturity (6)
Nobody detains a girl below the age of consent (6)
22958
25639
27394
Chifonie REVOLUTIONARY Rare Darwinian novel (13)
Rex gets Darwinian novel (13)
22636
27155
Chifonie ANDANTE Movement of man in hazard (7)
Joiner takes venture fairly slowly (7)
Movement formed by a poet (7)
22276
22854
25954
Chifonie LEATHERING Punishment for having mead before opera cycle (10)
Doctor hit general for hiding (10)
23824
25345
Chifonie TURNOUT Audience sees solicitor grasping vessel (7)
Assembly sees solicitor grasping vessel (7)
27119
25681
Chifonie STARTOUT Leave well-known solicitor (5,3)
Famous tipster hit the road (5,3)
22799
24525
Chifonie PAELLA Food Troy cut away from bone (6)
Food for Father Fitzgerald (6)
24638
24285
Chifonie OCARINA Old stars play this (7)
Old empress giving away last instrument (7)
22373
22034
Chifonie PAWNEE Brave uncle (6)
The old man's wife's born a Native American (6)
24885
27013
Chifonie TENDERFOOT Novice makes offer to pay (10)
Novice makes offer to pay (10)
23773
27544
Chifonie RONDO Musical piece, where start of recapitulation's on the tonic (5)
Player finally working to perform musical piece (5)
26520
25972
Chifonie OFFERED Poor earl, showing embarrassment, proposed (7)
Turned European left-wing? That's proposed! (7)
22519
26630
Chifonie NEATEN Order a measure supporting cattle (6)
Tidy up after knight had a meal (6)
22459
22224
Chifonie ALIGHT Get off a beam (6)
Land on fire (6)
23824
25954
Chifonie ELECTRA Vengeful daughter to choose gunman (7)
Pick artist to portray vengeful daughter (7)
22158
25824
Chifonie SCARCE Many in shock but hard to find (6)
Many in panic found wanting (6)
26199
25681
Chifonie OVERTHEAIR Public beneficiary receives a broadcast (4,3,3)
Obvious successor holds a broadcast (4,3,3)
21769
26520
Chifonie HITTHEHAY Slap people stifling laugh and retire (3,3,3)
Retire to buffet the YHA organised (3,3,3)
25988
27630
Chifonie DIDEROT Philosopher's daughter stupidly rioted (7)
Enlightened philosopher managed European corruption (7)
Philosopher managed last of apple crumble (7)
25905
27295
24459
Chifonie REPEL Offend sick person being laid up (5)
Agent the Spanish hold off (5)
25105
27473
Chifonie SMUG Bob's face appears conceited (4)
Sticks up for superior (4)
25062
27313
Chifonie ACRID Bitter cold in desert (5)
Bill's free to be bitter (5)
24867
25362
Chifonie THEOAKS Hot saké prepared? That's a classic! (3,4)
Article on trees is a classic (3,4)
25844
26199
Chifonie EDIFICE Oriental to risk concealing condition of building (7)
Earl to risk concealing condition of building (7)
22636
27616
Chifonie ADAMANT First person overseeing worker is determined (7)
First person supported by a conservation group is determined (7)
25434
24843
Chifonie STAUNCH Check firm (7)
Constant check (7)
Nash cut out to be faithful (7)
Stop being faithful (7)
26873
22259
25681
27072
Chifonie DETAILED Action involving detective is comprehensive (8)
Intricate - like Three Blind Mice? (8)
25235
22745
Chifonie CARPET Complain to French joiner getting reprimand (6)
Covering for drill in wagon (6)
25681
24248
Chifonie APRON A couple working in protective clothing (5)
A couple working in protective clothing (5)
25602
22235
Chifonie TREASON Trotsky's initial explanation for mutiny (7)
Trotsky's initial explanation for sedition (7)
Acts of betrayal aren't so bad (7)
Nora set off rebellion (7)
Senator organised act of betrayal (7)
27313
23267
23996
26595
25824
Chifonie STYE Beastly home earl finds an eyesore? (4)
Beastly home earl finds a 7 (4)
25463
27013
Chifonie INNER Wrongdoer decapit­ated? That's concealed! (5)
Champion releases arrow ending just outside the bull (5)
26468
24203
Chifonie STANDASIDE Allow a team to give way (5,5)
The way an attorney's team give way (5,5)
23369
25362
Chifonie STOLEN Ill-gotten wrap's new (6)
Nicked wrap that's new (6)
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26595
Chifonie PAROLE Plebeian accepting one's word of honour (6)
Plebeian accepting one's word of honour (6)
22325
27424
Chifonie TREASURE Exchange rate certain to provide wealth (8)
Initially teachers half-heartedly comfort trusted servant (8)
21845
21829
Chifonie STARVE Look round Vatican City fast (6)
Look round very fast (6)
Staff holding revolutionary leader fast (6)
23408
23740
25002
Chifonie TENOR Catch up on alternative trend (5)
Catch up on alternative humour (5)
22826
22235
Chifonie TABLE Lie about second-class food (5)
Rumour about second-class furniture (5)
Rumour about second-class furniture (5)
23751
22113
27630
Chifonie SPEND Use up change aboard ship (5)
Use to drive round Portugal (5)
26422
22276
Chifonie OUTRIGHT Absolutely impossible Conservative (8)
Totally unacceptable Tory (8)
26248
24098
Chifonie OUTGOINGS Extrovert's expenditure (9)
Expenditure one invested in unfashionable medals (9)
27139
22188
Chifonie ASBESTOS A call for help, being without optimal fire retardant (8)
Wally stores prime, oxygen-resistant material (8)
26581
27630
Chifonie TEASET Ridicule the regional tableware (3,3)
Worry over tons of tableware (3,3)
24885
23608
Chifonie GOBYTHEBOARD Take heed of top management or come to grief (2,2,3,5)
Follow the directors or come to grief (2,2,3,5)
25163
27630
Chifonie TERMINAL Deadly connection (8)
Ultimate workstation (8)
27206
26336
Chifonie REEVE Old magistrate with a bill (5)
Always got up to capture English bird (5)
27061
26855
Chifonie STROKE Hit one having a row (6)
Put pressure on one involved in a row (6)
24066
27473
Chifonie OPERATION Frank accepts relationship in business (9)
Undertaking a speech about training (9)
24055
24867
Chifonie SEAFRONT Excited about hairstyle seen at the coast (8)
Excited about hairstyle seen at the coast (8)
27600
23452
Chifonie TERRAIN Queen appears in school ground (7)
Queen opens school ground (7)
21735
23726
Chifonie LUTE Instrument left with Victorian pick-up (4)
Fellow leaves one instrument for another (4)
23157
26034
Chifonie EPSILON Greek character gets over speech defect in time (7)
Greek character bust one's lip (7)
22158
24342
Chifonie SEVERE Hard always being in a corner (6)
Disconnect electricity? Initially that's dangerous! (6)
26610
24098
Chifonie RIDER Control rare condition (5)
13's condition? (5)
Equestrian qualification (5)
26105
27380
24843
Chifonie AGNOSTIC Sceptic acting so badly (8)
Sceptic acting so badly (8)
25082
26581
Chifonie LEAFAGE General hides a cigarette in the greenery (7)
Have a cigarette in shelter of the greenery (7)
General has a cigarette in the greenery (7)
22158
27185
25705
Chifonie ORPHAN Deprived child in pub in African port (6)
Waif in pub in African port (6)
24431
22928
Chifonie ENTERTAIN Intern ate stew in harbour (9)
Log reservists in harbour (9)
25434
24570
Chifonie TESTATE Willing to cut landed property (7)
Willing to examine a note (7)
24748
26838
Chifonie AGED Old people imprisoned — many lost (4)
By no means all stage directors are old (4)
25345
26439
Chifonie ROCHESTER Revolutionary appears in register in New York (9)
The scorer fouled up in New York (9)
23678
22675
Chifonie REWARD Embarrassed about fighting for prize (6)
Embarrassed about battle for payoff (6)
23740
26439
Chifonie SNAPPY Agent without sleep is irritable (6)
Agent without sleep is irritable (6)
27448
23654
Chifonie CHEAT Rogue has bird taking ecstasy (5)
Charlie's passion for fraud (5)
24322
26595
Chifonie SCRAPE Casper resolved predicament (6)
Clean fight with oriental (6)
24285
26439
Chifonie MEDIATOR Dicky to admire peacemaker (8)
Spiritualists fell for peacemaker (8)
25547
23740
Chifonie ASSET Help when ready (5)
A socialist-established benefit (5)
24431
23524
Chifonie BALINESE The railway in an army camp on an island (8)
Army headquarters frames occupation of an Asian island (8)
21769
21845
Chifonie ORANGE Called into old emporium initially for fruit (6)
Old variety of fruit (6)
24585
24119
Chifonie SWEARWORD Curse deterioration in a weapon (9)
Damage in a weapon is an obscenity (9)
27061
23106
Chifonie SMALLS Shopping area aboard ship supplies underwear (6)
Arcade aboard ship supplies underwear (6)
21919
26439
Chifonie ARBROATH One tucked into a rare soup in Scotland (8)
One tucked into a rare soup in Scotland (8)
23452
22414
Chifonie WEEP Keen little page (4)
Keen little prince (4)
26324
23713
Chifonie ORDINAL Service book for German Standards spoken about (7)
Sadly Rosalind lost shilling for holy book (7)
25415
22519
Chifonie ADHERENT Supporter hoarding available books (8)
Supporter for a girl in depression (8)
A dimple absorbs her devotee (8)
He daren't upset supporter (8)
22459
22383
26750
25705
Chifonie TILLER Ploughman makes lines in a row (6)
Ploughman makes lines in row (6)
23984
27473
Chifonie BACON Meat firm included in boycott (5)
Painter is a bit of a swine (5)
25972
27313
Chifonie ACCEPT Welcome law restricting fungal growth (6)
Swallow mushroom during execution (6)
26701
23678
Chifonie CREDIT Believe King Charles's correct (6)
See 1
Have faith in good exam result (6)
Tory tried wrecking reputation (6)
26505
25163
22537
26595
Chifonie GRADIENT Incline to stop in allotment (8)
An inclination to stop working in the allotment (8)
24620
27185
Chifonie AVATAR Embodiment of a Virginia mariner (6)
A sailor tours museum for manifestation of a god (6)
24248
25988
Chifonie ELABORATE Ostentatious cheer when wild boar is captured (9)
Detailed discourse follows return of package (9)
24570
24408
Chifonie PLEASED Beg to keep southeast happy (7)
Glad when parking's rented (7)
25315
24867
Chifonie ADAM A crazy, upwardly mobile architect (4)
A crazy, upwardly-mobile architect (4)
27448
25315
Chifonie DESPATCH Butcher some French piece (8)
Send from French area (8)
25720
22224
Chifonie TEETOTAL Supporter, on the whole, is temperate (8)
Dabbler consumes energy drink when on the waggon (8)
25928
22235
Chifonie LEATHER King conceals the hide (7)
Hide a bit of earthenware among the soapsuds (7)
27013
23930
Chifonie ATHENS Article on the New Style capital (6)
Capital has ten comp­onents (6)
25378
26468
Chifonie ATEASE Calm after having drinks in A&E (2,4)
A flirt is carefree (2,4)
25415
24257
Chifonie APARTMENT Social worker keeping duty engineer in accommodation (9)
A time to retain some servants in the home (9)
A model keeps some servants in accommodation (9)
24806
24203
26165
Chifonie ELECTRODE Conductor designate went by car (9)
Conductor designate went by bike (9)
27119
24014
Chifonie CINEMA Spooks beset people returning from place of entertainment (6)
A mince pie is an art form (6)
21769
24248
Chifonie ESTATE English attitude to class (6)
Tea set damaged in car (6)
24055
25824
Chifonie REPROACH Censure salesman over fish (8)
Admonition for salesman having a bit of a spliff (8)
26151
27185
Chifonie RESIN Tree product initially stopped during check (5)
Sticky stuff initially stuck in hold (5)
26838
22158
Chifonie CAIN Murderer I put in jail (4)
Murderer runs from a terrier (4)
25225
22519
Chifonie PROMOTION Pushing for progress (9)
Pushing for progress (9)
27242
24685
Chifonie ARSENAL Magazine shows ways gunners retreated (7)
Magazine shows money in the sea (7)
23099
21735
Chifonie SADDLE Tax theologian in market (6)
Charge theologian during auction (6)
24322
25602
Chifonie NEAT Overall to keep one trim (4)
Clever one to catch out (4)
27586
26264
Chifonie CORKSCREW Irish county team pulls out the stops (9)
Irish county's team can pull out the stops (9)
24342
26581
Chifonie DORMOUSE Rodent roomed with us unfortunately (8)
Rodent has somewhere to sleep by the river (8)
21769
26480
Chifonie TACIT Diplomacy surrounding Indian leader is understood (5)
Diplomacy surrounding Indian leader is understood (5)
27616
23199
Chifonie EXTRA Performer turning right in fire (5)
Remarkably old craft comes back (5)
Old-time artist made redundant (5)
Particularly old painting put up (5)
25870
24558
23678
23106
Chifonie PIETA Egyptian tucking into bread is a sorry subject for painting (5)
One in a tantrum's a sad subject for a painting (5)
24570
26929
Chifonie BESTRIDE Dominate finest horse (8)
Straddle finest horse (8)
27448
22224
Chifonie GREATS Greek devours the classics (6)
Greek devours the classics (6)
23824
26905
Chifonie ERODED Worn down journalist travelled inside (6)
Worn down journalist travelled inside (6)
24885
27544
Chifonie SPOILSPORT Plunder left for killjoy (10)
Killjoy prizes wine (10)
26999
22694
Chifonie MOOR A Mauretanian fell (4)
Opportunity arises in high-lying country (4)
Fell in dock (4)
23157
27185
24377
Chifonie ECHO An allusion that some are for the chop (4)
Ringing display in the Three Choirs Festival (4)
22519
21680
Chifonie ECHELON Part of the creche longs for rank (7)
Helen & Co refurbished station (7)
Some of the creche long for order (7)
27514
22414
22034
Chifonie TRAP Carriage in ambush (4)
Gin found in the orchestra pit (4)
Carriage in ambush (4)
22898
24786
27424
Chifonie ENDUP Finally arrive in topless burlesque (3,2)
Turn out dying to get mounted (3,2)
24954
26855
Chifonie SIGNATURE Endorsement for Sicilian leaders' good temperament (9)
Giants rue faked endorsement (9)
27331
22113
Chifonie DRAINAGE Water soaking away from bedraggled gardenia (8)
Water soaking away when daughter showers for a long period (8)
21769
25345
Chifonie DIPLOMAT Embassy official gets certificate on time (8)
Envoy gets certificate on time (8)
26891
23956
Chifonie TRENDY Aim to keep close in (6)
Attempt to keep close in (6)
24342
24974
Chifonie TESTAMENT Will setback subdue conservationists? (9)
Will examine the last word given time (9)
25204
26595
Chifonie ABACUS A coach keeps bill for calculator (6)
Grab a customer holding calculator (6)
American coach keeps bill for calculator (6)
25522
25482
26733
Chifonie KEATS Sovereign irritates poet (5)
Poet and knight feast on Sunday (5)
24558
26180
Chifonie EXEMPT Discharge from old drain cut (6)
Release many to drill under river (6)
24685
27424
Chifonie LOGICAL Soldier in pub is plausible (7)
Soldier in pub is reasoned (7)
24224
27496
Chifonie MINDREADER Collier harbours terror of psychic (4-6)
Pitman hides fear of psychic (4-6)
27448
24715
Chifonie NUTRIMENT Enthusiast about to reduce measure of food (9)
Three people tucking into fruit for sustenance (9)
23226
23003
Chifonie ATELIER Had a snack with one reclining in the studio (7)
Consumed by one reclining in the studio (7)
27586
25315
Chifonie PLEASE Satisfy parking agreement (6)
Give satisfaction to clergyman getting contract (6)
22694
26287
Chifonie LITERATE Well-read American volume's devoured (8)
Erudite student to recite (8)
25482
22854
Chifonie CORPOREAL Soldier without energy is not spiritual (9)
Soldier without energy is not spiritual (9)
22373
27496
Chifonie INSANITARY A rector in delirium is unhealthy (10)
Madness consumes a king — that's not conducive to health (10)
23824
25824
Chifonie GAINSBOROUGH Artist gets Bob endlessly agitated (12)
Artist gets Bob endlessly agitated (12)
27061
21735
Chifonie STAGECOACH Old vehicle for the drama teacher? (10)
The drama teacher's carriage? (10)
25662
21829
Chifonie LINNET Permit covers local singer (6)
Singer allowed to keep a pub (6)
Singer allowed to keep pub (6)
22636
27061
23608
Chifonie ENSURE Make certain of result by capturing rook (6)
Guarantee rebuke when scratching head (6)
Guarantee rebuke when scratching head (6)
Protect college from criticism (6)
23654
24885
25662
24203
Chifonie DIESIRAE Longs for Republicans' key hymn (4,4)
Passes on fury about Academy's Latin hymn (4,4)
26701
25163
Chifonie CLEAVE Conservative leader has holiday cut (6)
Many pull out of Split (6)
25578
23360
Chifonie PENDENT Hanging a writer to make an impression (7)
Suspended writer to make an impression (7)
Hanging gives writer depression (7)
21956
23654
25278
Chifonie STOPPAGE Chief priest held in judicious arrest (8)
Fret over servant's strike (8)
22657
27544
Chifonie APPAL Half-hearted petition creates outrage (5)
Horrify a European when climbing (5)
24806
25396
Chifonie LARCENIST Thief dressed in scarlet (9)
Thief vandalised Neil's cart (9)
26302
24459
Chifonie BEVY Turkish officer seizes five of a group of girls (4)
Turkish officer seizes five of a group of girls (4)
22325
23106
Chifonie ELAND Creature of the English countryside (5)
Fast runner in dash to end of road (5)
26034
24974
Chifonie REINFORCE Strengthen and control troops (9)
Strengthen and control troops (9)
25302
27496
Chifonie ACROPOLIS Pool car is repaired in the citadel (9)
A harvest store erected in the citadel (9)
24867
21680
Chifonie STAY Support postponement (4)
Speak about time for holiday (4)
25681
24248
Chifonie EAGLE Empty-headed dog welcomed on the golf course (5)
Dog beheaded bird (5)
Old comic welcomed on the golf course (5)
24431
25928
24885
Chifonie REHEARSAL Tries interrupting heartfelt account (9)
Judges interrupt actual run-through (9)
23267
26595
Chifonie ENLIST Players have catalogue for recruit (6)
Measure third of volunteers first to get signed up (6)
Measure heel of recruit (6)
Listen out for conscript (6)
25928
27061
25499
26165
Chifonie MENSWEAR People promise clothing (8)
Staff curse clothing (8)
22745
26581
Chifonie LAID One embraced by boy is placed horizontally (4)
Ring up and put down (4)
27139
26750
Chifonie CHESTNUT Danish king receives ancient request for wood (8)
Fastening holds up trunk of tree (8)
Old king keeps ambassador stumped with old joke (8)
Enthusiast is after trunk of tree (8)
21769
22383
25578
21829
Chifonie INDUS A river in Hindustan (5)
’Are Krishna's river (5)
25547
24867
Chifonie ELDORADO The Spanish girl has a party in the Land of Promise (2,6)
Adore old ruin in the land of opportunity (8)
26999
23226
Chifonie STIRRUP Instigate storing flower in kind of cup (7)
Provoke into collecting rare kind of footrest (7)
25972
25705
Chifonie ENTRAIN Points retinue makes to board (7)
A number without the ability when rising to get on (7)
22772
26480
Chifonie HEARTLESS The Parisian wears suit when cold (9)
Diplomat's rude and cruel (9)
27496
23996
Chifonie IGNORE Pass over devastated region (6)
Pass over ravaged region (6)
22459
26015
Chifonie PRAY Penny has fish? I ask you! (4)
Penny has fish? I ask you! (4)
25048
27526
Chifonie PLASTERED Penny survived, holding soldier tight (9)
Penny continued holding soldier tight (9)
26015
27072
Chifonie RHINO Thick-skinned type makes bread (5)
Money for a little myrrh in Oman (5)
23122
26015
Chifonie PENANCE Coppers brought about an act of self-punishment (7)
Zionist leader leaves Cornish town as act of atonement (7)
Change brought about an act of punishment (7)
27295
25733
24843
Chifonie SHOT Go for a drive (4)
Filmed drunk outside hotel (4)
26468
25681
Chifonie TREATY Contract put away during evaluation (6)
Agreement for attempt to catch swallow (6)
27089
22854
Chifonie ROTATE Take turns to have books in class (6)
Corrosion wore away pivot (6)
Decay eroded pivot (6)
26287
27496
23360
Chifonie RHEUMATIC A cur hit me unexpectedly and I'm in pain (9)
Irate chum upset? He's quite ill (9)
25225
27061
Chifonie STEALTH Last the revolution in secrecy (7)
Scattered the salt in a discreet manner (7)
24119
26816
Chifonie SIESTA Society fellow leaves carnival for a nap (6)
A short nap in Susie's tavern (6)
Sleep in Elsie's taverna (6)
Seat is adjusted for sleep (6)
25870
26658
23751
27171
Chifonie BEDLAM Ambled unsteadily into pandemonium (6)
Plot strike producing chaos (6)
25780
24485
Chifonie FLIPPANT Drink over wheeze that's cheeky (8)
Get overexcited with wheeze that's saucy (8)
21845
26816
Chifonie RUSTLER Commander tours street for lawbreaker (7)
King holds saint to be a lawbreaker (7)
Head of state protects saint from robber (7)
23099
22014
23895
Chifonie ERRATIC Wayward vermin found in Morecambe? (7)
Wayward boy captures vermin (7)
24620
26336
Chifonie ATROPINE Taro cooked — hunger for drug (8)
Drug for sick painter inhaling oxygen (8)
26422
23122
Chifonie ATHENIAN Attic in which Anita foolishly keeps hen (8)
Attic in which Anita foolishly keeps bird (8)
27206
26070
Chifonie ELITE Quarrel over English aristocracy (5)
Gentry settled in eastern Spain (5)
23003
23996
Chifonie TIARA Headdress is first-class in design, on reflection (5)
Portia rarely bears headgear (5)
Portia rarely bears a headdress (5)
27139
27616
24257
Chifonie CLEMENTI Writer of note from Fair Isle (8)
Forgiving towards Italian composer (8)
21769
21845
Crispa ROSETTE Favour changing over to trees (7)
Favour trees to affect a transformation (7)
21776
22501
Crispa REINFORCE Support control with vigour (9)
Check press support (9)
22894
21776
Crispa OSTEND Doesn't make port (6)
To send for change is a Continental resort (6)
22455
23202
Crispa CLEAVE Many get permission to unite (6)
Split about holidays (6)
22142
21854
Crispa VOICE Say there's nothing in immorality (5)
Finding fault about the duck, say (5)
21988
22455
Crispa EVENS A woman, going to extremes, gets flat (5)
Odds, oddly enough (5)
22768
21988
Crispa TREASON Double-dealing, but aren't so bad (7)
Time to argue for disloyalty (7)
22768
22501
Crispa TASTE Sense discrimination (5)
Discrimination shown - but not a lot (5)
22894
22042
Crispa SOLITAIRE Game, so came down river (9)
This individual's game is brilliant (9)
22894
23078
Crispa ERICA A cold anger rising in a woman (5)
She's caused a large number to leave the US (5)
23126
21701
Crispa TUITION Get out in it, maybe, for training (7)
Out - in - out: it can be good training (7)
23126
21988
Crispa ISSUE The matter is to go to court (5)
The subject of progeny (5)
23126
22990
Crispa ERASERS They'll eliminate the queen - a queen on board (7)
They'll eliminate faltering fool without hesitation (7)
23126
22768
Crispa EVERY Each single woman is on track (5)
Offering a girl transport, that's all (5)
21725
23210
Crispa ADD Tot worrying Dad (3)
Reckon on a clergyman joining (3)
23234
22852
Crispa AFFECTION A great liking for disorder (9)
Love making complaint (9)
23234
22852
Crispa SETDOWN Record collection many have (3,4)
Catalogue company at a disadvantage (3,4)
21964
22501
Crispa ALLEGE State support in beer production (6)
Say there's point to everything, for example (6)
21964
21629
Crispa PRESSED Journalists going before their boss get flattened! (7)
Bore down on a leading journalist (7)
21964
22501
Crispa ISIS A once-revered figure, as is written repeatedly (4)
One's repeatedly running water (4)
22798
22768
Crispa CHASER Search ordered by an engraver (6)
The horse gets a drink afterwards (6)
22798
23234
Crispa ERASMUS A scholarly man recapitulates after a time (7)
A theologian taking ages over a piece of music (7)
23165
21988
Crispa ABETTER Article on superior, though wrong-doing, supporter (7)
A superior party offering support (7)
23005
23126
Crispa DESSERT Head of state to be seen in due course (7)
Leave to assimilate second course (7)
23005
22894
Crispa EARNEST Pledge to provide a home with listening equipment initially (7)
Down payment made, a hearing-aid can be sent (7)
22822
21725
Crispa RATIO A relation calling for a certain amount of cooperation (5)
Relationship established at entering a foreign port (5)
22822
22042
Crispa TREATMENT The handling of someone who is patient? (9)
Tending to effect some improvement? (9)
23005
22009
Crispa NERVE Sauce bottle (5)
The beginner very seldom exhibits boldness (5)
22822
23058
Crispa LESSON Partially undressed for exercise (6)
The French boy's corrective punishment (6)
22744
22142
Crispa EXONERATE No longer single speed, that's clear (9)
No longer in accord over a charge, that's clear (9)
23126
22009
Crispa EVERGREEN Ivy is always concerned for the environment (9)
Possibly rue not turning brown (9)
23165
22455
Crispa STIR Make a move to provide porridge (4)
To create a disturbance could mean jail! (4)
21964
23210
Crispa ANNIE Inane make-up for a girl (5)
A girl who can appear inane (5)
22822
23165
Crispa STERNE Austere English novelist (6)
A writer who could be quite uncompromising, note (6)
22455
22990
Crispa INSPECT Copper taken in by a little crawler should make check (7)
A little crawler going round quietly to investigate (7)
22042
23078
Crispa REMISS Note the girl appears lax (6)
Thoughtless and really friendless girl (6)
23234
23202
Crispa HEADLESS Lacking capital as a result of being axed (8)
Put off deals - she is without capital (8)
22744
21854
Crispa RESERVE Book put by for a rainy day? (7)
Book - something to fall back on (7)
21988
22990
Crispa ASPERSE Vilify equally awkward peers (7)
Abuse makes a point in itself (7)
23108
21854
Crispa EASTERN Key given to a demanding Oriental (7)
Oriental egghead getting behind (7)
23286
21776
Crispa ABIDE Wait for a tender note (5)
Live bear (5)
23126
22768
Crispa PENCHANT Quiet charm and taste (8)
A partiality for quiet charm (8)
21934
23202
Crispa APROPOS Relevant article for petty officers (7)
Stay on the large side after a fit (7)
21964
22990
Crispa ONAGER An ass over gear-changing (6)
Some people put on a gerrymandering ass (6)
21862
21804
Crispa ANCHORAGE Refuge making no charge - a questionable arrangement (9)
A safe haven for a change - or otherwise (9)
22822
22455
Crispa TANGERINE Taste with obvious hesitation popular oriental fruit (9)
There's point about displeasure when fruit is served (9)
22009
23210
Crispa ARRESTING Unusual police function (9)
Out-of-the-ordinary police function (9)
21988
22852
Crispa PILL There's little money - iniquitous but that has to be swallowed (4)
The tiresome person parking badly (4)
21854
21629
Crispa TALUS A slut fractured her ankle (5)
Part a lush grassy slope, part a scree (5)
22009
22990
Crispa AMEND Better have the last word with the dunderhead! (5)
A number tip better (5)
22066
22894
Crispa SUPPORTER Have a drink with the caretaker, a fan (9)
A promoter of drink - stout (9)
23286
22042
Crispa ENTREE Course in a setting of evergreen trees (6)
Admission course (6)
22914
22501
Crispa ANAGRAM Elgar's regal composition (7)
A couple of beasts uniting could present a problem (7)
23078
22990
Crispa ESPY Observe secret agent following Oriental (4)
Spot for English scout (4)
21725
22768
Crispa INFORMALLY Advise partner in a friendly way (10)
Advise colleague in casual fashion (10)
21862
23027
Crucible BABE Attractive girl in black Lincoln (4)
Show person unfinished racket (4)
27043
27123
Crucible HERO Star in Fiddler on the Roof (4)
Someone who’s admired lady’s ring (4)
Blücher openly tackles person with bottle (4)
Swimmer's objective? A girl's love (4)
27636
26491
26601
26188
Crucible GIGI Show privates one after performance (4)
Musical performance beginning to impress (4)
27606
26917
Crucible ASITIS The way things stand, a strike's not new (2,2,2)
The way things are, wine's flooding Italy (2,2,2)
26285
26435
Crucible ANECDOTAL An English record broadcast a lot, as the story goes (9)
Strange tale on a CD's untrustworthy as evidence (9)
26491
24849
Crucible ITSALLGREEKTOME I can't fathom this Athenian attitude to Cyprus (3,3,5,2,2)
It galls terribly to smell book that I can't grasp (3,3,5,2,2)
26491
27415
Crucible APHRODITE Kinky top, say, and liquid diet for goddess (9)
Love smash hit with 24 down originally (9)
27060
25258
Crucible REEVE Magistrate constantly rose to defend earl (5)
Old official leading ladies, first one retired (5)
26470
26188
Crucible ISLE Paisley's helping Ireland, perhaps (4)
Feel sick to some extent, heaving, sailing here? (4)
26843
27541
Crucible MAGNUMOPUS Bubbly soup needs work, significant work (6,4)
Masterpiece of gun surgery by American (6,4)
27043
26435
Crucible BELL Call a Brontë sister, secretly (4)
Call law graduate up about drug (4)
27338
26864
Crucible NINE Today's emergency number (4,4,4)
See 9
See 9
24800
24800
24800
Crucible TREASON He abandoned the cause for 19's offence (7)
He avoids the motive for crime (7)
24849
27219
Crucible RABBIT Bane of 26, teacher's pet ultimately (6)
Novice player's rare and rather absorbing book (6)
26948
27392
Crucible ACTON One of The Three Bells in W3 (5)
Tax cut oddly reduced working in London area (5)
25832
26864
Crucible ONETIME Former writer's pursuing goal in Old English (3-4)
Former duck trap that is snaring mallard's head (7)
26393
27487
Crucible SNOWWHITE Pure blend of heroin and cocaine with adulterated Ecstasy (4,5)
17 character's present holiday in Kent? (4,5)
Show person in show with wet pants (4,5)
25115
27021
27123
Crucible CATS Men in cabarets strip off (4)
Show around back street (4)
Their lives appear many times here in musical (4)
27606
27144
24800
Crucible MACBETH US subject accepts Queen's Award for Drama (7)
Computer baron attends the controversial Verdi opera (7)
27636
26031
Crucible CICERO Orator condemned coercion on being rejected (6)
Pompey supporter hit man in business (6)
Clubs and diamonds run out for consul (6)
Measure of 21's violent ongoing coercion (6)
27060
26285
27487
26082
Crucible LEFT Radical Paris edition of the Pink ’Un? (4)
Port given permission to entertain foreign leader (4)
25621
27487
Crucible STUD Casanova that's exempt from obligations after retirement (4)
Boss 16 about (4)
25781
25321
Crucible AUNT Her letters are primarily about usual nuptial troubles (4)
Fair Sally worked with her in 4 (4)
25230
26337
Crucible ETAGERE Somewhere to display ornaments before barrier goes up (7)
Return entrance money before shelving display (7)
French to be given time to make a stand (7)
27392
26285
25321
Crucible DEMERARA A rare medic all but rejected sweetener (8)
Rum compound made out of rare fluid (8)
26530
26435
Crucible NAPOLEON Emperor shows his dissent, seizing a stick (8)
Christmas opus, a new revolutionary early 19th-century piece (8)
27464
26031
Crucible CATHETER Three-act play: "The Tube" (8)
Supply food, catching the tube (8)
25321
27266
Crucible KING Doctor likes jabbing me for origin of some answers here (4,5,5)
Disliking learning about play (4,4)
25321
27554
Crucible ADIEU Silly idea: Schubert's Fourth the last word? (5)
Unionist pursues crazy idea for so long (5)
25258
27096
Crucible EDUCATE School cash once collected by no-frills Beeb (7)
What 15s do, if old money's invested in euros (7)
26713
25648
Crucible VERDI "I've managed to pen overtures to Rigoletto and Don Carlos", he perhaps said (5)
... by him, almost driven to distraction (5)
25674
25258
Crucible AGOG An attempt at good showing of Patience? On the contrary (4)
Like child at show, past caring at the end (4)
25674
27123
Crucible INTRUDE Horn in tune I'd arranged to impress Rattle initially (7)
Disrupt current London theatre offensive (7)
27589
27554
Crucible CALCULATE Solve a tortuous clue containing Latin (after Araucaria's heart) (9)
Conservative US campus backed dead judge (9)
25115
27554
Crucible AMATI Fiddle in the morning at 1 (5)
Did Menuhin play one a bit melodramatically? (5)
27144
25648
Crucible KINGSHIP Elvis's joint position of authority (8)
Fellow feeling round government office for ruler (8)
26882
27368
Crucible ENCHILADA Point to kid eating one in each dish (9)
Father abandons French car carrying one dish (9)
24890
27415
Crucible EZRA Pound’s variable during long period (4)
Pound for a book (4)
24890
27606
Crucible LYING Left Scotch for one German telling stories (5)
Deceitful salesman evades answering (5)
26393
26560
Crucible FOREST Woods' warnings approaching first at Troon (6)
Side of Nottingham that supplies mast or masts (6)
26626
27021
Crucible SHOP Tell the police about entrance to secret vault (4)
Winnie's back, missing ring finger (4)
26979
27096
Crucible ESCAPE Get Free French art, 23 (6)
Progenitor of some 6 11 duck (6)
25230
26410
Crucible DRAMA Exciting events as Armada lost rear and scattered (5)
10's missing from scale model in theatre (5)
24849
26601
Crucible LESSON Not as much activity in class? (6)
Not so busy class enthralled by Beatles songs (6)
25337
26979
Crucible ANATHEMA Curse a rioting man stealing articles (8)
Curse a nasty man stealing articles (8)
26843
27338
Crucible SUPERGLUE Use plug, crudely inserting ruler and gum (9)
Scotch reuse plug or stick (9)
26470
25465
Crucible OPEN Frank's in gym regularly taking hooks (4)
Clear "The Duck & Swan" (4)
25374
25195
Crucible ICENI Twice nightly? That's more than enough for old people (5)
Old folk in Spain invading picnic with no clothes on (5)
27060
24800
Crucible SATIRE Scot's cross, forgetting large work by Martial (6)
Cross line leaving for take-off (6)
Swift work met with fury (6)
27060
27144
25887
Crucible SLEIGHT Extremely skilful crew's dexterity (7)
Cunning, extremely skilful rowers (7)
24849
27512
Crucible SUPER Splendid meal abandoned by prince (5)
Penny-pinching meal's great (5)
26601
25397
Crucible EVELYN Waugh's diarist (6)
Record-keeper extremely lovely in uniform (6)
24849
26979
Crucible OFFER Present side at Old Trafford starts to earn respect (5)
Tender chest? Remove top (5)
27368
27021
Crucible GRIMM Brothers forbidding money (5)
Good writer's opening room for another one (5)
25115
27021
Crucible MIXUPS Muddles ahead in M6 shambles (3-3)
Do I hear Paddy's mate drinks cocktails? (3-3)
25863
24800
Crucible SACK Fire fighter in 11 company's discharged (4)
Destroy wine container in pit fire (4)
25195
26285
Crucible NONET Olivier et al keep working with English players (5)
Bad news for Wimbledon players? (5)
26491
24890
Crucible GIMME A short distance during, say, round? (5)
A short distance in, say, round (5)
25195
26410
Crucible AFFAIR Fling leaves during a song, just after A Fine Romance (6)
Just after A Fine Romance (6)
27096
27266
Crucible ELEVENPLUS Test the foreign fizzy Seven Up left in (6-4)
Test French pupil with puzzle? It's not on (6-4)
25195
26337
Crucible ADNAUSEAM Old gardener saves sodium to apply endlessly (2,7)
Plug new gold bed till thoroughly sick of it (2,7)
26979
26116
Crucible BEAUTY See 7
Show person former airline task bar first (6)
26560
27123
Crucible LIMO Big wheels left No 10 clutching millions (4)
10 put up two million, ignoring banks (4)
26798
25746
Crucible CINDERELLA Doctor called in to nurse royal prince's favourite (10)
One stops peaceniks before fully mounting show (10)
27021
27123
Crucible RONDO Rare working party piece that's repeated (5)
Royal bash involves performing music (5)
25621
27589
Crucible APSE Where primate holds beginning of service? (4)
Part of church, perhaps eastern section (4)
26491
27437
Crucible ADONIS Lover of 17 lives next door to a lecturer (6)
Endlessly rebuke male put away for striking boy (6)
27060
26491
Crucible LETHAL Following obstruction, young Henry fell (6)
Like the poison in Hamlet, half consumed (6)
26601
25088
Crucible RECITAL Social centre stops next revolutionary gig (7)
This hat could produce theatrical performance (7)
26650
25258
Crucible GAME See 24
Brave enormous halves switch sides (4)
27636
26948
Crucible EVITA She showed some initiative in revolution (5)
She showed some initiative after revolution (5)
27606
27123
Crucible POEM Author marks work by Yeats (4)
See 22
26843
26228
Crucible SYNAPSE In neural network, variable gap going over between two points (7)
Gap in head painlessly fixed, I'll set out (7)
25195
27415
Crucible ACADEMY Schoolgirl inspiring rebellious Jack (7)
Music school perhaps made changes in a city with no appeal (7)
26713
25258
Enigmatist NEGATE Nullify agent turning back on mole (6)
Deny development from age 10 (6)
24584
22940
Enigmatist IMRANKHAN I smell foul Chinese political all-rounder (5,4)
Great Asian captain's claim to being eighth in line and not third (5,4)
25930
26961
Enigmatist CLASSACT Group do something for this splendid fellow (5,3)
Outstanding performer on court contracted canine fever (5,3)
25565
26187
Enigmatist ELEVEN Morning refreshers taking care of quite a lot of publicity tests (6,6)
Legs that with 17 7 could make 13, the same as … (6)
26423
25283
Enigmatist DOUBLE Backwards and forwards we go on the Underground (6,6)
Repeated consumption of 5 across (or 16!) might make you see it (6)
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Enigmatist NUTS See 7
See 6
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Enigmatist YAHOO Means by which to search for lout (5)
Will the actor backing intro for spies give literary class? (5)
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Enigmatist HABITUE Shouting about rather regular customer (7)
One of the regulars is rather noticeable in appearance (7)
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Enigmatist SEVERN Meandering line originally via Wales? Very nearly (6,6,7)
Reading, say, in 5 across 7, a long runner? (6)
Flower always preserved? (6)
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Enigmatist BELLJAR See inventor shake a piece of laboratory equipment (4-3)
I'll contain the fumes Rod L. Johnson initially kept inside (4,3)
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Enigmatist JOHN Chicks located under throne by deserving writer (4,10)
Can he? (4)
The King's throne room(4)
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Enigmatist RING Call centre for fringe group (4)
Call for something to confirm marriage (4)
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Enigmatist GALORE Squeeze mineral in abundance (6)
George the First's learning a lot (6)
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Enigmatist AUNATUREL Baking, two of you get real tan like this (2,7)
Characters sitting in sauna maturely undressed (2,7)
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Enigmatist MAIN Chief generator at the house (4)
High sea swirling round Sardinia manor houses (4)
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Enigmatist WORLD See 14
Express boarded by Latin Society (5)
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Enigmatist GUARDIAN Caring individual's knocking back an A1 draught — well, not all of it (8)
During a break, tackling Crispa's last — and Custos? (8)
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Enigmatist BONHOMIE Head up, in maintaining current easy disposition (8)
Good nature: TV chef and I divide dog food (8)
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Enigmatist LESSON More bare facts learned in this? (6)
See 8
Presumably cooler learning experience (6)
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Enigmatist STAFF Stick used to support a body of officers (5)
Employees stick (5)
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Enigmatist NUMBER Song sung with not so much feeling (6)
See 24
See 5
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Enigmatist IMPI Warlike, they are not extremely transparent (4)
Warriors contributing little to slim pickings (4)
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Enigmatist EVILEYE Drug taken by disgusting old solver - this looks bad (4,3)
The first of Enigmat­ist's loathsome solvers give him this? (4,3)
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Enigmatist FORELIMB Either of the arms commemorating religious teacher and doctor (8)
Chain restricting one running up arm? If so, not the subject of a 1 across! (8)
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Enigmatist RUNUP Would you see railwaymen as a result of taking this approach? (3-2)
A low approach shot towards the hole, presumably to come second (3-2)
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Enigmatist ALEXANDER Man by joiner in a whirl? The reverse (9)
Great conqueror's kiss collected by a beautiful youth (9)
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Fawley ROYALMINT The Queen's never used this source of cash (5,4)
Where change is made in production of sterling quality (5,4)
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Fawley NAKED Wearing suit received for birthday (5)
Using a buff envelope? (5)
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Fawley DOUBLE Become involved in another roadside row (6,4)
Threads brought together, writing material up found in old jacket (6,4)
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Fidelio MISSPELT Girl's fur is wrongly recorded (8)
As is pavillion (8)
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Gemini COPE Manage firm with record turnover (4)
Work put into church vestment (4)
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Gemini LIBELLED Beauty wearing crash helmet seriously maligned (8)
Slurred song, gathered round musical instrument (8)
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Gemini ACADEMIC Speculative by half - deposited in account after account (8)
A volume to absorb half-bookish type (8)
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Gemini SPLASH Hack covers page with sensational headline (6)
Headline by hack across top of page (6)
Hack's written about a page of slop (6)
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Gemini SHERRY Tosspots go astray - it's the drink! (6)
Drink to keep girl on the right lines (6)
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Gemini STRESS Highlight, ie streak, front part of hair (6)
Opening of security lock needed force (6)
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Gemini SMALLTIME Of little moment? Moment indeed! (5-4)
Petty officer, unsurpassed (5-4)
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Gemini SPEEDY Spot-checks English river rising fast (6)
Little boy falls into Scottish river that's in spate (6)
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Gemini MUTILATOR He may wickedly leave you without a leg to stand on (9)
One putting arms, say, beyond use (9)
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Gordius CORONET Love ice cream without topping (7)
Attachment to top people (7)
Nothing in instrument to cover nobility (7)
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Gordius SCARFACE Hood hardly ever appears over nothing (8)
Was Al Capone a knitting champion? (8)
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Gordius TRYST Go on the street to arrange to meet (5)
Assignation in racetracks (5)
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Gordius VANDALISM Mail van's bit of damage could be deliberate (9)
Pointless crazy smile at museum's wanton destruction (9)
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Gordius MINARET A short time down and age going up - time on the tower (7)
Tower possibly with 12 for believers (7)
A term in construction of religious edifice (7)
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Gordius ARYAN Race of Mary and Joseph? (5)
Race of mercenary Anglo-Saxons (5)
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Gordius NEEDFUL With most elderly, fun may be requisite (7)
… necessary to end fuel spread (7)
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Gordius DOOR Actor given space to find an exit (4)
40 perches squarely over 10 (4)
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Gordius LOCUST Devastator left Scout movement (6)
Devastator of place and time (6)
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Gordius MANTRAP Incantation against poacher's first peril (7)
Gin - rampant disabler for earlier generations (7)
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Gordius ADELAIDE City set in a river (8)
Old queen, one reportedly held up in Oz ... (8)
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Gordius NYMPH Beautiful young lady in East Coast city taking speed (5)
Young maiden Falstaff's follower takes to the local (5)
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Gordius MERCIA French gratitude to a Saxon kingdom (6)
Foreigners express gratitude with a chunk of Olde England (6)
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Gordius ANANIAS Liar kept one in fruit (7)
Old liar — one who's into fruit (7)
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Gordius OFTENER 14 misses turn perhaps more frequently (7)
Like decimal ruler with greater frequency (7)
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Gordius CREDO Belief being firm about colour (5)
Lines written by Roman overturning belief (5)
Firm's in deficit? On the contrary, I believe (5)
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Gordius USED It's fashionable but classical, not new (4)
Employed American journalist (4)
Posh, but Latin is not new (4)
Editorial self-reference by newsman is not new ... (4)
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Gordius CALVE Student in warning to deliver (5)
Deliver state victory (5)
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Gordius UTOPIA More fiction ... (6)
"Classy" and "supreme" reflected first class place (6)
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Gordius FREE Charge is about right — nothing! (4)
London number called but not paid for (4)
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Gordius ELASTIC Cats lie in order to be able to spring (7)
Made to do a stretch with possibility of remission (7)
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Gordius OARSMAN Possibly, a Roman's stroke? (7)
One might be discovered by Samoan river craft (7)
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Gordius INTERN Send to gulag reportedly one by one (6)
Lock up alien taken from the web (6)
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Gordius ATABEG Turkish official tea bag masher (6)
Turkish ruler formulates a bill, for example (6)
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Gordius CHIANTI Drink stewed China tea, as they say (7)
Character against drink (7)
Song by one - one in drink (7)
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Gordius YIELDS Gives up the proceeds (6)
Harvests from seeds, say (6)
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Gordius SEISMIC Such an effect is seen in house starting to collapse (7)
"Like it could bring the house down", audibly breathes the Irishman with regret (7)
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Gordius ERIC ... he shows the Queen is in command (4)
Rice pudding for the boy (4)
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Gordius PRIMATE Model left part-time involvement with church dignitary (7)
Religious teaching many found in head (of Church) (7)
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Gordius MILIEU A place by the motorway in the middle of France (6)
Setting maybe at Watford Gap? (6)
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Gordius AINTREE Trainee management course (7)
Trainee failed course (7)
Cockney isn't ever turning poetic, of course (7)
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Gordius PLEA Gratification uncertain with this excuse (4)
Lawsuit provides uncertain gratification (4)
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Gordius ANTIC Fantastic figure one can't produce (5)
Against Conservative leader as a buffoon (5)
Grotesque figure derived from the manticore (5)
Furious with loss of father - it's grotesque (5)
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Gordius BANAL To rusticate a student is commonplace (5)
Rusticate a student for being trivial (5)
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Gordius ENTRY Opening of space attempt (5)
What guard doesn't begin to control? (5)
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Gordius ISLET A small piece of land has a tenant (5)
Little piece of land has a tenant (5)
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Gordius MARBLES Youthful pastime lost by us oldies (7)
Game of wits (7)
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Gordius EXECRABLE Former city mob, half-hearted and very bad (9)
River shellfish the European finds very poor indeed (9)
River crustacean the French find dreadful? (9)
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Gordius DECEASED Relaxed after a month passed (8)
Indeed a complicated case gets passed over (8)
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Gordius WATTYLER Revolutionary "Which" survey of sound roofing services? (3,5)
Power to depend on rising, so he rose (3,5)
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Gordius ENTITLE Linette's new style (7)
Style — some present it less than others (7)
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Gordius SOAPOPERA Note a father with time for what's on TV (4,5)
TV entertainment, therefore, a time to include contemporary sound (4,5)
Laundry works entertainment? (4,5)
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Gordius SIGHTED Able to see where it's said to be placed (7)
Seen but perhaps gets hid (7)
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Gordius AUTOMATON Relative loses time gathering fruit - a mindless worker (9)
Brainless worker - does that amount to a disaster? (9)
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Gordius ARTEMIS Diana, a leading royal, having awkward times (7)
Diana served one master (7)
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Gordius ENLIST There's space on the roster, so put my name down (6)
Join inclination to space (6)
Trained silent volunteer (6)
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Gordius MAGENTA Master spy taken in battle (7)
Mother puts a fellow in the shade (7)
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Gordius PERMAFROST Everlasting cool celebrity on the box? (10)
Hairdos with some style - but understatedly "cool" (10)
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Gordius TRACHEA A leading consultant in heart surgery takes a breather (7)
Char (tea) drunk might go down the wrong way here (7)
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Gordius BRAVADO Boastful threat of support against trouble (7)
Courageous display, which gives lift against difficulty (7)
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Gordius EAST Where the Boar's Head had a point — good value (9)
Riser not starting where the sun does (4)
Direction to top brute … (4)
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25998
Gordius HOGSHEAD H is for alcoholic capacity (8)
H is for a lot of liquor (8)
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Gordius REPEL Outcast reflects on what he does (5)
Do this to an outcast (5)
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Gordius DAYS Periods of reported stupefaction (4)
State of bewilderment said to last a while (4)
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Gordius OTTOMAN Old empire backs Western alliance over test (7)
Turkish test included in Western alliance set-up (7)
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Gordius ADJUTANT Descriptive term, in short, wild taunt for an officer (8)
Stork frequently seen in a mess (8)
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Gordius SPORADIC PC's radio works from time to time (8)
Police turn up to smash-and-grab raid from time to time (8)
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Gordius CADET Rebel took time as a trainee (5)
Revolutionary took time as a trainee fighter (5)
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Gordius NEEDLE It's with an eye to requirement by the French (6)
Jab that's largely unnecessary (6)
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Gordius COWBANE Spooner's command "Bend over" to punish a weed (7)
Beef embargo on opening English plant (7)
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Gordius TRAVESTY An article of clothing in attempt at burlesque (8)
Go without a garment in parody (8)
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Gordius RINGFENCE Arena to fight for protection of allotments (4,5)
Call receiver completely shut off (4,5)
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Gordius LAYMAN Many a line unsuited for one not trained (6)
Went to bed with chap, though not a pro (6)
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Gordius SHALLOW In appearance everyone is lacking in depth (7)
Everything in performance lacking in depth (7)
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Gordius BLOCKLETTERS Delay mail in capital (5,7)
Tenement proprietors in the capital (5,7)
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Gordius ERASMUS Arithmetic is rejected by renaissance scholar (7)
Times review of an old theologian (7)
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Gordius NORMA She's not quite like other girls (5)
She's not quite like other women (5)
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Gordius SILICONE Daft-sounding shape for boob enhancement (8)
Stupid shape said to be due to its implant? (8)
Stupid-sounding shape to enhance the figure (8)
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Gordius BLESSED Like the pure in heart, more up and about? (7)
Fortunate to be up and about more? (7)
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Gordius WASTAGE Gate was broken, leading to loss of stock (7)
Without a dedicated person, remuneration would be unprofitable investment (7)
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Gordius SEVENOAKS Drunks are about, even here (9)
Drunkards are about, even in Kent (9)
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Gordius SAMOSA Snack for prophet in Salvation Army (6)
Snack for a prophet in South Africa (6)
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Gordius THERESA She's queen in the Salvation Army (7)
Canonised lady? One does exist (7)
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Gordius CAULDRON Vessel in which little Reagan's said to have been christened? (8)
Vessel reportedly named after a US president (8)
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Gordius NUCLEUS American uncle first represented the centre (7)
Centre of 16 across following Dutch uncle (7)
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Gordius CLOTH What many are reluctant to wear (5)
Companion absorbs a great deal of material (5)
Dedicated type much seen in church (5)
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Gordius BROWNING Poet's weapon (8)
Poet and politician having assumed office with gravity (8)
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Gordius SCAM Swindle over burgers? (4)
Burgers rejected a cheat (4)
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Gordius OBEY Comply with order unknown (4)
Comply with unknown order (4)
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Gordius EXPOUND Interpret former mass (7)
Discourse on old sovereign (7)
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Gordius SENIORSERVICE Unfashionable run for sailors (6,7)
Fags care for the elderly? (6,7)
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Gordius RECYCLE Where they lost from start to finish, the French conduct a salvage operation (7)
Soldiers pedal to avoid the dump (7)
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Gordius ESSENE Ecstasy impaired sense of old ascetic (6)
Being a religious ascetic, one needs somewhat less energy (6)
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Gordius TORTOISE Reptile found in the wrong department (8)
It's wrong to go on French river as a slow mover (8)
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Gordius ARRAIGN Call to account for a weather report (7)
Call to account a shower, say (7)
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Gordius ETHOS Those last shall be first — that's moral significance (5)
Distinctive character makes some get hostile (5)
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Gordius NICER Polish river's said to be preferable (5)
A pound, not a thousand, would be preferable (5)
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Gordius ENGRAVING Sassenachs, in short, mad about cutting out characters (9)
Impression of burial? (9)
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Gordius CAYMAN Accountant finds many assorted islands as a tax haven (6)
Islands getting many account transfers (6)
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Gordius CHIC A bird short of style (4)
Smart but faint-hearted, lacking knowledge (4)
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Gordius ORIGAMI Artful paper that's folded? (7)
Wise men turn up with gold, one oriental art form (7)
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Gordius NOOSE Restraint for animal, or ring in its place for a bull (5)
One so corrupt is for hanging (5)
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Gordius ENTER Record of inflammation it is not (5)
Put in chips but no fish (5)
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Gordius RATTY Grahame's irritable character (5)
Nameless tyrant can become irritable (5)
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Gordius HYDRANT Its issue is other than dry (7)
... whence it comes, from unknown right hand (7)
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Gordius ASHAMED A bogus journalist feeling guilty (7)
Humiliated by a spurious education (7)
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Gordius OMAGH Elements of Christendom aghast at scene of bombing (5)
Expression of surprise about a publication in Ulster (5)
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Gordius MIDASTOUCH Do it as much as you like - but there's more to it than making brass (5,5)
It's much said to involve making a fortune (5,5)
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Gordius NORMAL An opera student is not unusual (6)
Not unusual, and not with pain (6)
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Gordius DERISION Mock Turtle's contempt for mathematical process? (8)
Virgin birth giving rise to contemptuous mirth? (8)
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Gordius LOGICAL Look at soldier's state, not without reason (7)
A soldier in a pub - it stands to reason (7)
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Gordius ELDEST He may feel destined to succeed in part (6)
Premier of "La Forza del Destino"? (6)
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Gordius IMPERIL Like Britain's past glory without a hazard (7)
Like Caesar without a hazard (7)
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Gordius LANOLIN Fat proceeds from loan with nothing to return (7)
It's nothing to put on a pound, giving rise to fat (7)
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Gordius DHARMA Law for a lawyer as a case for injury (6)
Legal righteousness in one could harm another (6)
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Gordius ASTHMA A maths problem to take one's breath away (6)
Disorder arising from a maths problem (6)
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Gordius SINUSES Cavities for evil purposes (7)
Hollow cavities put to evil purposes (7)
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Gordius ROYAL Two boys of Windsor connection? (5)
Uncommon, like Tunbridge Wells (5)
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Gordius MINUS In sum, it might be less (5)
Motoring started in America, but gets less (5)
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Gordius INCREASE Lest surrounded, soldiers proliferate (8)
Where Strauss may add to the score (8)
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Gordius TIGHT Close to being the opposite of 13 (5)
Mean to get drunk (5)
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Gordius TRANSEPT Stern — apt perhaps to take one side or the other (8)
It's found in church building patterns (8)
Tory leader managed to get a month on the wing (8)
Church feature or part sent for repair (8)
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Gordius ACHIEVABLE "It can be done — somehow I have" (Cable) (10)
If you get it, it must be so (10)
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Gordius MASSIF High Church service provided it's in central France (6)
Service provided centrally in France? (6)
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Gordius PSYCHE Mind of spy working on insurgent (6)
I forgot to say, youth club leaders may explode, so mind! (6)
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Gordius AMELIORATE America's not half keeping up fuel consumed? Improve! (10)
Meal — tea or one possibly better … (10)
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Gordius ETHNIC Caught in the confusion of racial distinction (6)
Concerning race's thin distribution in the city (6)
There's point in moral principle applied to race (6)
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22507
Gordius BREADOFIDLENESS What's sliced and wrapped? (5,2,8)
Ready-sliced loaf? (5,2,8)
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Gordius OVERLAP Drink to excess, going beyond bounds (7)
Rest in part on a friend (7)
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Gordius ARISTOTLE Philosopher is later to change his name (9)
His philosophy was composed of toil and tears (9)
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Gordius MANANA Mother, then grandmother some time in the future (6)
Fellow takes a nap - almost, but not just yet (6)
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Gordius STOKEPOGES A thousand goose-step around the Bucks. village (5,5)
Spooks get energy dancing in a country churchyard (5,5)
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Gordius INDULGE Favour characters eluding order (7)
Favour old dean holding up London gate (7)
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Gordius EPONYMOUS Mammals (the last shall be first), named like Washington, say (9)
Named after animal swallowed by another back to front (9)
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Gordius EXPLAIN Account for one's involvement in abandoned scheme (7)
Account for one's involvement in abandoned scheme (7)
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Gordius UTTER Speak what could be true - and about time! (5)
Clubman doesn't begin to speak (5)
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Gordius TWADDLE Model with a gait that makes no sense (7)
Model with swaying gait? Rubbish! (7)
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Gordius ENGAGING English getting on, but attractive (8)
Some English getting old with appeal (8)
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Gordius OLIVE There's nothing bad about an oil producer (5)
Fruit that's all dead? (5)
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Gordius ADROPINTHEOCEAN Low tide, but it's not very important (1,4,2,3,5)
Satellite's descent of little significance (1,4,2,3,5)
23277
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Gordius VIOLA Shakespearean instrument (5)
Instrument involving some abuse? (5)
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25893
Gordius SPHERE Global outbreak of herpes (6)
Region affected by herpes outbreak (6)
23313
22360
Gordius STENCH Smell, starting with fish... (6)
The point with fish is the smell (6)
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24412
Gordius ALARMING Hood taking a gun, inspiring terror (8)
Gangster getting a rod can be unsettling (8)
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25710
Gordius HOLBEIN Andy eschewed conflict, being mainly an artist (7)
Live at home after a short break as an artist (7)
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23692
Gordius COLON Mark has value in Costa Rica (5)
Mark of short settlement (5)
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Gordius NOODLES Idiots - old ones possibly (7)
Food for simpletons (7)
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Gordius EMERALD An isle — Greenland, perhaps (7)
Small type turns out to be mere lad (7)
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Gordius ADORNMENT Decoration for naval personnel in a spot (9)
Mend a torn dress with decoration (9)
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Gordius BLANDISH Bribe in rather poor taste (8)
Flatter and not so piquant (8)
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Gordius EAGRE It's a bore, so agree to differ (5)
Zealous speech could be a bore (5)
Bore heard with enthusiasm (5)
22634
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22067
Gordius OSTRACISM It's exclusive East German xenophobia (9)
It's exclusive East European xenophobia (9)
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Gordius EDITOR On paper, one should have some influence (6)
Journalist tried nothing new (6)
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Gordius INAPT Paint spray is not appropriate (5)
It's not suitable to sleep in it (5)
It''s unsuitable in a gym (5)
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22204
Gordius YEARN Long time and a quarter (5)
Long story without point (5)
Long time north (5)
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25124
Gordius UNITY Singular name for Diana's sister (5)
One with duty to be beheaded over Ulster (5)
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Gordius STOLEN Hot forged pound notes (6)
Among library books to lend and not returned (6)
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Gordius ILLUSTRATE Angry about student sensuality? Clarify! (10)
Depict the Italian prevalence of sin? (10)
23947
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Gordius CAMP Theatrical party (4)
Settlement for Peterhouse, initially by the river (4)
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Gordius WASHINGTON Here president saw nothing amiss (10)
President with virgin material for man of letters from America (10,6)
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Gordius SCHOLASTIC Last choice's not English, perhaps, for a pedant (10)
Chic lost as turning to bluestocking? (10)
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Gordius FLAGRANT Lad rejected gift, which is outrageous (8)
Outrageous bombast with a banner (8)
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Gordius ASSET Withdrawal of saving scheme is an advantage (5)
Miniature donkey's advantage? (5)
Claim no right to advantage (5)
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25099
Gordius DIEHARD Stamp severely on a Conservative? (3-4)
One had red tendency? Far from it! (7)
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Gordius DIABOLO Topping game involves one in a blood transfusion (7)
Top game for one with a blood disorder (7)
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Gordius EACH A good teacher involves every one (4)
Teaching must include every single one (4)
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Gordius HORNPIPE Hopper in convoluted dance (8)
Sailors' constant anticipation about a dance (8)
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Gordius VOICE ... possibly active in vice ring? (5)
This could be active in vice ring (5)
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Gordius ENTREE Poor Terence, caught out of course (6)
Space for timber on course (6)
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Gordius ICHOR Sometimes I chortle at watery humour (5)
There's nothing rich comprised in watery humour (5)
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Gordius YARDSTICK Measure of Met's credit? (9)
Measure of the Met's credit? (9)
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Gordius SARAH Political wannabe playing harps (Aeolian, not Old English) (5,5)
She puts up with a lot of harassment (5)
She finds much harassment upsetting (5)
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Gordius ORBITAL Gold piece, a pound that's circulating (7)
Course not much spoken about, like the M25 (7)
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Gordius DREAM Vision of ecstasy in a drop of the hard stuff (5)
Imagine 250,000 sheets (5)
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Gordius SENNA Girl's upset by laxative (5)
Brown one dropped - that's purgative (5)
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Gordius NUDITY Fresh air, they say, and this should expose you to it (6)
24 state of untidy chaos (6)
Fresh air is said to be a reason for this (6)
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Gordius CREATOR Producer of English carrot, perhaps (7)
Producer of bent European carrot (7)
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Gordius STAG Weapons turned on quarry (4)
Game hunted with recoiling weapons (4)
Game point short of level (4)
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Gordius BRAINWASH Underwear at laundry can turn one's head (9)
What fanatics do to get support where it all comes out (9)
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Gordius SCARCE A blemish on the church is seldom found (6)
Hood lacks subdominant character, which is rare (6)
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Gordius MAGI Wise people need some imagination (4)
Beaks begin as conveyers of offerings (4)
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Gordius YEARNING Desire for youngsters to start in a job (8)
Anxious for young to start bringing in some cash (8)
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Gordius PLUMBER Could Wodehouse be right as performer on pipes? (7)
Worker in softwood with 5 down (7)
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Gordius RATINGS Popularity lists for sailors? (7)
League tables of art work in grammar school (7)
Sailors sought by TV producer (7)
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Gordius ELATION Auntie, say, loses head in high spirits (7)
Dash about to keep 21 in high spirits (7)
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Gordius DELHI Food store hard to find in eastern capital? (5)
Where they say 5 are available (5)
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Gordius NUDE One is short of undies, possibly (4)
Lacking cover, but not altogether underdressed (4)
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Gordius ENIGMA Imagine not one, perhaps, but many variations (6)
Heartless meaning could be a riddle (6)
Play in game with variations (6)
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23345
Gordius ELSE Girl loses one or other (4)
Egghead goes to one college or other … (4)
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25763
Gordius COPS Clump of trees pruned by police (4)
Fuzz curtailed arboreal area (4)
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Gordius LOSER On reflection one's not quite resolute enough (5)
In various roles one is unlikely to succeed (5)
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Gordius ODEON Poetic work gets no backing at place of entertainment (5)
Lines on the cinema (5)
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Gordius NATALIE Girl gives boy a tall story (7)
She appears in a late programme (7)
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Gordius ARTISAN The skilled worker in Cathcart is a necessary part of the Cape economy (7)
Mechanic has no end of sanitary work (7)
Skilled hand finds working a strain (7)
Worker finds working a strain (7)
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24562
Gordius UTENSIL Take a turn with silent cooking in the kitchen (7)
Tool to turn with silent motion (7)
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Gordius GYRATE Repeat action of a revolver (6)
Artist in crazy whirl (6)
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Gordius TURNIP Vegetable pot found in the dump (6)
Vegetable pot found in dump (6)
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Gordius DARING ...being brave and beloved, but heartless (6)
It's brave to dress in drag (6)
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Gordius CYST Rider loses heart and bladder (4)
Bladder and hearts lost in city street (4)
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25893
Gordius ENTERTAIN Host about nine holding unusual treat (9)
I rent a net to play at fête (9)
A Muse deprived of space (9)
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23803
Gordius EARNEST The serious deserve some esteem (7)
Eastern riot could be serious (7)
Eastern resolution may be of importance (7)
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23918
Gordius TROY Weight contributes nothing to rugby score (4)
Conservative backing the centre was sacked (4)
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Gordius DIET Perish over square meals? (4)
What's cast by model that she has to watch? (4)
Commons that could be short? (4)
You can snuff it prematurely if this is poor (4)
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23779
Gordius PERDU Hidden daughter found in foreign country (5)
Lost or died in a foreign land (5)
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24709
Gordius EASEL Conveyance shows back to front support for art (5)
Supporter of visual art (5)
Stand, as soldiers may do at Leatherhead (5)
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22837
Gordius YEAST What we put in for a rise, as yet unsettled (5)
Unknown direction for rising (5)
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Gordius HUNDREDYEARSWAR Fight of the century (7,5,3)
Vandal turned out drawers ready for a long engagement (7,5,3)
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Gordius ARIEL Spirit reportedly 22 across (5)
Spirit shown by one in a brief relation (5)
Tempestuous character - one found in Lear, perhaps (5)
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22210
Gordius BENT Dramatist expels revellers for being corrupt (4)
Crooked party people dropped by playwright (4)
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Gordius POSTSCRIPT The bottom line - how to get a rejection slip (10)
It could be the end of written correspondence (10)
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Gordius FARMER Note compiler in a posh car - as one in a growth industry (6)
There's little doubt one's cultivated (6)
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Gordius OFFCUT Odd bit turned to cuff (6)
Deal possibly set aside (6)
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Gordius COCONUT No firm can stand in reduction from milk producer (7)
If shy, one would be fair game (7)
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Gordius LASAGNE Dish to droop in the way (7)
A leg's an odd item on the menu (7)
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Gordius TRAFFIC Fact, if registered initially, affected commerce (7)
Craft, if moving about (7)
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Gordius ERUDITION Learning required for issue about sport (9)
Form of publication about sport shows scholarship (9)
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Gordius ISLE Man perhaps girl endlessly rejected (4)
Area of land would have added value in West London (4)
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Gordius ORIEL Alternative that's given to a student in college (5)
College could be holier without its head (5)
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Gordius THEREAT English capital in danger at a certain point (7)
Free lunch, say, and chap going in on account of it (7)
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Gordius SOLAR Power from above (5)
Like the sunrise over Leatherhead (5)
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Gordius RENDITION Performance may be extraordinary and shameful (9)
Leading Republicans' euphemism naively downplaying illegal torture in other nations (9)
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Gordius EPISTLE Letter demands no duck shooter in quarters (7)
Communication that is spelt incorrectly (7)
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Gordius TWILIT Fool catches a smacker, which isn't very bright (6)
Dim idiot, about 49 (6)
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22717
Gordius BEANPOLE Typical model openable with training (8)
Plant support may be openable (8)
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25267
Gordius PEDESTRIAN What train speed may turn out to be (10)
Walker badly strained by exercise (10)
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22802
Gordius AMIENS Take a bearing south - from Dunkirk, no doubt? (6)
Pals come round in French town (6)
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Gordius BLACKDEATH Absence of French in English city outbreak (5,5)
Absence of French in English city outbreak (5,5)
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Gordius EXACT Old law was strict (5)
... to practise extortion, to be precise (5)
Screw that's not begun to screw? (5)
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Gordius ELABORATE Are round table members complicated? (9)
English tea break keeps US workers involved (9)
Unusually able to speak in great detail (9)
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22067
Gordius RADISH Vegetable is hard to cultivate (6)
Plant makes radio almost quiet (6)
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Gordius PIMP Pander to sanctimonious politician (4)
Pander to a sanctimonious politician (4)
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Gordius MOCHA Second tea or coffee (5)
Little time to get tea or coffee (5)
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Gordius PAINTER Artist, not a playwright (7)
Single parent could be an artist (7)
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Gordius DAHLIA Every day reports a bloomer (6)
Children's writer reflecting fine plant (6)
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Gordius STYLE Graver bearing (5)
Manner of one up the pole who's lost it? (5)
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Gordius COLOGNE Odour reported with scent? (7)
Officer's gone off the scent (7)
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Gordius EPICURE Fastidious person finds English painting heartless (7)
Lover of food gets mince pie treatment (7)
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Gordius ERATO Time to amuse, they say (5)
Books are rejected but could be an inspiration (5)
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Gordius RESPECT Anyhow, sceptre commands it (7)
Buzz word of government engineers with no children getting shock treatment (7)
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Gordius MANCHESTER Paperback about awful stench near Salford (10)
Sea seen from Calais disturbed rest here (10)
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24125
Gordius VICTORIASTATION "The Queen!" - toast in fashion in Belgravia (8,7)
Unfashionable tourist vacation — one perhaps may start here? (8,7)
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25644
Gordius SOMERSET Protector of old said to have a name for keener observation? (8)
Most unusual language in this part of the country (8)
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Gordius LITRE Volume illuminated with a little reading (5)
Quantity of drink fired soldier (5)
Partly full, it retains a quantity of liquid (5)
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25998
Gordius AMOK I may be frenzied, but profess to be all right (4)
Morning fine but frenzied (4)
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25528
Gordius DEMOCRATIC Nature of process to come about in drastic loss of socialist leader (10)
Free trade — comic like popular rule (10)
Free trade - comic sort of rule (10)
24345
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22733
Gordius MODE … as is the fashion at organised demo (4)
Manner of Israel's one-time neighbour rising (4)
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23647
Gordius DISREPAIR Neglected state of Paris with dire confusion (9)
Resort to the nether regions and corruption (9)
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Gordius SCANTIES Examine fastenings for underwear (8)
Cast an eye over neckwear and smalls (8)
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22450
Gordius ACLE Fellow released from shackle in Norfolk (4)
Lace-maker in Norfolk (4)
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22802
Gordius ENSUE Letter for a girl to follow (5)
Directions for a girl to follow (5)
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Gordius CUTICLE Thin skin sounds the signal for a light touch (7)
Short moment in cryptic clue for digital feature (7)
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25135
Gordius MANGE Cope without a dermal inflammation (5)
It's seldom man gets infected with an animal ailment (5)
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22028
Gordius SERENGETI Green site building in Tanzania (9)
It's almost cool to catch one east of Lake Victoria (9)
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Gordius EXHUME Dig up one-time philosopher (6)
Dig up old philosopher (6)
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22498
Gordius TOR Mostly wrong as High Willhays (3)
Rocky height of point in Cornwall (3)
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24389
Gordius EARLOBE Noble order whereby may hang a jewel (3,4)
Feature of man with 12 and gong (7)
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23208
Gordius SHRUB Maybe broom to brush off (5)
Bush mad? That's about right! (5)
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Gordius THIN Consider: short and spare (4)
Description of fashion model — just a bit of nothing (4)
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Gordius COMPUTE Reckon to arrive without deposit (7)
Number turn up with Putin (7)
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Gordius HOBART It's sweltering without a watering place down under (6)
Skill shown with cooker down under (6)
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23313
Gordius CASEMENT "Roger", as in building material (8)
Window as in Bond (8)
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Gordius APHRODITE Goddess tied Harpo in knots (9)
Within limits, Paphos tried to recreate a reputed visitor (9)
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23301
Gordius PROPHETIC Drunk hit copper, knowing what would happen later (9)
Drunk hit copper with knowledge of likely outcome (9)
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Gordius INGRID Is she where power is to be found? (6)
She shows where to put your answer (6)
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Gordius TACTIC Manoeuvre of man on course swapping ends (6)
Manoeuvre of man on course in changing sides (6)
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25058
Gordius LITOTES Figure no mature person prevaricates about (7)
… a little of it fills Porkie's figure (7)
Lottie's peculiar figure (7)
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23761
Gordius STIPEND Send a gratuity in regular payment (7)
Pay - mine's about to finish (7)
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22228
Gordius YANGTSE River gets any trash (7)
Any detritus gets thrown into the river (7)
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24279
Gordius WREN Architect seen to be right in new erection (4)
Lawrence lost a shoestring and got the bird (4)
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Gordius LAIC ... brought up in socialism, which is unprofessional (4)
Fringes cut from calico possibly not part of the cloth (4)
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23677
Gordius RACES Breeds found at Ascot (5)
They constitute business, of course (5)
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Gordius STATES Whatever America claims ... (6)
Art collection on board - for America probably (6)
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Gordius ENMESHED Caught setter with that woman in the end (8)
Me and my girl in the finish got engaged (8)
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Gordius NEAT Well dressed beef (4)
Organised stock (4)
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Gordius LEVI Priest entertained by female vicar (4)
The priest is wrong to put the last first (4)
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22278
Gordius TRAGIC Smoke and end result takes a turn for what's dramatic (6)
One of 17 over before time, which is terribly sad (6)
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Gordius CHASUBLE Outer clothing for the masses (8)
Short prince adjusts blue vestment (8)
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Gordius SARK Island with old vessel at the point (4)
Vessel follows direction to island (4)
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24345
Gordius SCAN Examine for cold in hospital (4)
Medical examination fell by a quarter (4)
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23677
Gordius TOOL Contrivance for raising dosh (4)
Play about with a gun? (4)
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Gordius RITE Form of service sounds OK (4)
Correctly reported ceremony (4)
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24450
Gordius SUPINE Bend in backbone with belly up? (6)
Lying with bend in backbone (6)
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Gordius UNIVERSE Holdall? (8)
Everything is misrep-resented in revues (8)
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24552
Gordius DIATRIBE Help backward people and get a mouthful (8)
Ride a bit carelessly and get a wigging (8)
Ride a bit carelessly and get a mouthful (8)
24151
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22997
Gordius NABOB Cheese gives rise to stink and prohibition (5)
Important person died after arrest (5)
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25998
Gordius MARINER Ancient stopper (7)
Seafarer — Eliot's character includes one (7)
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Gordius LANCELOT Knight whose fate hangs on his arm (8)
Weapon much used by a knight (8)
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Gordius EVENTS Macmillan found them 5 across, to say the least (6)
They troubled Macmillan and Steven (6)
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Gordius TINSEL Lent is perhaps silent, but also lets in a show of gaudiness (6)
Loss to Scots of what is showy but of little worth (6)
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Gordius SAGO Pudding - a travel firm gives you one for nothing (4)
24 with no exercise becomes a pudding (4)
Pudding might do as a starter, we're told (4)
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25699
Gordius RECLUSE Regarding difficult clues, one is not inclined to be forthcoming (7)
Engineer cryptic clues one doesn't want to be seen (7)
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Gordius MUTINY Rising by the minute, a women's organisation (6)
Women's movement has little insurrection (6)
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Gordius RUE Plant found by the way in France (3)
Pity it's a plant (3)
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Gordius NEE Female born to endless necessity (3)
Born not altogether of necessity ... (3)
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24474
Gordius OBTUSE Dull and insensitive perhaps, but so English! (6)
To ring telephones for custom is insensitive (6)
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Gordius ORMER Sarkozy's gold sea creature (5)
In the old days insect left a shell (5)
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Gordius IMPASSE Gordius is old hat - there's no getting out of it (7)
Setter is out of date - you can't escape that (7)
Step of 14 into wrecked semi, from which there's no way out (7)
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25441
Gordius IMPROMPTU I'm put out over the concert being unrehearsed (9)
I am ready to turn on the 30 … (9)
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25153
Gordius LARWOOD He brought about a row - old cricketer (7)
Low road taken by body-liner (7)
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Gordius PRINCETON University cost including number and weight (9)
Charles not up to university? (9)
A Windsor not up to university (9)
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23668
Gordius ANTONYM New man carries Old Labour leader or the opposite (7)
Man upset about Blair having contrary term (7)
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Gordius JETSAM American aircraft are first that got ditched (6)
Things not wanted on voyage (6)
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Gordius ODOMETER Norman bishop met the Queen - it shows how far he went (8)
It turned as 'e motored (8)
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Gordius STAPLE Market town for pastel reproduction (6)
Fastener's main element (6)
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Gordius CHAMBERTIN Room can be found for plonk (10)
Kind of pot metal produced in Burgundy (10)
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22939
Gordius TRANCE Canter off in a dream (6)
State where one is sent (6)
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Gordius TIMEBOMB The setter usually goes off before this (4-4)
THE thing that will go off … (4,4)
Throw out rising pong — with doctor it could go off (4,4)
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24664
Gordius ARCHWAY Chief means to effect an entrance (7)
Entrance to church in a right manner (7)
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Gordius MYTH Gosh! The short tall story (4)
Expression of surprise at the short tall story (4)
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24245
Gordius TANGO Dance that makes one pale? (5)
Dance of Wotan, God of The Ring (5)
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25085
Gordius SPEARMINT Miner spat out what he was chewing (9)
Toss of spare coin may provide something to chew (9)
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23474
Gordius HEARSE Soldier left off train gets late transport . . . (6)
Car case for carcase? (6)
23166
22278
Gordius ACTRESS Proverbial episcopal confidential adviser (7)
Casters may be working to find one (7)
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23510
Gordius NUCLEAR One of the classic letters patent for a type of power (7)
Dotty uncle has a right to some kind of family (7)
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22450
Gordius MINED Dug up material from below? (5)
Be careful, they say, it's booby-trapped (5)
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23363
Gordius STERILE Lacking potentialilty of sire, let off (7)
Reptiles, not soft but awkwardly unproductive (7)
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Gordius SETTEE Furniture placed to support (6)
Place support for Chesterfield (6)
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Gordius EMEND What editor does for setter in the finish? (5)
Rusbridger retains people to do this (5)
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Gordius EDUCATOR Master European currency (gold) (8)
Teacher as censor in coarse upbringing (8)
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Gordius UPEND Turn over at Waterloo? (5)
Turn over for all to see hang (5)
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Gordius TOPIC Cancer? There's no right to make it a talking point (5)
Theme of photo picture exhibition (5)
Cancer - perhaps it's not right to talk about it (5)
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22479
Gordius EXTEND Unfold next compilation when editor's out (6)
Stretch for former nurse (6)
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25202
Gordius ARTILLERY 18 is sick in tube (9)
Distributors of magazine items (9)
Offensive weapons causing harm in main thoroughfare (9)
23363
24139
23087
Gordius EUNICE Had Timothy's mother no time for UKIP? (6)
She must favour going into Europe (6)
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22802
Gordius NONCOMPOSMENTIS Unruly son spent coin - Mom went mad (3,6,6)
Components Simon mislaid, lacking responsibility (3,6,6)
19 finds no wrong about covering people in manure (3,6,6)
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24461
Gordius ARSON It's a crime to knock the Vicar's block off (5)
Priest not soft on crime (5)
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26020
Gordius NATTIER Painter who could be smarter (7)
A painter is comparatively smart ... (7)
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Gordius MAIZE Grain finds one in bewilderment (5)
Cereal heard with bewilderment (5)
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Gordius EGLANTINE A wild rose can be elegant in flower (9)
... say, way to invest money for growth (9)
24001
23231
Gordius TIGER What animal classically rules over? (5)
Beast set up rules in ancient Rome (5)
24001
23166
Gordius BEVERIDGE Old reporter reported for drink (9)
Reporter once said to be drunk (9)
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22997
Gordius SPINACH It provides iron for chaps in trouble (7)
Greens an' chips, say (7)
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Gordius RINGER Caller providing a solution (6)
... an impostor (6)
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22588
Gordius MANGER Trough for a heartless administrator (6)
Fritz goes head over heels into the trough (6)
25619
21859
Gordius DEMERARA Retreating with weapons over a long time in Guyana (8)
English marred a part of Guyana (8)
25619
25211
Gordius CONSCRIPTS Tory manifestos for reluctant joiners? (10)
Presses to work for literary agents (10)
25619
24125
Gordius MANOR Property of Roman building (5)
House, which with mouse poses a question (5)
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24036
Gordius USEDCARS Bangers going off scared the Yanks first (4,4)
Old vehicles scared us silly (4,4)
22916
22507
Gordius ALARMED Frightened by hood with a gun (7)
With apprehension of little boys at arm's length (7)
22916
26037
Gordius ORANGE Order for fruit (6)
Point blank Protestant (6)
22916
23564
Gordius AVERAGE Hail with fury is mean (7)
Like 22 may be, but no more than usual (7)
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23918
Gordius IDOLATRY One sample carries exceptional load of sin (8)
One Tory lad stirs up misplaced veneration (8)
22664
21806
Gordius THERMOSTAT The pest keeps the greatest number to a marked degree (10)
It helps me regulate initially the toast production (10)
25908
22939
Gordius RANK Status of old film producer (4)
Foul row (4)
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22717
Gordius ALIASES Travel through water reflecting assumed identities (7)
Various names turn sail into sea (7)
23037
25786
Gordius OPERATION Frank keeps proportion in theatrical performance (9)
Choice about time for work (9)
Proportion in open surgery (9)
23037
25606
24515
Gordius USABLE America finds European corn fit for purpose (6)
Turn black to be fit for service (6)
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23313
Gordius UTTERANCE Statement on cultivation of nature etc (9)
True English can't form speech (9)
26007
22733
Gordius FOREMOST Some retreat into the stronghold — and they are the leaders (8)
A number return into stronghold in the van (8)
26007
24168
Gordius DOGMA Inflexible view of a master of hounds? (5)
Church teaching could make you go mad (5)
Credo is a bitch (5)
26007
25384
23972
Gordius MUTINOUS Can Open University add up without being rebellious? (8)
Revolting classic character can love America (8)
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26061
Gordius SCREW One found in prison though without conviction (5)
First ship with complement that makes it go (5)
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24389
Gordius AVERSIONTHERAPY A form of man in wild party can put you off (8,7)
A 4 - pray the treatment may effect a cure (8,7)
24179
23692
Gordius FRAU Priest with a classy foreign wife (4)
Father to the French and German lady (4)
24179
24562
Gordius GRATEFUL Satisfied with a quantity of fuel (8)
Satisfied when prepared for firing? (8)
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23253
Gordius GATEAU Entry to the French is a piece of cake (6)
… state meal with posh cake (6)
Water pistol first takes the cake (6)
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Gordius STATIC ... still, cats keep it up (6)
It acts badly, lacking motivation (6)
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Gordius TALLTALE High storey heard as not necessarily 15 (4,4)
Everyone in the race gets a drink, which is hard to believe (4,4)
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Gordius HITECH State of the art — an impediment without direction (2-4)
Hang-up about direction of rocket science (2-4)
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Gordius ADAGE Saw, say, a girl upset (5)
Notice antiquity of a proverb (5)
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Gordius TARSI What's astir? Broken bones (5)
Stair exercises pedal parts (5)
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Gordius ESTIMATE Figure I am in property (8)
Guess Gordius is in the end condition (8)
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Gordius SHAMAN Pretend to be an Asian healer (6)
Pretend to be an Asian healer (6)
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Gordius ASTRID She's a good woman, if overfree (6)
She takes a short step (6)
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Gordius REMAINDER Leftover that's left over after marine exercise (9)
One is left without a souvenir (9)
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Gordius BLAIR Politician's loud noise for 6 (5)
Harsh sound of a politician (5)
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Gordius PUPILLAGE Being at school and turning up to plunder (9)
State of student turning up sack (9)
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Gordius NOMINEE Subject of a put-up job? (7)
He's put up, but setter's a long time without rising (7)
Hole in one - possibly secures appointment (7)
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Gordius RELIC Venerable object held by Roman priest (5)
Catholic priest held a holy item (5)
Roman priest kept religious item (5)
Future licensing laws retain an element of the past (5)
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Gordius COTTA It's contrived to act as service dress (5)
Priestly wear for short medieval peasant (5)
Officer models a service dress (5)
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Gordius CACTI They could be prickly about theatre opening (5)
To do in a number of Dalmatians could be prickly (5)
Arctic's not right for their cultivation (5)
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Gordius ROMEO He could be nothing more than a lady-killer (5)
Lover of capital, nothing more (5)
Lover with a capital O (5)
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Gordius CEDILLA One called out for a softener (7)
Mark up everything at the beginning of the month (7)
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Gordius ASSERT State hearing is beyond doubt (6)
Claim right in a property (6)
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Gordius DECEASE A month of rest - it comes to us all (7)
Rest at end of year - or of life (7)
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Gordius TIMBER Row about Dr Wood (6)
Doctor in row over possible deal (6)
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Gordius VINDALOO Plonk keeps old boy up with hot food (8)
Plonk — new load got in is hot stuff (8)
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Gordius CAESAREAN Cut that ensured Macduff's survival (9)
Operation on difficult case - a near disaster (9)
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Gordius FORESIGHT Care taken at gunpoint? (9)
What Blair lacked in reported saga? (9)
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Gordius ACTS Performances before Romans (4)
Book cast out (4)
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Gordius TRUSS Grammarian who makes a bundle (5)
Support structure in Soviet Russia (5)
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Gordius MAGDALENE Angel made unusual appearance for Mary (9)
English student managed somehow to get to college (9)
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Gordius ILIAD Saga reflected in the Mirror and other dailies (5)
1 laid off in 1 (5)
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Gordius GERIATRIC Spice girl takes less than a flash to get past it (9)
Old Halliwell almost has a knack (9)
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Gordius SEMITRANSPARENT It's not quite clear how a Jew almost managed to save Christian writings (15)
Paperback moved with additional books, which is not entirely clear (4-11)
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Gordius SOUP Nourishment available for two small coins (4)
Two small coins in a dish (4)
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Gordius LOSSLEADER L could be a bargain (4,6)
Plate for a retailer's inducement (4,6)
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Gordius BIGOT Major theological work for a fundamentalist? (5)
Sectarian turns 23 with time (5)
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Gordius DISOWN Deny trading is down (6)
Deny one's in this sort of light (6)
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Gordius RUED Regretted having reflected grandeur of lost ancestor (4)
Was sorry for sounding discourteous (4)
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Gordius AMRITSAR A stir army nearly created in India (8)
Girl rejected by emperor in India (8)
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Gordius RAREBIT Arbiter of cooked delicacy (7)
Unusual coin for sust­enance in Wales (7)
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Gordius STOP China's revolution has to cease (4)
Rest period (4)
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Gordius KAOLIN No timber? Then it's back to China clay (6)
Porcelain maker keeps server in the family (6)
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Gordius PRENUP Agreement before the ceremony to smarten oneself (6)
To some extent unprepared, perhaps, for a marital contract (6)
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Gordius EPSILON First letter is open, perhaps letter from abroad (7)
… letter spoiled by one slip (7)
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Gordius MAD Mother turns cross (3)
Disordered, having been created short (3)
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Gordius PENTAGRAM Write up resort shortly as a magic figure (9)
A number in Kent town find parking turns on a magic device (9)
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Gordius ORACLE It's not entirely reliable for a clear response (6)
Mysterious message makes nothing clear (6)
Cryptic advice for a clever solver to extract (6)
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Gordius DISCOURSE Speech to put off by replacing silver with a bit of it (9)
Noisy entertainment sure ruins conversation (9)
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Gordius OSTRICH Chorister performing before the Queen gets the bird (7)
A big model - well-endowed bird (7)
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Gordius BRIEF Sort of case made of fibre (5)
Instructions with strong cheese (5)
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Gordius BAGGAGE Saucy female prone to disappear in "Carousel" (7)
Secure a pledge from a saucy woman (7)
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Gordius CERAMIC Disturbing crime account in China (7)
Ice cream production out east in China (7)
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Gordius GARB Dress to boast about (4)
Dress with no time to refuse (4)
Fashion to crow about (4)
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Gordius ACNE Skin trouble said to be found in London (4)
Current cold wind direction spoils the complexion (4)
Unrestricted use of cane may cause skin inflammation (4)
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Gordius ACHE Teacher's heart complaint? (4)
Discomfort in toiletry container (4)
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Gordius FLAMENCO Dance with lover, a sergeant? (8)
Strong soldier gets crippled in a dance (8)
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Gordius OPIATE Work the Queen leaves for one providing horse, say (6)
Roundhead caught one with narcotic (6)
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Gordius INSPECT Morse, or not - look into it (7)
Examine prisoner initially arrested by bluebottle, say (7)
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Gordius TORNADO Storm caused by rent trouble (7)
Rent difficulty caused a storm (7)
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Gordius VILLAIN House in which is a rogue (7)
House in which is a rogue (7)
Rogue does his dirty work in vain (7)
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Gordius ERROR Education starts with nothing dividing the basics, which is wrong (5)
It's a mistake to lose head in fright (5)
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Gordius OBSERVANT Watching old boy insert vehicle (9)
. . . while late employee is on watch (9)
Likely to notice a departed retainer? (9)
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Gordius SPHERICAL Odds on Charlie after operation coming round? (9)
Car helps one to get round (9)
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Gordius APPETITE Craving a soft little foreign female ... (8)
Primate retains little desire for nourishment (8)
In a primate there's little lust (8)
A soft little craving (8)
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Gordius ISOLATED One being thus delayed, departs alone (8)
New idea lost as disconnected (8)
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Gordius INCOME Economic blunder - company lost receipts (6)
What infirm setter has to live on? (6)
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Gordius SPREAD Stretch various drapes (6)
Get one out of despair, perhaps with a good meal (6)
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Gordius MUSSOLINI Leader with strength of voice in Italy (9)
Strength said to be found in one old dictator (9)
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Gordius TWO Company that backs anything (3)
Company where anything goes up (3)
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Gordius MUSE Think about the Guardian setter (4)
Contemplate taking the mickey - there's nothing to lose (4)
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Gordius DEBRIS Fragments of bride's train (6)
Bride's shattering conclusion? (6)
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Gordius EMPHASIS Stress breaking up ship; mate's lost heart (8)
Hemp derivative, as is used for stress (8)
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Gordius SERAGLIO Logis are inappropriate accommodation for concubines (8)
Al Gore is unlikely to keep concubines (8)
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Gordius GROMWELL Flower is good for head of commonwealth leader (8)
Bloomer makes Roundhead lose head for good (8)
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Gordius ABYSMAL Some baby, small enough to be bottomless (7)
Infant (tiny) drops back a pound, which is dreadful (7)
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Gordius HEREWARD Old resistance fighter given prize by governor (8)
He got profit from opposing 9 immigration (8)
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Gordius EASTER Diner consumes Sunday feast (6)
The feast is almost oriental (6)
English flower festival (6)
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Gordius LITHARGE A lighter version of lead compound (8)
Inflamed with hot rage brought about by reaction to heavy metal (8)
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Gordius RUBY Wax is a heartless game (4)
Stone's no good in ball game (4)
Stone that killed Oswald (4)
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Gordius POTASH Volunteers in smart compound (6)
Remains of the joint? (6)
Footballer's wife without reserve could be caustic (6)
Chemical can be made up at shop, ... (6)
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Gordius CLEFT Split of Tory and Socialist (5)
Many deserted following schism (5)
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Gordius AMOUR Love - a queer turn about nothing (5)
Love morning with the Guardian's appearance (5)
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Gordius TRENDY To be up-to-date means to go without conclusion (6)
Go without an object - it's in fashion (6)
Die in attempt to get with it (6)
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Gordius AGENDA Programme of concern for the elderly and infirm (6)
List of items to finish in the oven (6)
Programme for article on oral sex (6)
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Gordius HEAR Listen to endless organ (4)
The guy has a right to try (4)
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Gordius SABOTAGE Destructive act to a box office in theatre (8)
Get wise about damaged boat's possible cause (8)
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Gordius EGOTRIP Matured back to front to give one a lift (3,4)
English lose balance after attempt to boost self-esteem (3,4)
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Gordius EAGLE American symbol reflecting composer, almost English (5)
Dog fails to start, being below par (5)
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Gordius ACRE 100 are about enough space for several houses (4)
Extent of territory occupied by Crusaders? (4)
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Gordius EDDY Lad in a whirl (4)
Bear loses head in a whirl (4)
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Gordius SATE Glut finds composer one short (4)
Glut of fancy teas (4)
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Gordius EYESIGHT Faculty of approval in boat race crew? (8)
Military order (excluding front rank) that makes sense (8)
Sense sign of agreement in the crew (8)
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Gordius IDEA Thought some should be paid each month (4)
It's thought to be less than perfect (4)
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Gordius APATHY A way to unknown lack of care (6)
State of being for ever out of the way of passion? (6)
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Gordius PSEUDO Pretender takes up work without charges (6)
Additional information given to Strasbourg party is false (6)
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Gordius AMPERE Physicist had been a member before (6)
French scientist refutes virgin birth (6)
A politician before, Andre's currently a physicist (6)
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Gordius TAINT Contamination isn't common (5)
Blemish denied by Londoner (5)
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Gordius AVID Zealous saint beheaded (4)
Eager to top Welsh patron (4)
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Gordius ANON Article contains no lack of identification (4)
A name on this? Not likely! (4)
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Gordius SOUNDTRACK Accompaniment 6 need to minimise half of 14 (10)
Effects lacking on our railways (10)
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Gordius UNIT One in poor health, not strong (4)
One could be ill lacking heart (4)
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Gordius DRAW Attraction of the lottery (4)
Dunkirk began fightback from a no-win situation (4)
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Gordius INSTAL Put in office to replace Stalin? (6)
Last in managed to settle (6)
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Gordius UNDIES Is nude the new knickers? (6)
Nude is condition without them (6)
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Gordius TEN Number over 15 (3)
Number held in illegal detention (3)
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Gordius NEEDLES Boy born and died before getting jabs (7)
Directions to Leeds, perhaps with 13s (7)
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Gordius ELDERLY See about the German student getting on (7)
See about student turning colour when getting on (7)
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Gordius HAYMARKET Key art ham displayed in theatre (9)
Theatre - or second-hand book fair? (9)
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Gordius HAGUE ... for Tory old woman rejecting Europe (5)
Politician gets hot with fever (5)
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Gordius DETAIL Item: the devil's in it (6)
Item: what to do about blind mice? (6)
Item: "Three volunteers - you, you and you!" (6)
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Gordius IDEAL It's best to stride along if weak (5)
One vintage port that's perfect (5)
The single pine for perfection (5)
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Gordius TEMPLE Pattern, a model apart, for an archbishop (6)
Edifice of English bishop (6)
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Gordius PENSIONER One ripens in order to qualify (9)
Late worker? (9)
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Gordius MAINE State without a pit (5)
Chief eastern state (5)
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Gordius EROTICA Endless creation, perhaps, of porn (7)
Porn appears for the first time in Beethoven's work (7)
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Gordius DIVEST Where to look for a model to strip? (6)
Wealthy type gets model to strip (6)
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Gordius UNDERGO Dicky urged on to suffer (7)
Endure cultivation of English ground (7)
Suffer from insufficient energy (7)
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Gordius THEREIN The restraint, which it contains … (7)
... in which is the means of control (7)
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Gordius PLASTICSURGEON With credit card escalation happening, one can afford a facelift (7,7)
Perhaps credit cards are a strong temptation, but one might save face (7,7)
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Gordius BALANCE Scale of what 20 may hold (7)
Scale of clean break by fliers … (7)
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Gordius IMAGE Periodical that's about presenting an idol (5)
Setter is 80, as the mirror shows (5)
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Gordius RIGHT Correct outfit, sexy but heartless … (5)
Correct ceremonial voice (5)
Tory entitlement? (5)
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Gordius GAMETAL Delayed periodical rejection of a reproductive cell (7)
Chess, say, with a champion like an egg cell (7)
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Gordius ENTRAILS Network Rail's inner workings? (8)
23 despatched by train, start to finish (8)
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Gordius EASE Grades said to be attainable with no difficulty (4)
Brainteaser to some extent without difficulty (4)
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Gordius BALUSTRADE American trade balance before getting protection from falling (10)
Protection from fall of American commerce after party backing (10)
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Gordius CALIBAN Monstrous character holding a party in jail (7)
State embargo over one monstrous type (7)
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Gordius ONION Vegetable for one caught up in forbidding situation (5)
Vegetable rejected by one in repeated refusal (5)
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Gordius EXTRICATE Trace exit - unusual way to get out (9)
Free tax cert? That is wrong (9)
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Gordius REIGN Rule of restraint without force (5)
Rule where to abdicate is pointless (5)
Rule about unknown (5)
Rule: to abdicate lacks point (5)
Rule to ignore, bent - nothing's lost (5)
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Gordius NONET Set of nine or ten on reflection (5)
Saw retreating group (5)
One in books group (5)
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Gordius POSITION Attitude is shown up in draught (8)
Awkward stoop in one's attitude (8)
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Gordius SMOOTHLY Throw over discussion, keeping student at ease (8)
Most holy order works without difficulty (8)
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Gordius SPAM Plans for rejection of unsolicited mail (4)
Bath, say, many download from the net (4)
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Gordius TRAMP Base woman begins tortuous climb (5)
Car parking for one without wheels (5)
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Gordius ANTRIM Worker on the border in Ireland (6)
Martin served in Ulster (6)
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Gordius BEAMENDS Live with reforms, on which one finds tribulation ... (4-4)
People wearing necklace, whereon they are distressed (4,4)
Last resort on reaching which former airline improves (4,4)
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Gordius PSEUDONYM Gordius could be put up as my name for wages in work (9)
Afterthought proper to turn up on my return, having assumed title (9)
''Gordius'' as maybe used on my first puzzle (9)
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Gordius INHALER Trendy, healthier kind of smoker? (7)
It might help a serious smoker (7)
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Gordius EVEN Time that's endless, never over (4)
Function curtailed at nightfall (4)
Six is a point off seven (4)
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Gordius MAGISTRATE Wise men giving voice directly to the beak (10)
Beak spoils tart's image (10)
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Gordius RAISE Demolish, they say, or the reverse (5)
Breed little sunbeams, as they say (5)
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Gordius ALTIMETER About time to change aircraft accessory (9)
About time to modify item in air display (9)
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Gordius AIRLINE Transport provider replaces rail in Spain (7)
Other transport used in Spain after rail disaster (7)
... Cockney type of crack feared by BA, possibly (7)
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Gordius SUBEDIT What some journalists do to set plot in action (7)
Help paper to bed in formal cover (7)
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Gordius ASPIRIN Hopin' for relief when achin' (7)
Endlessly yearning for pain relief (7)
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Gordius EARTH Shortage when Germany lost ground (5)
It's in the garden, near the house (5)
Disciples said to be 2 of it? (5)
Broken heart standing by an open grave (5)
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Gordius ABBA Father participates in Hebrew Sabbath observance (4)
Biblical father of pop (4)
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Gordius MOTOR Requirement for old vehicle or driver (5)
Test or the object thereof (5)
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Gordius AUTOPSY Operation that finds you past recovery (7)
Gold grower for PM? (7)
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Gordius EPIC Beowulf, say, needs putting in the picture (4)
Unusually abridged piece of literature (4)
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Gordius PLATYPUS Tom starts in sport with Manx cat, an unusual creature (8)
Creature seen in playtime to drink up (8)
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Gordius AMPUTATE A partner out of place is cut off (8)
Cut off a partner who's out of place (8)
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Gordius ORLOP Squaddies cut the deck (5)
Poor student transported on the lower deck (5)
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Gordius DAMOSEL Some confusion in boy turning up as girl (7)
Girl to notice up German river (7)
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Gordius SHERIFF Officer of the crown, if seen in fresh rig (7)
He follows the trail of the lawless, if fresh (7)
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Gordius COPE She combines with it to be poetic (4)
Contend with ecclesiastical cover (4)
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Gordius CAMELOT Rafflers arrived with something to draw (7)
Beast of burden returning to a legendary settlement (7)
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Gordius HASTE Rush without starting to be modest (5)
Scramble as the change appears (5)
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Gordius FIEND Ally has no right to be an evil one (5)
Close acquaintance not right with the devil (5)
Pal drops Roger for Nick (5)
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Gordius ARENA Back to a time where it all happens (5)
… where it all happens over a long period (5)
A near disaster in the Colosseum? (5)
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Gordius THEOREM It's more the difficult matter to be proved (7)
Article with more unusual proposition (7)
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Gordius TRESPASS It's wrong to use clairvoyance in interpreting stars (8)
Lock spring breaks giving uninvited access (8)
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Gordius NAIROBI Posh type, one keeping affected manner in foreign capital (7)
Scot turns up with tailless bird in Africa (7)
Take note about an African capital losing head and one another (7)
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Gordius RACONTEUR One's relations can be tedious (9)
Centaur, or sort with 20 (9)
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Gordius OFFA Dyke's man gets verbal proposition (4)
Old king of note (4)
Old king of the soccer world (4)
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Gordius BANDOLERO Senor of the road as well as in the dance (9)
Robber took boodle and ran off (9)
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Gordius NEMESIS Threat of this makes sin seem dodgy (7)
Fate of cracked Meissen? (7)
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Gordius STAINER Composer who made his mark (7)
Composer made his mark (7)
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Gordius TREADMILL Starting to study a philosopher can be a drudge (9)
Dream working in the checkout, a boring task (9)
Start to study a philosopher? It's a drudge (9)
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Gordius OILED Before getting this, bearings start to be heated (5)
Rejected overture, if not drunk (5)
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Gordius MODIFY Setter's dog caught up by tinker (6)
Bringing up a setter, perhaps, setter's about to change (6)
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Gordius ELLA She does a turn for orchestra lacking leader (4)
Friction with this girl could be rash (4)
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Gordius SING Confess what's bad? Good! (4)
Confess and get jail reduced by half (4)
Confess what 8 can do (4)
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Gordius RICOTTA Girl got out of bed for cheese (7)
Girl getting out of bed for cheese (7)
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Gordius ALIMENT Food to entail many in preparation (7)
Food for worker, fruit included (7)
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Gordius ROTATED Turned last of 15 round gallery (7)
Staff guarding art collection took turns (7)
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Gordius ANTIPASTO Starter in opposition to old 22 down (9)
Against old flame for starters? (9)
Appetiser hostile to old flame? (9)
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Gordius DINER About one, tear over to a greasy spoon (5)
Tear up about one to lunch 12 (5)
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Gordius NITRATE Compound reportedly given for working unsociable hours (7)
Compound frequency of head infection? (7)
Chemical affecting the incidence of lice? (7)
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Gordius ADDRESS Sermon where one regularly sleeps? (7)
Direct speech (7)
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Gordius NUNNERY Sprinter fails to start in state religious establishment (7)
Religious establishment gets English lines from stage director (7)
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Gordius RASTA Emperor worshipping a star, back to front (5)
Does he believe an emperor will return? (5)
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Gordius DECAMPS At the beginning of winter current goes off (7)
Steals away from French settlements (7)
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Gordius ACADEMY Schoolgirl captures rebel (7)
Currently a scholar at Magdalen, or other place of learning (7)
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Gordius YARDARM Met weapon used on board? (7)
The law's reach extending to maritime equipment (7)
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Gordius ALERT Trelawney's somewhat taken aback by warning (5)
With drink it's right to be taking notice (5)
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Gordius PILOT Guide one in area of land (5)
In bed one may use a joystick (5)
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Gordius ODOUR Love grim savour (5)
Hum of old bishop at older city (5)
It may be high, but it's nothing grim (5)
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Gordius KNOTTY Like Gordius, who once kept wicket for England? (6)
Kent keeper and Yorkshire opener, like my problem (6)
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Gordius STEROID Heavenly body without a banned substance (7)
Body builder gets one sorted out (7)
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Gordius PINTADO Trouble after a beer gets to the bird (7)
Bird has drink trouble (7)
Bird causes a measure of trouble (7)
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Gordius ASTERISK Printed sign of hazard with broken seat (8)
Flower is grand, as seen on the keyboard (8)
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Gordius TOBAGO Shooting failure in the Caribbean? (6)
Smoke volume cut out by force in the island (6)
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Gordius EMPIRE Politician in Ireland, once British (6)
Politician in republic no longer a British possession (6)
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Gordius OPAL Type of ring to give a friend? (4)
See description ending in stone (4)
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Gordius TIPSTER One takes payment for advice, of course (7)
Model priest - false prophet, of course (7)
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Gordius STAGNATION Not against change, but this won't bring it about (10)
All-male race makes for a lack of progress (10)
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Gordius ACCLAIM Current demand for applause (7)
A small volume of redirected mail gets hearty reception (7)
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Gordius ROOFTOP High point frequently in inferior backing (7)
Put duck back in pot, for it's on the house (4-3)
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Gordius BEDLAM Retired doctor introducing new deal to asylum (6)
Where to be with serious stroke - but getting no peace and quiet (6)
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Gordius NATCH Brown turns up at church of course (5)
The rump, of course (5)
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Gordius DEFACTO Two-faced without deception, actually (2,5)
Fed up with drama — there's nothing to it, actually (2,5)
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Gordius RODIN Sculptor takes perch home (5)
Sculptor given eroding material removed edges (5)
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Gordius ROAST Joint feature of Zoroastrian ritual? (5)
Cook of a sort (5)
Cook, as in trash (5)
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Gordius ITEM Shakespeare's second best bed for a couple? (4)
Came across single turning into a pair (4)
Article on computer science needs space … (4)
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Gordius INTENSE With mixed tennis a little bit of emotion can become strained (7)
Concentrated on how numbers are recorded on earth (7)
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Gordius TASHKENT Hats off to county and central Asian city (8)
Asian city that's mad about English mayor (8)
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Gordius TALENTED … thanks to fast party leader with ability (8)
Clever date arranged over the fast (8)
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Gordius DRESSDOWN Rate to appear without a wedding garment? (5,4)
What guest without wedding garment does to get rebuke? (5,4)
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Gordius VICTIM One suffers with two lads (6)
Two lads find someone to bully (6)
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Gordius ANGRY Any king is bound to be cross (5)
A useless transport system going spare (5)
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Gordius DRYADS No drinks plugs for wood spirits (6)
Uninteresting puffs that are found in the woods (6)
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Gordius CHELSEA The young Clinton could be a pensioner (7)
Church, otherwise a football club (7)
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Gordius STERNE Austere English novelist (6)
Writer enters compos­ition (6)
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Gordius ERA The "old days" are over (3)
Age of girl not five (3)
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Gordius FRANC Money talks with candour (5)
Blunt speech in old currency (5)
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Gordius THETA The thanks given in a letter from Athens (5)
Volunteers' angular symbol? (5)
Overseas letter from the volunteer force? (5)
Letter from the reserve (5)
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Gordius EATEN Dined in college, it's said (5)
It's taken in at school, we hear (5)
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Gordius MEAGRE Some think time a great healer - but it doesn't amount to much (6)
Many a bore is barren (6)
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Gordius BIER Drink said to give bodily support (4)
It can hold one who's dead drunk, they say (4)
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Gordius OFTTIMES Frequently take papers on round (3-5)
Frequently a couple of papers are taken on a round (8)
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Gordius CHAMPERTY Bubbly unfinished before getting extremely tipsy, which is illegal (9)
Title holder burst tyre, which is illegal (9)
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Gordius IOLANTHE Articles on oil rig presented on stage (8)
Theologian no go at operatic work (8)
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Gordius TRAMLINES They may be laid by railmen working in backstreet ... (9)
Court divisions (9)
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Gordius SILENT Dumb as the majority are reported to be? (6)
Like William, is in retreat and advanced (6)
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Gordius STANDPOINT Position of weasel, first to last? (10)
Rise to a fielder's position (10)
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Gordius ETHELRED The elder displayed another millennium disaster (8)
Girl showing embarrassment at being unready? (8)
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Gordius BEER 6 in Devon (4)
Beverage said to give bodily support (4)
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Gordius EDOM Old tribe reflected fashion (4)
Old tribe in reflective manner (4)
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Gordius RAISIN Fruit of glorifying without Tips? (6)
Fruit may be elevating, though not entirely (6)
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Gordius EARLYSETTLEMENT Preference of traders in Avebury, say? (5,10)
Old village tradesman's preference? (5,10)
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Gordius OMEGA Last appearance in a home game ... (5)
Character of one's years a short time back (5)
Letter conveying resistance to current pressures (5)
Greek Resistance symbol (5)
Letter gives a sign of resistance (5)
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Gordius LINOTYPE Pity lone composer no longer fashionable (8)
Mergenthaler's kind of floor covering? (8)
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Gordius EFFENDI Rude word to finish one's respectful address (7)
Offensive term has to stop before one address to dignitary (7)
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Gordius ECTOPLASM Nebulous aura - but can it be caught to sample? (9)
Place most able to produce psychic phenomenon (9)
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Gordius INTREPID Brave Pinter struggled with lower nature (8)
Brave one died after Pinter play (8)
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Gordius EASYTERMS Never, never, never fall for such a euphemism! (4,5)
Twice first of twenty (4,5)
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Gordius HATED Unwelcome form of death (5)
Journalist takes cover before becoming unpopular (5)
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Gordius EUCLID Signal to raise hat to old mathematician (6)
Space explorer that I clued badly (6)
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Gordius CORELLI Composer turned sick at heart (7)
Musician turns sick at heart (7)
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Gordius PENCHANT Inclination to give a swan song? (8)
Inclination of song writer to begin (8)
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Gordius TRAGEDIAN Writer who is poor at reading (9)
A danger it constituted for one on stage (9)
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Gordius SULTANA Fruit and nut, alas mixed (7)
Nut, alas not exactly fruit (7)
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Gordius TOPSECRET Keep it under your hat! (3,6)
S is very hush-hush (3,6)
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Gordius ARCHETYPE Jaguar follows supreme original model (9)
The chief has Jag - early model (9)
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Gordius ENDOW Present design of endless wonder (5)
Present letter to Jones (5)
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Gordius TUTSI Expression of mild disapproval is rejected by African people (5)
Race gets time to suit, perhaps (5)
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Gordius ELOPEMENT A bolt, perhaps in metalwork (9)
A bolt, perhaps in ironwork (9)
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Gordius INDIA Vast territory summarised in main diagonal (5)
Territory some 1,500 miles in diameter (5)
Eastern country returns help to Ulster (5)
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Gordius TROT It's wrong to put up with a left-winger (4)
16 down proponent with wrong standing (4)
Follower of Bronstein - at a jog? (4)
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Gordius ESSEN Where Poles are said to be in Germany (5)
Where to eat in Germany? (5)
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Gordius ARROGATE Unduly claim town lacks leadership (8)
In Yorkshire, Londoners make undue claim (8)
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Gordius CANON Continue to preserve an ecclesiastic (5)
One of the 19 can get on in the hierarchy (5)
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Gordius BIRDCAGE Where there's little escape from current ebbing through broken bridge (8)
A walk from prison to prison (8)
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Gordius FOEMAN Name of retreating enemy (6)
Gaffer lost Roger — against 15? (6)
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25474
Gordius ASKEW Crooked, like a botanical garden (5)
Crooked like a botanical garden (5)
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Gordius LEARNT Heard about twisted antler (6)
Discovered rental scam (6)
With books old king became informed (6)
Found out about service channel (6)
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Gordius CLAD Cold youngster has to be dressed (4)
Dressed for about the time of Nero? (4)
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Gordius HOOF Support for part of 2 on which governmental policies are made? (4)
Stock support (4)
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Gordius ADAGIO Soldier in love with a girl is slow (6)
Soldier makes love with a girl in a leisurely way (6)
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Gordius CALLIOPE Muse on everything one has to manage without (8)
Inspiration for poetry and everything one can manage without (8)
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Gordius IRON Press club (4)
Press club (4)
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Gordius ASIDES Private words, as over a party (6)
Examples of indirect speech when about 11 (6)
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Gordius OPHIDIAN Snake concealed by boy at work (8)
For operation under cover one needs an insidious type (8)
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Gordius SCHERZO Movement, namely her getting back down under (7)
A little learning with zero activity or movement (7)
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Gordius SCAVENGE Rummage in the bin, namely, to get one's own back (8)
Look in the bin, to wit, to get one's own back (8)
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Gordius RARE Soldiers are by no means common (4)
Poison without copper is not much done (4)
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Gordius DOLCE To find Conservative leader in benefit would be sweet (5)
It's sweet to find many in benefit (5)
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Gordius VISITOR Take a chair after six or one may not stay (7)
New arrival is "in vitro", perhaps (7)
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Gordius UKRAINE Britain's downfall spoken of round Lvov (7)
Weather in 17 before it changed going to eastern country (7)
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Gordius MYRIAD Thousands carry about some Cadbury's Dairy Milk (6)
Many a dairymaid turns for lack of help (6)
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Gordius GRENADE Danger point when it explodes (7)
Back a little work involving Hamlet, when cast goes off (7)
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Gordius OBSCENE Died at the spot, which is disgusting (7)
Disgusting, like the ending of Hamlet? (7)
Disgusting bones scattered round the church (7)
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22527
Gordius MAESTEG West gets around in Wales (7)
Arrives back to West Welsh town (7)
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Gordius OPTIC Old Egyptian believer loses head and eye (5)
Christian sect drops head for dishing out the hard stuff (5)
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25013
Gordius TRANSCRIBE … RBS certain to produce a copy (10)
Managed science in race to copy (10)
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Gordius MASONRY Virgin and child in stone (7)
Virgin clasped child in brotherhood (7)
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Gordius COCOA Officers take a drink (5)
Officers take a drink (5)
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Gordius PASSENGER No driver may proceed on change to green (9)
One is apt to be driven (9)
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Gordius SHUN Avoid military command (4)
Military order to avoid? (4)
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Gordius ESCHER Artist's pictures cherished for surreal content (6)
Cheers for an artist of deception (6)
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Gordius GYNAECOLOGICAL Once gay, perhaps with reason to do with women (14)
Once gay characters reform, there's reasonable treatment for women (14)
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22228
Gordius INTERESTEDPARTY Tories with savings accounts? (10,5)
One not apathetic enough to vote? (10,5)
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Gordius SITE It's said to spot the spot (4)
Plot said to make sense (4)
Where to build? It must be in the Home Counties (4)
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25944
Gordius DEMUR It's almost modest to hesitate (5)
Hesitate to promote queer journalist (5)
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22527
Gordius ANDROMACHE Hector's wife had Cameron shattered (10)
Exciting romance had led Hector to the altar (10)
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Gordius SMITTEN Wounded boy turns in his gun (7)
Lovesick suitor's first dismissal (7)
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23889
Gordius STUPOR Condition induced by Proust novel? (6)
Lethargy sets back squaddies (6)
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25741
Gordius AIDANCE Support with a brilliant ball (7)
Help given to church by a saint (7)
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Gordius ESOTERIC Secret process to store ice (8)
Description of strange coteries? (8)
Like coteries, perhaps? (8)
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Gordius ESTHER There's another biblical character (6)
There's trouble in a book (6)
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Gordius LAGERLOUT One may get drunk on ale glut or otherwise (5,4)
One to get all our members irritated? (5,4)
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Gordius ELISHA Priest has turned prophet (6)
Sauce not right with a prophet (6)
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Gordius IBIDEM Setter's about to stay in the same place (6)
I stay at Maidenhead, in the same place (6)
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Gordius AMANUENSIS Chap employed in producing an issue? (10)
A fellow with various uses in serving a dictator (10)
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Gordius ATHENS Capital required because the name is included (6)
City set in layers after a time (6)
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Gordius TALE Past 11 loses head for a relation (4)
Champion on board with English relation (4)
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Gordius TSUNAMI Wave fashionable in Matins service (7)
Fellow got up in crumpled suit can be devastating (7)
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Gordius TAIGA Sound of cat in Russian forest (5)
Animal heard in Russian forest (5)
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Gordius OATMEAL Meat loaf mainly made acceptable for vegetarians (7)
It's this or nothing at breakfast, say (7)
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Gordius CHOLERA Illness caused by gap in rising curve (7)
Illness comes around holiday time (7)
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Gordius ASKANCE Question an Anglican with suspicion (7)
Obliquely request an Anglican (7)
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Gordius LARCENY Nearly caught involved in crime (7)
Nearly broke, but pinching a cent is an offence (7)
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Gordius STRATEGIC Cunningly planned distribution of cigarettes (not English) (9)
Like a planned operation, so captures wrong target (9)
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Gordius STRIKER A batsman is out (7)
One may be in or out (7)
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Gordius ICENI Lack of warmth with Ulster tribe of old (5)
Nice one for revolting tribe (5)
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24011
Gordius ORDEAL Trial by fire, say, or wood (6)
Trial of precious metal trade (6)
Loader when working finds it a great trial (6)
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Gordius CHEAP Many a pile for sale at a discount (5)
See 27
He wears a hat, which is reasonable (5)
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Gordius ENCORE Before soldiers performed once again (6)
One bombardier gets in before another (6)
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Gordius AIDER For assistance get a criminal for want of a better, as they say (5)
Girl calling for someone to help (5)
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Gordius ACEDIA Sloth of one rejecting help (6)
Lack of enthusiasm over the church backing opera (6)
Listlessness can make one reject help (6)
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Gordius IDLE False god not heard to be working (4)
Paid less — lacking pass, not working (4)
Object of worship said to be immobile (4)
Some are paid less for not working (4)
Lacking pass, paid less while not working (4)
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Gordius BANGALORE Curse abundantly in India (9)
Found in 8 after prohibition in India (9)
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Gordius EMIRATE Musical score in Abu Dhabi? (7)
Record firm price for Arab territory (7)
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Gordius GENETICS Scientific study gets nice muddle (8)
Concern with development of eg insect (8)
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Gordius PEPPERONI Sausage Evita got in burst pipe (9)
Go to Evita with one sausage (9)
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Gordius RHEOSTAT Variable resistance that rose with regulation (8)
Current regulator finds hearts to break (8)
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25013
Gordius DORSA Backs article by Diana (5)
Backs along unmade roads (5)
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Gordius TROTSKY Revolutionary American state with urgent need of 21 (7)
Revolutionary employed to run TV company (7)
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Gordius HIATUS Perhaps one shut a gap? (6)
Break impact with article in the Guardian (6)
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Gordius ENEMA Backwash? (5)
Opponent fails to finish — a washout (5)
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Gordius IMPERIAL August sees mail order bearing ripe fruit (8)
Risk over American leader showing the nature of his ambition? (8)
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Gordius EMAIL Zola doesn't end without a message (5)
Disabled without one, turn to a modern mode of communication (1-4)
Message from half-hearted heroine to the European (5)
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22939
Gordius DESPOT Tyrant executes journalist, having been sent up (6)
Tyrant drank up swallowing last glass (6)
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23647
Gordius TAG Refrain from raising weapon (3)
Refrain from turning a weapon (3)
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Gordius ICING Opposite of noticing what's on confection? (5)
… it's sweet to hear one give voice (5)
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Gordius LATTERDAY In recent times rattled off for ever (6-3)
Modern type of saint was once a presidential candidate (6-3)
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Gordius ANCHORET Religious worker holds arduous job (8)
Miscreant surrounds house of hermit (8)
Task covered by worker, a loner (8)
Solitary worker holds menial job (8)
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Gordius RUNIC Like ancient characters, old police cover Ulster? (5)
Mystic form of 11 (5)
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Gordius ONESELF The ego feels no injury (7)
Feature appearing in the Mirror (7)
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Gordius NUMERATE Having the knowledge to tell? (8)
Like an adder, true name changed (8)
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Gordius DILATORY Slow in raising one's hat to a politician (8)
Lift the lid on a politician for not getting things done (8)
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Gordius GNUS Quadrupeds reported in 12 (4)
Animals chanted about? (4)
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Gordius NERVES Number's up - Roger's gripped with apprehension (6)
Bipolar disorder ever included with apprehension (6)
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Gordius ETERNAL Enter failure against article by student out of time (7)
English learnt to translate, but not in time (7)
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Gordius DECIBEL Sound measure of tenth Babylonian deity? (7)
Last month starts with ringer short of volume (7)
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24304
Gordius MALTHUSIAN Animal shut out for attempting to control procreation (10)
"Human tails" - distorted theory of population growth (10)
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23543
Gordius KIDNAP Grab genetic material - sleep around (6)
Ink-pad designed for press (6)
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25935
Gordius LANCE Weapon whose abandonment may bring promotion (5)
Weapon carried by a knight, but not a lot (5)
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Gordius TREATY Take sustenance in attempt to come to agreement (6)
Agreement to deal with youth leader (6)
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Gordius BASS Fish may be bottled 6 (4)
Drink for a singer ... (4)
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Gordius CHANGE The church shows much exasperation at any mention of it (6)
Progress may be pending in church (6)
Church about to depend on something it hates? (6)
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25187
Gordius BOOTY Spoils of war unknown to Wellington? (5)
BT swapped wooden spoon for other prize (5)
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22952
Gordius PROEM Verse about right for an introduction (5)
Prelude to concert touring Europe (5)
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Gordius GLINKA Composer walking about topless (6)
A composer with connection in the state (6)
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Gordius DEADLYSIN Send daily hash, which is very wrong (6,3)
Wickedness ends daily activity (6,3)
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Gordius MYSORE First person's love rejected in India (6)
In India it makes me itch (6)
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Gordius MIST It's said to be unseen through this (4)
Reportedly failed to see in the fog (4)
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Gordius RETREAT Retirement is to be in Martinique, surrounded by desert (7)
Withdraw on account of a celebration (7)
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Gordius ARDOUR How a Londoner is said to work with this? (6)
How a Cockney says he works with this (6)
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22664
Gordius ARKWRIGHT 18th century spin doctor? (9)
Noah, a master of spin (9)
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23630
Gordius SPEEDWELL Spooner's curse on unwanted growth of a flower? (9)
Veronica is OK after drug use (9)
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Gordius SCEPTICAL This type finds it hard to swallow anything not solid (9)
Cecil's apt to become suspicious (9)
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Gordius INION Head back to view lost work (5)
View to drop work at the back of the 18 (5)
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Gordius REALM Practicality is lacking in this land (5)
The country needs a lot of sheets — about 50 (5)
Domain partial to a football team? (5)
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23779
Gordius REBUT Potato lifting, except King Edward (5)
Force back brute after a fashion (5)
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Gordius APRONSTAGE Scene for kitchen sink drama? (5,5)
Kinky model in parsonage providing a show up front (5,5)
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Gordius AVARICE 1,000 taken from vicarage? That could be a sin (7)
Deadly sin of a soldier caught up in depravity (7)
A right in a wrong is still a wrong (7)
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24474
Gordius DOPE Perform athletic activities? The fool! (4)
Be a gymnast and take drugs (4)
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24461
Gordius DRACHMA Play about church once in circulation (7)
14's money once grabbed by landlord - Rachman, for example (7)
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22527
Gordius CHAIRMAN Marching endlessly with a mad company officer (8)
Sky pilot from church, who presides (8)
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24125
Gordius SIGMA Writer reflected over first Greek letter (5)
Disgrace with loss of model character (5)
A classic car is back, of classic character (5)
What it all adds up to in Greek? (5)
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26168
Gordius STRADDLE Fiddle somehow led to stand with legs apart (8)
Great fiddle led Dicky to sit with legs apart (8)
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23009
Gordius PUSHTU "Shut up", as voiced in Afghanistan (6)
Afghan ordered to shut up (6)
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23021
Gordius HERD One denied having been told about cattle? (4)
Detected noise of cattle (4)
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25187
Gordius SKINFLINT Mean injunction after non-U plenitude of drink (9)
Scrooge is broke without a couple of bob, or less (9)
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22210
Gordius GOODNESS Does song show elements of commendable quality? (8)
Exclamation of virtue? (8)
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Gordius SINGLET Garment sported by model without attachment (7)
One-time underwear (7)
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Gordius MISER Stingy character of motorway service having lost its grip (5)
No time for Mister Scrooge (5)
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Gordius ELATE Marriage guidance can't begin to raise one's spirit... (5)
Yarn about the Euro to raise the spirits (5)
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22634
Gordius ELGIN Nigel wrongly obtained items from 6 (5)
Nigel playing with marbles? (5)
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Gordius ESAU Descendant of Abraham returned without a purpose (4)
Character featured in scripture before Saul... (4)
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Gordius LOOSE Battle leads English to freedom (5)
Licentious spectacles in college (5)
Free to give quarter after battle (5)
Free spectacles available in college (5)
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22802
Gordius EVENS Chance of getting results, lacking time? (5)
If the last were to be first, it wouldn't be one of them (5)
Odds may be, oddly (5)
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23591
Gordius ALBUM Photograph collection nearly all posterior (5)
A coin found by idler becomes a collector's item (5)
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23124
Gordius SILENCE A voice can shatter it (7)
Unsound property? (7)
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22728
Gordius SACKBUT Brass sound of a wine cask (7)
Instrument used only under fire (7)
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Gordius FAGEND No more smoke? (3,3)
What's left in remains of a gender issue (3,3)
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25441
Gordius RAMBLER Rose like a parson in a pulpit (7)
One who might incur blame going round in a posh car ? (7)
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22904
Gordius PIMPERNEL Procure plate carrying bird, which is a bloomer (9)
Elusive counter-revolutionary growth (9)
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22228
Gordius MYOPIC Hardly able to see setter's round illustration (6)
One's love's not much of a picture, looking poorly (6)
25911
23009
Gordius ALSO This ran to no great advantage (4)
Mathematical solution seen in addition, or vice versa (4)
23972
25058
Gordius KHAKI Shade said to facilitate vehicular access (5)
Private cover? (5)
22254
22311
Gordius ENDEAVOUR Try to be a detective inspector (9)
Try to put away article enclosed to follow directions (9)
25829
24026
Gordius IBIZA One with business at a foreign resort (5)
One with a concern in a holiday resort (5)
24435
22952
Gordius INGROUP Design of Pugin or some fashionable clique (2,5)
Fashionable clique outpouring (2-5)
25858
25423
Gordius ACCORD Agreement on current lead (6)
Agreement for instrument, one on/off (6)
21859
24357
Gordius ISLAND Foulness, say, is light (6)
Man or no man (6)
24919
25202
Gordius SPRAT Fish for rodent without offspring initially (5)
Dicky traps a modest catch (5)
25411
21806
Gordius BALLERINA In some degree the whole of Ireland can be seen dancing (9)
In some degree the whole of Ireland may be seen dancing (9)
25727
22096
Gordius ELITIST Titles one devised for top people (7)
12 is unusually select (7)
24709
23208
Gordius TASTE Discrimination starts showing in the gallery (5)
Sense of state corruption (5)
25751
25166
Gordius EPICUREAN A nice pure treat for the fastidious (9)
Follower of philosophy of Paine, unfortunately without remedy (9)
23244
22055
Gordius BACHELOR Single part transposed by composer (8)
Composer takes part backing single (8)
23073
26020
Gordius ORGANIC Maybe free-range, like men taken to state penitentiary, almost (7)
Natural growth fostered by grain company (7)
Love racing for a change - that's life! (7)
24001
25786
22067
Gordius ITCH Constant desire to cut old hag's head off (4)
Irritation with communication system used by church (4)
25252
24632
Gordius WRENCH Ring audibly at St Clement's, say (6)
Roger in maid's clutches is a tool (6)
22916
24808
Gordius ORTOLAN Bunting turns up a lot in some ornamentation (7)
Bunting ran off with loot (7)
24483
23618
Gordius PETROL Carpet rolled up to reveal a fire hazard (6)
The essence of Sarcozy's movement? (6)
24619
24865
Gordius ACCUSED Charged a hundred spent on account (7)
No right for damned one still awaiting verdict (7)
21806
23462
Gordius HEBE Plant found in the best gardens (4)
Goddess found in the best circles (4)
24527
23803
Gordius EXODUS Neat reflection in irregularly used book (6)
Once in the red, the Guardian's going out (6)
25267
24402
Gordius IGNORANT I admit being without - no, with - no clue (8)
Force ran into trouble without being in the dark (8)
24317
23858
Gordius LATIN Language lately starts to be fashionable (5)
Language involved in formulating a dodgy dossier (5)
24874
23462
Gordius AERODROME A mere door, perhaps, to higher things? (9)
English road bending where all go for takeoff (9)
24842
24084
Gordius PIECE Tranquillity voiced by the gun (5)
See 11
24179
25013
Gordius CICADA Insect makes a sound like ailing lass (6)
Girl said to be ill, but very chirpy (6)
25333
23052
Gordius NIGH Darkness is short, but not far away (4)
Darkness is almost upon us (4)
25344
24552
Gordius ENNUI Weariness comes over a number in European Union (5)
Boredom contributes to under-eighteen nuisance (5)
22728
25983
Gordius MALI Country with ill-will apart from the church? (4)
Illness one may find in Africa (4)
25333
22290
Gordius INSOLVENT Lacking respect over neckline showing bust (9)
Rude about shape of neck showing bust (9)
25211
23591
Gordius FIRM Safe company? (4)
Stable concern (4)
25570
23136
Gordius ERNIE Last salmon in the lake could get you a prize (5)
English service that's consistently picking the winners (5)
23630
24050
Gordius ARDENT Eager to add a little tree to the forest (6)
Keen to buck a trend (6)
Eager for study in creative field (6)
21859
24632
23009
Gordius LOWER Telephone bell starting off, but not so loud (5)
Ox takes head off plant (5)
25284
25074
Gordius MUFTI Church ladies' outfit to wear off duty (5)
Plain clothes Muslim lawyer (5)
Rig for conductor without forte? (5)
25869
24842
26123
Gordius ISOLATE Withdraw connection from one liable to miss the bus (7)
One that much behind gets set apart (7)
26007
23439
Gordius SPIN Rotation is constant between poles (4)
What's wrong about party leader? (4)
24723
22290
Gordius STAFFA Pole on a Hebridean island (6)
Stick on a Scottish island (6)
21823
23073
Gordius STRESS Concubine starts off with mental pressure (6)
Poles without very foreign accent (6)
25570
23692
Gordius ISSUE The question of having children? (5)
Susie might have offspring (5)
Is to prosecute a matter for decision? (5)
24953
22848
25553
Gordius LIBYA Party unknown to a foreign country (5)
Party always backed by the state (5)
22880
22438
Gordius OERSTED Physicist seen poetically across the street by a boy (7)
Danish scientist shows strength in the field (7)
23752
22837
Gordius CAMBERWELLGREEN Start crossing at caution, clearly before signal to proceed in London (10,5)
Spring comes in about two colours in London (10,5)
23591
24576
Gordius PROSPER It's OK to keep single and flourish (7)
Flourish of Carmen's creator (7)
24073
23474
Gordius ARROW Endless trouble arises with a weapon (5)
Shaft, thin, without head but with head (5)
Weapon for East End school? (5)
24389
25727
25085
Gordius ACID This drop is sweet, but it can be hallucinogenic (4)
Drug that may be indicated by 14 or an enquiry agency (4)
Dicks after a drug (4)
Tart gets help to entrap church leader (4)
Drug used in medication? On the contrary (4)
24011
25031
24971
22621
23021
Gordius ANGINA Soldier involved with girl, which is painful (6)
Articles about mother's ruin being bad for the ... (6)
Complaint of girl about soldier? (6)
Heartache suffered by girl over a soldier (6)
24209
23363
25267
21966
Gordius STUD Half the class are kept for propagation (4)
Kept for breeding, not having completed academic course (4)
24209
24125
Gordius CITE Name making sound sense (4)
To summon is sound sense (4)
24239
25801
Gordius ARABIC Heartless teacher of religion in current language (6)
Language barrier in American intelligence, being backward (6)
23124
22174
Gordius VICTORIA Queensland in Australia? (8)
End of the line for the House of Hanover (8)
23552
22010
Gordius ELATED Taking up drink gets a fellow high (6)
Chuffed by story about party leader (6)
22916
26061
Gordius INSCRIBE Mark of fashionable writer (8)
Fashionable writer may do it at book launch (8)
22305
24423
Gordius UNCLEAN Relative with an audible sign of leprosy (7)
Relative article short on hygiene (7)
24191
24233
Gordius EXTREME Former time soldiers were uncompromising (7)
Way out, way out - one going out with a soldier (7)
24794
22527
Gordius SEESAW Comprehend saying of repeated alternation (6)
Spot spotted in playground (6)
24151
25099
Gordius CHAPLET Guy allowed a string of beads (7)
Garland parking in Swiss Cottage (7)
25570
25319
Gordius RECORDER Judge an instrument (8)
Legal instrument? (8)
24889
21917
Gordius ALPHA First in classics (5)
Character has a laugh over old disc (5)
23752
25495
Gordius GANDHI Nationalist who was good with greeting (6)
Indian nationalist heading for reform without English involvement (6)
24619
22266
Gordius ANNUL Abolish yearly with a disappearance (5)
Abolish article from almanac? (5)
Write off article from periodical (5)
25751
25433
22527
Gordius EBRO Flower of the Bronx (4)
Flower of Hebron (4)
Flower found in the 26 (4)
23147
23618
24357
Gordius OLIGARCHY Oily rag wrung out over chapter's ruling clique (9)
Cigar rolled in holy assembly of ruling clique (9)
26007
22527
Gordius BORDERLINECASE Queue at frontier - luggage may be near the limit (10,4)
It may or may not deserve to be opened at customs (10,4)
22628
24328
Gordius TELEGRAM Flora, say, hindered 26 by wire (8)
Communication, say, between left and right side covers (8)
22423
23647
Gordius IAMB William Brown's foot? (4)
William Booth took part in 17 (4)
24245
22717
Gordius OLDTIMER Hourglass? (3-5)
Hourglass likely to be pensioned off (3-5)
25619
26104
Gordius SALAMI Battle cut short by savoury tactics? (6)
Endless malaise treat­ed with sausage (6)
23552
25241
Gordius HACKSAW Reporter's got a point that's cutting (7)
What journalist witnessed is destined for cutting (4-3)
24317
22010
Gordius CORGI Blimey — soldier chasing a dog! (5)
Animal of Romanic or Gipsy stock? (5)
Dog chewed cigar, having got nothing for one (5)
24953
25869
21786
Gordius TREACLE Leading Tesco cereal product is sticky-sweet (7)
It's well drawn in Wonderland (7)
24900
23462
Gordius OWNER Some children, women and dogs upset the proprietor (5)
Proprietor, or about 3/4 (5)
Proprietor or new management (5)
22254
23313
23692
Gordius EDNA She's climbing mountains - but not all the way (4)
Girl with English inheritance (4)
Girl from east and going west (4)
Dame could be Dane with English genes (4)
24011
22814
21710
25553
Gordius ENVY Sin for which diplomat has nothing to lose (4)
Cover wanting to abscond - why it's said to be a sin (4)
25699
22939
Gordius BRASENOSE College support sees no uncertainty (9)
College support to vacant faculty (9)
23037
23981
Gordius THOR God isn't half thorough (4)
Pagan god carried by carthorse? (4)
24515
25699
Gordius BOWELS They initially evacuate into pots (6)
In sport, English show their guts (6)
22916
24059
Gordius ASPIDISTRA It's paradise, almost, to have a flourishing plant (10)
Part is said to develop from an old house plant (10)
24345
25441
Gordius SOMME Some considerable number involved in battle (5)
Some considerable number took part in battle (5)
23488
25763
Gordius TRAGICMUSE Could great music be 1 of 9? (6,4)
... great music composed by one of 28 (6,4)
24501
22769
Gordius BETTER It's preferable to be a speculator (6)
It's preferable when dry to get in a drink (6)
24317
23692
Gordius INFANCY Early days in imagination? (7)
Dreamed of childhood (7)
25584
24317
Gordius EPISCOPAL See nature? (9)
Oversee spice ground with stone? (9)
25858
24576
Gordius ABOARD Maybe a group of bankers all at sea? (6)
Directors at sea? (6)
26037
25241
Gordius ORAL What's said or sung, but not at church (4)
Moralist, clearing the fog, has spoken (4)
26061
25495
Gordius GREECE Country with a musical sound (6)
Musical heard in the country (6)
25710
22527
Gordius OMER Old volume given as award by the queen (4)
About half a gallon - could be more (4)
24168
22982
Gordius ALLERGEN Work in a particular key can cause an abnormal reaction (8)
100% green product may cause unhealthy reaction (8)
24733
22010
Gordius TYPIST Office worker from Bangkok is tight, they say (6)
In the Times I spy product of a key worker (6)
24179
25570
Gordius CABIN Murderer hides brother's head in a shack (5)
The majority of ministers have a modest abode (5)
25333
24794
Gordius POTATO Murphy takes a shot at nothing (6)
Murphy finds crap without crap (6)
24919
25474
Gordius CUTUP TUC severely criticised (3,2)
TUC deeply afflicted (3,2)
23052
22733
Gordius BACKSIDE Spooner takes bed to remain - in the bum! (8)
Support team that's bottom (8)
24537
25031
Gordius ASTI Drink supplied in plastic container (4)
It may come in glasses for astigmatism (4)
Like it knocked back? (4)
23109
25166
24576
Gordius TIMESWITCH Paper's consumer publication said when to … (4,6)
Newspaper medium may turn on the heat (4,6)
25751
22733
Gordius TRIAL Threefold test of a French tenor (5)
Test case (5)
25858
24932
Gordius MERIT Odd time to get in right talent (5)
Worth seen in former Italian leader (5)
22688
25013
Gordius BRASS Money in the wind ... (5)
Metal support poles (5)
23231
22604
Gordius MAILER Norman armour used by the sovereign (6)
Writer of letters to the Queen? (6)
22423
25543
Gordius DESPOTISM The point in religious belief is the exercise of absolute power (9)
Tyranny makes its mark in religion (9)
23396
22438
Gordius DRIP Ineffectual character died with a short prayer (4)
Sad type died, with appropriate prayer (4)
26037
24971
Gordius UNIFORMED Like service personnel, immature without one (9)
Like Mr Plod - ignorant, lacking direction (9)
23488
22567
Gordius SUPPORTER What one might do at a brasserie or brassiere (9)
Backer of the right in corrupt purpose (9)
22121
22438
Gordius RECEIPT It's right to keep a bit back to have something for the auditor (7)
It may be given till printed (7)
22360
24125
Gordius ROAD Way one's said to have gone by water (4)
Way one's said to have gone by boat? (4)
The way to take in the broadest spectrum (4)
24823
24450
21786
Gordius FAREWELLADDRESS The last word in communication? (8,7)
Last word in remote Surrey residence (8,7)
25858
24059
Gordius TRAUMA Wound up a character with skill (6)
Amateur wrestling without point for injury (6)
25908
23791
Gordius PULSE Heart-throb turns up at college (5)
Purse changes hands for a bean (5)
22236
24483
Gordius EPARCH Metropolitan to preach revolution (6)
Record span for church dignitary (6)
23124
23647
Gordius URGE Impulse to take up, say, sport (4)
Drive is something in our genes (4)
25368
22664
Gordius OPENER Key player? (6)
One begins a test with need for bottle (6)
Starter key (6)
25074
26020
25763
Gordius LYING Prone to deceit ... (5)
Prone to deception? (5)
22479
23253
Gordius CASINO Where a lot of money is lost, but turns up on one's account (6)
You can bet here's a misdemeanour in company (6)
23037
26087
Gordius POLEMIC Irishman cut short by East European controversy (7)
Compiler has no right to become controversial (7)
21917
23779
Gordius TRINITY Religious doctrine — go to get in it the same (7)
Term with test contained in it? (7)
24983
25384
Gordius AMBLER Eric Walker? (6)
Writer was better beheaded? (6)
Eric gets doctor in real trouble (6)
22967
24474
23692
Gordius CURE Parson's duty to smoke? (4)
Parson's remedy (4)
24757
22653
Gordius ORCA Poet decapitated by marine killer (4)
Island loses little time over whales (4)
23268
26087
Gordius MALICE Far from 24 feeling of male to female (6)
Spite found in many a girl (6)
23268
22498
Gordius DIETITIAN What's cast by artist who knows how to feed (9)
Artist had to perish before one could tell him what to eat (9)
25727
24291
Gordius TRADESMAN Skilled hand - and master, perhaps (9)
Drama sent off to one in business (9)
21895
25606
Gordius TRAP Vehicle turns over, but not altogether (4)
Component to raise catch (4)
25812
24971
Gordius ADAPTABLE Versatile girl with ability to swallow a pint (9)
Flexible girl fit to enter training (9)
A gym shoe on board may be modified (9)
23936
22677
25013
Gordius SHEBEEN Live in lustre at the boozer (7)
Live in London suburb where drink is illegal (7)
26049
23668
Gordius RHINO Money is a thick-skinned beast (5)
Hot iron used to identify an animal (5)
23363
23630
Gordius ATTLEE Leader once in a race over London green (6)
Leader put in as battle ended (6)
23124
24304
Gordius DESPERATE Mad speed - speed that's utterly reckless (9)
Like Dan Dare, steep tumble down (9)
22728
21786
Gordius STRAIT ... and kind of jacket with back to front characteristics (6)
Kind of jacket, characteristic to a point (6)
Narrow Southern characteristic (6)
22634
24245
22010
Gordius STRAP Holding device for turning leaves (5)
Such as Paul getting blame and punishment (5)
25935
24501
Gordius GESTAPO Dictator's henchmen sorting postage (7)
Postage regulation - a feature of the Third Reich (7)
26075
23677
Gordius WELD Tuesday or Wednesday, when pupil comes in (4)
A joint for Tuesday? (4)
22423
22408
Gordius ECLAIR City den takes the cake (6)
City den for a comedienne (6)
Cake can be a miracle with topping (6)
25656
24562
22939
Gordius GNOSIS Lay up one's knowledge (6)
Layabout is showing knowledge of Greek (6)
23564
24412
Gordius TRANSIT Passing fancy isn't art (7)
Start in edited passage (7)
23417
22967
Gordius ACROSTIC Puzzle almost like this clue with curtailed credit (8)
A company registrar ought sometimes to issue cheques initially (8)
99 actors composed a sort of verse (8)
23602
25058
25433
Gordius ERRATIC Not even little by little, a traitor infiltrated (7)
Unreliable boy catches rodent (7)
Unreliable boy harbours vermin (7)
22254
26146
25935
Gordius STUN Heads up - it's a knockout (4)
Knock out, turning crazy (4)
23899
25433
Gordius ALIGNED Dressed for dealing in disguise (7)
Dodgy dealing made straight (7)
22824
24423
Gordius PASTEUR Purest article devised by a scientist (7)
Scientist found over half the continent ... (7)
23417
23375
Gordius CHIMERA Monster - we must have him taken into care somehow (7)
Fancy having accord with soldiers! (7)
22664
25457
Gordius HECTARE The acre is roughly 40% of it (7)
Sufficient land for the race training? (7)
21687
23779
Gordius ECLAT Acclaim the French in shock treatment (5)
Difficult tackle put out Kiwi leader to great applause (5)
23936
25356
Gordius BEANO ... or none, which is comic (5)
Robe a novice might wear to take part in jollification (5)
Feast off a bone (5)
Rowan's character: nothing comic (5)
26146
22055
24233
25074
Gordius NIGHT It's nearly time for bed (5)
It's near the time when one should be abed (5)
21765
25944
Gordius GINSENG Spirit's used by some English as a curative? (7)
Mother's ruin's part of 7, which is said to be curative (7)
25433
22868
Gordius FLOUR This could make a bloomer, say (5)
As spelt perhaps, but its homonym would be a bloomer (5)
24317
23253
Gordius CAGE Confined scope of a minimalist? (4)
About time to lock up (4)
25252
24233
Gordius IDES Rome's fateful date in Gobi desert (4)
That is almost a fateful date (4)
25019
23864
Gordius DROOP Poor deputy leader's rise and decline (5)
Decline for which doctor finds nothing to work (5)
22479
23899
Gordius BEND Traffic hazard could be sinister (4)
Bow could be sinister (4)
24537
22408
Gordius COMMA Point where stupor grips many? (5)
Order, mostly seen in this clue (5)
25457
23972
Gordius JORDAN Price, as in "One More River" (6)
Flower girl with a sign of bounce in her (6)
23864
23087
Gordius BARSAC Something to go on the drinks bill? (6)
Drink current at watering holes (6)
22498
23073
Gordius FLIMSY Films to start you raving are insubstantial (6)
Run across single copy lacking substance (6)
21966
25893
Gordius ETHICS Morals in Violet Elizabeth's county (6)
Code of Violet Elizabeth's county? (6)
26007
23136
Gordius PULPIT Place for the preacher - and what he can do with his sermon! (6)
Though not great writing, it gets published here (6)
21786
23021
Gordius GOING One wearing a medal at work (5)
Leaving it may be good at 2 (5)
One wears a decoration on the way out (5)
22752
22824
24501
Gordius MEANTIME Greenwich interval? (8)
Period between financial booms? (8)
24205
25423
Gordius TOCCATA Composition of animal in new coat (7)
Music performance by Felix in knitted coat (7)
24279
22067
Gordius THEMED Sea off Tripoli with a leitmotif? (6)
Having a motif off Alexandria? (6)
25543
24746
Gordius OVERT It's clear from Dover to Calais (5)
Shelter is a non-starter, to be frank (5)
Time Past is first to be revealed (5)
Public backing to protect a minister (5)
23899
23375
23087
23385
Gordius PERPETUALMOTION Never-ending Synod agenda item on women bishops? (9,6)
Like the proposal to ban hunting? (9,6)
26168
23208
Gordius CIRCLE Ring round one's friends (6)
Line taken by turbulent cleric (6)
24889
22408
Gordius ABSINTHE Dicky bathes in alcohol (8)
Jack's in the 23, say (8)
Wormwood makes thin base (8)
22450
22982
25241
Gordius DELI Source of exotic food sounds capital (4)
Smith, a bit short of specialist food provider (4)
24919
25847
Gordius ADVICE Professional opinion of a scheme lacking point (6)
A dunderhead in place of intelligence (6)
22634
21786
Gordius GOBANG Game liable to explode (6)
Game for graduate wearing a medal ... (6)
23653
23761
Gordius SALESRESISTANCE Obstacle to commission - a rise, less a/c sent in error (5,10)
Sisters can lease — maybe it stops them from buying? (5,10)
22236
25858
Gordius AGNOSTIC Without certain knowledge, it's costing a bomb (8)
Certain one can't be (8)
A song about tourist information centre initially uncertain (8)
23498
24856
25074
Gordius ABUSED Indulged in sort of bad habit (6)
Misrepresented, the Guardian cracks open a plot (6)
22788
24095
Gordius PROOF Assured fact that may have to be corrected? (5)
First impression (5)
25727
23087
Gordius EDITORIAL Sound of two boys squashing Conservative leader (9)
Article laid Tories almost in shreds (9)
24317
25074
Gordius ROOMY Spacious, though cold and damp to the ear (5)
With plenty of space, setter's chasing marsupial (5)
24245
25433
Gordius RISOTTO One to sort out what's for lunch ... (7)
Drunk and disorderly riot over a dish (7)
24483
22728
Gordius EPIDERMIS Prime side dressed in its own wrapping? (9)
Body cover for unexpected demise - RIP (9)
22311
24375
Gordius THUMB Some of the day a doctor is on hand (5)
It sometimes comes under the hammer (5)
25786
22621
Gordius RINSE Get up about noon for a quick dip (5)
River in Kent occurs in the Wash? (5)
25812
25441
Gordius REPUTED Supposed to be set in the grass (7)
Believed to be like Moses? (7)
25727
26123
Gordius BOYFRIEND Swain keeps fiery type in restraint (9)
Male that might be 19 across (9)
25751
25998
Gordius ABSORBENT Off round the world, soaking everything up (9)
Away traversing the globe, able to take it all in (9)
21859
25893
Gordius ASTARTE Goddess fails to finish a first course (7)
Goddess declares, a beginning and end of love (7)
23498
23791
Gordius EMPOWER Authorise soldiers to return holding prisoner (7)
Authorise soldiers to turn over a prisoner (7)
23845
25187
Gordius REDLETTER Description of great day for Marxist landlord (3,6)
Day of a left-wing landlord? (3-6)
24026
25944
Gordius ETHANOL ... and get hot with lean fuel mixture (7)
Glum girl has to take out loan for fuel (7)
24527
24501
Gordius OFFAL Waste of water in Cornwall? (5)
Waste from a plate? (5)
25284
25893
Gordius ULTRA Extreme result rarely includes it (5)
Extreme participation in unlawful trade (5)
24983
22055
Gordius SPA Source of water in outer space? (3)
Bath chaps reflect some local feature (3)
25812
26087
Gordius CHAD Maybe hanging country (4)
Many had followed the original Samaritan (4)
24209
22939
Gordius RIPON Porn one can be devastated to see (5)
No drawback to rent in Yorkshire (5)
Abbreviated prayer taking on at cathedral (5)
23217
22824
24115
Gordius ABRIDGE Contract given to a composer (7)
Contract given to a composer (7)
25727
22952
Gordius LOATHING ... the spare in prison having been turned down with disgust ... (8)
See an object of disgust (8)
21966
23313
Gordius DEBORAH It's difficult to keep order when she's about (7)
She may be a society girl ? or a horse (7)
22010
22096
Gordius BRIDE She's about to live free — or the converse? (5)
Free to live without a partner? (5)
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Gordius INSHORE Near the coast there's said to be cover (7)
Near the coast we're told to get cover (7)
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Gordius CROSSBILL Flier's annoyed with demand for payment (9)
Flier annoyed with charges (9)
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Gordius ORWELL Blair or spring flower (6)
River or spring (6)
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Gordius AUDIO Vehicle has nothing to be heard (5)
Facility to love with a car (5)
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Gordius CHASTE Tea set broken without blemish (6)
Tea set broken, but still 22 (6)
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Gordius PARVENU Cornish village, being classy, holds archdeacon to be an upstart (7)
Average goddess curtailed by new arrival (7)
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Gordius CLEANSE Church lists included in purge (7)
Being in church inclines to purify (7)
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Gordius RANGE Spectrum of colour, lacking nothing (5)
Creating anger over maximum flight distance (5)
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Gordius ENDURE Last under English system (6)
Last quarter under 1 across (6)
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25187
Gordius LONGSIGHT Need for reading glasses in Manchester (9)
Hypermetropia in Manchester? (9)
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Gordius RECITAL Indefinite article used in narration (7)
Playing for later retirement, about 101? (7)
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Gordius EXTRA Wide, say, right in the centre (5)
Bonus derived from illegal sex traffic (5)
More to be included in the next race at Doncaster (5)
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22121
Gordius SEPTIC Start of school year about being putrefactive (6)
After St Giles' day, many are turning rotten (6)
Cold after the start of a month is rotten (6)
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25474
Gordius SOLVER You are failed lovers! (6)
You could be lovers (6)
Composer includes a number for you (6)
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24576
Gordius TRESTLE Composed letters of support (7)
Let revolutionary remain in support (7)
Various letters of support (7)
24643
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21859
Gordius OMEN Sign of one male turning into none? (4)
Warning: ladies gone west! (4)
Vocative fellows get a warning (4)
25013
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26020
Gordius PHLEGM It may be coughed up to help out vehicle maker (6)
For local support many find wherewithal to cough up (6)
23668
24084
Gordius CHEROOTS Smokes' revolutionary origins (8)
It's brave to rise in a gas for smoking (8)
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24125
Gordius DRAWL Point taken by doctor, in a manner of speaking (5)
Sketch plate, so to speak (5)
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22096
Gordius EMOTIVE About a book setter has, arousing feeling (7)
I've got to book up before moving (7)
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Gordius MOUSER Tom's second employer (6)
Tom going to the doctor? (6)
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Gordius UNDERTOW Current could be wet round about (8)
Half a minute and drown, maybe, in this (8)
It could be wet round this (8)
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22615
Gordius OUTLAY Hood caught short with unknown expense (6)
Sacked for unprofessional spending (6)
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22588
Gordius COMB Order into detention having teeth (4)
Rake gets jankers for being out of order (4)
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22266
Gordius ACCIDENTALDEATH Premature demise may be hated (10,5)
Verdict from account and the tale spun by investigators first (10,5)
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21895
Gordius REALTOR No end of a true blue property dealer (7)
He sells last lot included for development (7)
21895
22067
Gordius SCANDAL Malicious gossip fell on cultivated land (7)
Disgrace of boy brought up after search (7)
What play school is for? (7)
Backward boys can get in disgrace (7)
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22360
Gordius STRAYED Being unsteady, Roger went off course (7)
Wandered off, but right away detained (7)
21859
25644
Gordius DESPERADO Road speed violation by one reckless of danger (9)
Reckless character's road speed violation (9)
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24619
Gordius ABSURD A bus broken down on the way is ridiculous (6)
Bus turns in a road, which is ridiculous (6)
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25356
Gordius BOOBYTRAP Perhaps Labour blunder turns into potential embarrassment ... (4,5)
One may catch, say, Labour's blunder on reflection (5,4)
24435
24842
Gordius DEER A herbivore taking up grass (4)
Bucks perhaps said to be over-valued (4)
24291
22621
Gordius CHISELLER Statuary wide boy (9)
Untrustworthy sculptor? (9)
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24357
Gordius WAYBILL List of items distributed by a will? (7)
Spooner's horse is going to get a list of items carried (7)
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25584
Gordius STALEMATE Team least trained gets no satisfactory result (9)
Partner going off creates deadlock (9)
Partner going off when there's no going on (9)
22927
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23918
Gordius EUPHRATES Superheat boiling water in Asia (9)
Drunk hates pure running water (9)
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23253
Gordius CONSUMMATE Study problem and win to complete (10)
Put down rug inside - perfect! (10)
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24151
Gordius SATIRE Scornful comment on the Day of Wrath (6)
Sort of entertainment seen as turning weary (6)
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Gordius USER Wearer of trousers lacking sort of turn-up? (4)
Wearer of trousers, sort about to be dropped? (4)
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25441
Gordius READIES Colour is said to provide cash (7)
Colour is said to signify liquidity (7)
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Gordius HERCULES He's admitted cruel manipulation in the course of his labours... (8)
Labourer with an old bicycle (8)
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Gordius SPUROFTHEMOMENT … whereon politicians set policies, perhaps, for men put them so? (4-2-3-6)
Parking in hot summer often is difficult, when you have to grab your chance (4,2,3,6)
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24941
Gordius INERTIA State of train that is broken down (7)
Inability to make progress, ie train management (7)
Reactionary tendency of a tier in administration (7)
Irate in amendment opposing motion (7)
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22615
22904
24941
Gordius ATOM Half the alphabet is minute (4)
It's a very little matter, like half of our letters (4)
A cat is of very little matter (4)
22628
25166
23692
Gordius STIMULUS Nudge — it's about a Greek letter — first letter to the Guardian (8)
Incentive to suit slum elements (8)
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Gordius ROTATIONOFCROPS Plan for land corps? (8,2,5)
20's turnover (8,2,5)
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23208
Gordius CACHE It's revolutionary to take account of hidden wealth (5)
Hidden wealth is a pain to many (5)
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25306
Gordius RETAIN Keep alien in the wet (6)
8 volunteer in check (6)
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23677
Gordius CAPITALLETTER Like Rachman starting a sentence? (7,6)
Landlord in London, perhaps, found after a full (7,6)
25423
21710
Gordius SEANCE Session can see improvement (6)
A scene suited for necromancy? (6)
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25893
Gordius MELODRAMA Sensational acts curtailing music over much of 19 (9)
Model savaged by sheep - a heart-rending performance (9)
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22604
Gordius TEACH To do it well takes time with every individual (5)
One needs to be in form to inform (5)
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Gordius BLISSFUL Happy about bill rectified without undue fuss (8)
Awful fuss with bill ends up happy (8)
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25672
Gordius INTER Plant in no uncertain terms (5)
Plant when season's not begun (5)
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Gordius IRATE Angry at losing gear in water (5)
Hook loses head with anger (5)
Jack's upset - that is, without being angry (5)
Rodent that's about to get ratty? (5)
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22604
25166
Gordius STREETCAR Carteret's misplaced desire? (9)
Desire for public transport? (9)
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23761
Gordius ISABEL Girl's investment with a Chaldean deity (6)
Girl is first 7 (6)
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22408
Gordius DIGITALIN Drug for fingernail treatment (9)
Approve of European cutting out a drug (9)
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22733
Gordius MANIAC Crazy type of fellow - 1 ac (6)
Raving first-born turns on parent (6)
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23668
Gordius CENT Anglican books of little value? (4)
A little cash is in the post, we're told (4)
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22733
Gordius OBELI Cruciform characters for a departed priest (5)
Daggers found by dead priest (5)
Order a pound of daggers (5)
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22615
Gordius NOISOME No one takes part in what's disgusting (7)
Disgusting row without order (7)
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Gordius ELECTOR Old prince caught replacing article from 27 (7)
English reader of old High German (7)
English reader, occasionally getting a choice (7)
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26020
Gordius LIGHTSHIP … his plight could be a warning to others (9)
His plight could be a warning (9)
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Gordius AVAIL A traditional perk may be advantageous (5)
A bribe once could be efficacious (5)
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24576
Gordius ONE Singular royal pronoun (3)
Unity for which Europe initially gets no backing (3)
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24474
Gordius INCUR Bear incorporated old settlement (5)
Suffer from what's largely incurable (5)
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23087
Gordius NEWSTREET Setter's interchange in the Midlands (9)
Setter - Brummie, perhaps, can find training here (3,6)
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24095
Gordius ENROL Loner reforms to join up (5)
Join up space with nothing separating sides (5)
Loner resolved to join (5)
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Gordius YASHMAK Something worn out may shake endlessly (7)
Mask (hay fever?) (7)
It makes a woman unknown with a sort of mask over her head (7)
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24576
Gordius SUMAC Bush turns writer (5)
Total bill for a tree (5)
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Gordius SYNDROME Indication for surgery - heart bypass, with modern operation (8)
Said to have erred, Catholicism is characteristic of a problem (8)
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25741
Gordius LOLLARD Old reformer found everything held up by his superior (7)
British and foreign currency first to last for an old reformer (7)
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23396
Gordius BASSET Fool gets involved in gamble over a dog (6)
Horned hound? (6)
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23337
Gordius EDEN Eastern half of 13 across in the garden (4)
Eastern study of a politician (4)
Project of former politician (4)
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22967
Gordius MACE Spice removed by Cromwell (4)
1,001 brushed aside by Cromwell (4)
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25847
Gordius DIGITAL Idiot in the face of modern media technology (7)
Modern type of communication — a student needs first to understand it (7)
Modern technology's at one's fingertips (7)
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23385
Gordius OVERDUE Finished, owing to being late (7)
Round the Cape and turn in late (7)
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Gordius DALLIANCE Flirtation of one and all at church (9)
Trifling gets many to a committed union (9)
Spooner's activity of many prior to marriage (9)
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22868
Gordius TSAR Ruler takes up some followers of Haile Selassie (4)
Right back, as in former ruler (4)
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Gordius MIDLOTHIAN Unwilling to enter territory of prowling troops in Scotland (10)
Hamilton I'd wrongly placed farther east (10)
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23779
Gordius ORDER Rise of Communist Party is comparatively unusual (5)
Function of police in Omagh or Derry? (5)
Redhead involved in flower arrangement (5)
23474
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23253
Gordius GRIND It's hard work getting a number in here (5)
It's hard work to get name in here (5)
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25085
Gordius TOLERANCE Clear note played with permissible variation (9)
Virtue the church has first to learn with difficulty (9)
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24501
Gordius RETSINA Drink needs part of the eye keeping direction (7)
Wine container with top off overturned (7)
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24709
Gordius AGRIPPA A vice reportedly of Hebrew king (7)
Old king kept a hold on the state (7)
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22695
Gordius INTERIM Plant setter's getting for the time being (7)
Time spent between different termini? (7)
Keeping eastern leader healthy for the moment (7)
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24050
Gordius ABEL A part of 4, the first casualty (4)
Early victim - a Babylonian idol (4)
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Gordius NIECE One of the family given quarter in French resort (5)
Relation of resort in France over Spain (5)
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Gordius CONTENTED Happy little girl and boy, about 10 (9)
Happy with what's in the paper and who controls it? (9)
With what's printed journalist is satisfied (9)
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24676
25252
Gordius EDUCATES Trains to understand about absorbing common currency long ago (8)
Teaches to see about accepting old money (8)
22567
23021
Gordius ESCARGOT Tesco ragout goes down well in Paris (8)
Delicacy obtained from other races (8)
Snail races got chaotic (8)
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24808
Gordius DETRACT Take away from foreign land (7)
Diminish time hauled back (7)
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Gordius ENACT Make it lawful to bring back corporal punishment by head teacher (5)
Make it lawful for head teacher to bring back corporal punishment (5)
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Gordius PROMOTION Position of a yes-man with a view to advancement (9)
Advertising concert with no one to turn up (9)
Those in favour get preferment (9)
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22939
Gordius EXPRESS Paper train (7)
Communicate with diplomacy between differing sexes (7)
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25135
Gordius ELEANOR Henry's wife, the queen, slim and round in the middle (7)
She's among the lean or spare type (7)
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Gordius ACHILLESTENDON A viral infection is abroad, lengthwise in lower leg (8,6)
Vulnerability perhaps one tends to get after a chill (8,6)
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25356
Gordius TESTAMENT Try while there's time to get in one's last word (9)
Will trial include volunteers? (9)
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24291
Gordius RANSOM Norma's redemption value? (6)
It's paid to free memory (solution included) (6)
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22653
Imogen DOMAINNAME theguardian.com is one no man made work (6,4)
Set of labels dotted about, bearing the same important title (6,4)
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Imogen ENORMITY Outrage? It's minor, yet needing correction (8)
War crime perhaps men committed in hatred (8)
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Imogen TEAGARDEN Pull back, having eaten badly out here? (3,6)
Refreshing place, Newgate Forest (3,6)
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Imogen RAIDER Cyclist shot by a bank robber? (6)
Cyclist punched by a surprise assailant (6)
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26433
Imogen HALL See 24
Intelligent computer left in dining room (4)
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27348
Imogen CAR Complain over nothing left for workers' share (7)
See 17
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Imogen VICECHANCELLOR Failing opportunity, turn up to get university position (4-10)
Senior administrator's weakness, to risk register being rejected (4-10)
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Imogen CHORAL Church oversees exam for singers (6)
Chapter to be spoken or to be sung (6)
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Imogen SOLVENT Water being this universal, keeping head above it? (7)
Note opening to be out of debt (7)
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26731
Imogen BISHOP Where the sexually ambiguous may get their gear, or one piece (6)
Man's encore: to go on one leg (6)
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27348
Imogen SAMPLE Place kept in identical taste (6)
Extract from record small, more than enough (6)
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Imogen COURT There may be one on the bench here in playing area (5)
Ball lands in short playing area (5)
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Imogen DEFENCE About to leave submission for which counsel may argue (7)
Ministry to abolish border posts? (7)
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Imogen ASHEN Looking terrified, woman hides in an opening (5)
Has lost on points, looking shocked (5)
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Imogen TEMPURA King left upmarket version of fried fish (7)
Meal includes stewed rump and fried seafood (7)
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Imogen WIND Snake — in fear, it's got up (4)
See 10
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Imogen CORPUSCLE Cell for one on the staff, briefly, at Oxford college (9)
College oddly calm with undergraduate finally in cell (9)
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Imogen WRAPPER Cover popular artist's sound (7)
Striker puts on women's jacket (7)
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27317
Imogen SCOURGE Succeeded with valour to banish a destructive force (7)
Small bottle gets rid of a torment (7)
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Imogen POWER Might start to pursue debtor (5)
Very modest debtor might (5)
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Janus EXECRATE Curse old city and shed tear (8)
Curse linked to a flower box (8)
Curse on flower box (8)
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23449
21914
Janus LITOTES Stories about child are an understatement (7)
Understatement used for effect by T.S. Eliot? (7)
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21755
Janus RONDO Constant refrain of man at party (5)
Musical composition man made on one note (5)
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22176
Janus NELSONEDDY Sailor to keep going round with vocalist (6,4)
Sailor having to go round with singer (6,4)
22662
23014
Janus DERANGED Driven mad by greed and trouble (8)
It's called in legal document "disordered" (8)
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23481
Janus CAREER ... like to express doubt on rapid progress (6)
Run to person accepting responsibility about direction (6)
23481
23274
Janus ELEVEN Figure in the Spanish uniform (6)
Eastern loch side (6)
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22214
Janus BINDINGCONTRACT Firm agreement with a publisher, perhaps (7,8)
Firm agreement a publisher might welcome (7,8)
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Janus ISIS Flower with a double life? (4)
Flower that has a duplicate existence (4)
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21755
Janus ANGEL Treasure discovered in a glen (5)
Old currency provided by financial backer (5)
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Janus THREATEN Heartbroken figure may be menace (8)
Menace posed at that time to hold rate change (8)
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23481
Janus NECTARINE Fruit centre in a whirl (9)
Fruit providing a delicious beverage in the orient (9)
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Janus RETAINER One who keeps the fee (8)
One who hangs on to a fee (8)
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Janus IGNORANT Unaware of design or antecedents (8)
Uninformed soldier turning to girl with book (8)
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22828
Janus ENTERPRISE Initiative and daring required for this undertaking (10)
Undertaking that requires initiative (10)
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23715
Janus OBJECT Refuse assent in the end (6)
Be opposed to the end (6)
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22021
Janus STRAIN Stock melody (6)
Stress in music (6)
Music suggesting bad weather's on the way (6)
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22988
Janus GROUNDS Keeps airman from flying for good reasons (7)
Sediment surrounding house (7)
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22292
Janus LEEWAY Room designed on general lines (6)
Lost ground on general method (6)
It may be made up in a general direction (6)
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23091
Janus SETOFF Not watching at start? (3,3)
Start by not watching TV? (3,3)
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23274
Janus BRINDISI Toast drunk in Italian port (8)
Toast given in port (8)
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21755
Janus DISASTER Calamity giving underworld a rest, perhaps (8)
Underworld flower of calamity (8)
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22884
Janus DRILL Exercise can be a bore (5)
Exercise that may bore (5)
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21871
Janus NETHER Lower trap to the lady (6)
Lower contents of one thermos flask (6)
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22988
Janus LEAVE Permission to depart (5)
Permission to resign (5)
The French greeting on holiday (5)
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22176
Janus PERSEVERE Continue steadfastly, always wearing blue (9)
Refuse to give up appearing always in dark blue (9)
23303
23637
Janus SALOP Fool getting look-in in Shropshire (5)
County girl at work (5)
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21693
Janus HAWSER Saw mistake in the lady's cable (6)
Lady was upset in reading cable (6)
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23220
Janus ENTIRE Measure old apparel without omission (6)
Total compound interest? No way! (6)
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23142
Janus STYE Ugly finish in untidy set is an eyesore (4)
Infection occurring in the first year (4)
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23326
Janus MITRE Joint headdress (5)
Headgear associated with German soldier (5)
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21740
Janus CHARACTERISTIC Typical part of a log (14)
Typical of particular part of a log (14)
21942
21973
Janus CONTAIN Not disturbed in murderer's hold (7)
To hold back is not unusual in a murderer (7)
22754
22070
Janus PALINODE Retraction by friend in poem (8)
Recantation by friend in poem (8)
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22584
Janus COMPETENCE Enough to live on comfortably, given fitness (10)
... skill and experience (10)
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22988
Janus TIDE The festival season? (4)
Time for some great idea (4)
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21755
Janus PINNACLE High pointed rock seen as boat rounds headland (8)
The Spanish can nip back to the top (8)
22434
22021
Janus DETERGENT The cleaner has put a chap off (9)
Aid to cleanliness to put a chap off? (9)
22122
21889
Janus BLACKBURNROVERS Eleven city cars (9,6)
Nomads by the dark stream's side (9,6)
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21677
Janus TRACER Soldier's vehicle turned over to draughtsman (6)
Bullet found in drawing office? (6)
23378
23091
Janus ROCK Sway to the music (4)
Sway to music (4)
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23326
Janus INSTANCE Example of man in nice predicament (8)
Clarify an occurrence (8)
Mention, as an example, solicitation (8)
23507
22609
22362
Janus ISSUE One's girl-child, perhaps (5)
Children's publication (5)
Outcome of point in dispute (5)
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23449
21693
Janus USHER Lead lady into the old city (5)
Old teacher lady in ancient city (5)
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22095
Janus CHEER Shout for food (5)
Shout of welcome for revolutionary monarch (5)
22540
22095
Janus STAGE Part of journey by coach (5)
Way to get on in the theatre (5)
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22609
Janus LARGO Left ship rather slowly (5)
Popular golfer, but somewhat slow (5)
Novice takes ship in rather slowly (5)
22234
23063
22362
Janus RECENT New soldier having little money (6)
The latest about American currency (6)
23142
23766
Janus PROOF Demonstration of strength of spirit (5)
Demonstration of impenetrability? (5)
22910
23449
Janus INITIAL Starting with a capital letter, usually (7)
Beginning a letter (7)
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23303
Janus CONVENTIONALLY Colleague attending assembly in the customary manner (14)
Associate attending assembly in customary fashion (14)
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Janus CREEPER Bird which fawns? (7)
Obsequious type of bird (7)
22938
22412
Janus TIER Sound of grief caused by row (4)
Row coming up about it (4)
22388
23401
Janus PATIENCE Show forbearance (8)
Card game played in the theatre? (8)
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22678
Janus MULBERRYHARBOUR Hide fruit first for use once in Normandy (8,7)
Fruit shelter used to make an acceptable port (8,7)
22778
22434
Janus EXACTOR He may be too strict in demanding payments from retired player (7)
He is notoriously hard on former player (7)
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22938
Janus ANNOUNCES Declares that girl's put on weight (9)
Declares girl's put on some weight (9)
23039
23117
Janus TRIPOS Slip so badly in examination (6)
Stumble when going up for examinations (6)
22362
23715
Janus DIVINE Minister needing to look into the future (6)
Theologian having to eat about six (6)
22095
21755
Janus DENOUNCES Makes accusations about study on weights (9)
Inveighs against study on weights (9)
21632
21740
Janus UNITED Made one of the team (6)
Joined the team (6)
21808
21755
Janus DRESSER Item of furniture found in the theatre? (7)
One who straightens furniture (7)
23736
22044
Janus ADHERE Had trouble before with stick (6)
Stick notice in this place (6)
22263
22362
Janus GAFFER Old man used to land fish (6)
Old man Fisher? (6)
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23481
Janus ABRIDGE A game cut short (7)
A game to cut short (7)
21693
21973
Janus STARCH Formality of leading performer at church (6)
Stiffness of celebrity at church (6)
22938
22884
Janus ACTON Historian told to continue performing (5)
Account not rendered by historian (5)
22778
21832
Janus ETNA Fixed stake over volcano (4)
Worker going up to a point on the mountain (4)
21791
23792
Janus DIRECT Aim straight (6)
Unambiguous aim (6)
22723
23533
Janus MINARET Tower where time ran out (7)
Tower where time ran out? (7)
22281
22412
Janus ROTA Part of repeat order to bring back cycle (4)
Working cycle going up a hill (4)
22214
21848
Janus ORAL Examination raising some regular objections (4)
Spoken for a large section (4)
22828
23449
Janus NANKEEN Girl eager to obtain material (7)
Little Ann's liking for cloth (7)
22910
22754
Janus BROCADE Ordered fabulous bird to appear in rich fabric (7)
Ordered fabulous bird to appear in expensive cloth (7)
23766
23422
Janus STEW Dampens rising agitation (4)
Worry about moderate Tories getting back (4)
22292
22214
Janus EXTRACTOR He takes something out of old farm vehicle (9)
He gets something out of old vehicle (9)
22021
23766
Janus OPERATE Work by poet about particular period (7)
Musical drama by Lawrence found to be effective (7)
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Janus DETERMINATION Resolve to show backbone (13)
Will settlement (13)
Resolution to the end (13)
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Janus ABANDONED A number of persons, badly done by, may to very wicked (9)
Given up as hopelessly wicked (9)
Given up as very wicked (9)
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Janus INTENDANT Public officer being mean to worker (9)
Manager is mean to worker (9)
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23766
Janus ARDENT Forest to start burning (6)
Dedicated skill, involving study, ... (6)
Burning to provide dramatist with model (6)
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23688
Janus CONTAINER Little girl to retain damaged box (9)
Receptacle (a tin, perhaps) hidden by wrinkled crone (9)
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Janus MALEFACTOR Masculine element taken into account by criminal (10)
Masculine component in transgressor (10)
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Janus SITTER One poses to rest it afresh (6)
Model not hard to catch (6)
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Janus TRAP Hidden danger in role reversal (4)
Catch some on return (4)
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Janus ACCOMMODATION Adaptation in living quarters (13)
Housing settlement (13)
Adjustment by quarters, perhaps (13)
Settlement in lodgings (13)
Compromise quarters (13)
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22412
Janus ORDINANCE Regulation One in the Artillery (9)
Regulation 1 about guns (9)
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Janus STRIPPERS They remove everything from tourist on board ship (9)
Press trip arranged for performers (9)
They tempt men to look for murderer in the streets (9)
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22805
Janus ROTATOR It goes round both ways (7)
Revolver of dual aspect (7)
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Janus REARRANGE Make fresh disposition in back rank (9)
King managed to agree without having to change the order (9)
Make fresh dispositions in back row (9)
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22412
Janus DANGEROUSCORNER Motorists should beware of this hairy hog (9,6)
Play at accident black spot, perhaps (15)
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21677
Janus AMOUR Love to have a morning to see round old city (5)
A doctor rejecting sport for love (5)
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Janus CREDO Company in red, I believe (5)
Belief that firm should be out of the red (5)
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Janus IMPASTO Claim to be through with love - isn't that laying it on a bit thick? (7)
Show naughty child when to paint (7)
Motorway up over ring of thick paint (7)
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22146
Janus TREATED Cured editor on outing (7)
Conducted negotiations and supplied free drinks (7)
Stood round and negotiated (7)
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21914
Janus TWIST Deal dishonestly in tobacco (5)
Dickensian dance (5)
Do a dance (5)
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21871
Janus PASTORAL Old Observer man has friend round for music (8)
Former test of a bishop's letter (8)
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23481
Janus MANIFESTO Declaration of intention to clear ring (9)
Reveal circle responsible for party programme (9)
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23766
Janus APSE Some cheap seats placed in recess (4)
Recess in the cheap seats (4)
Recess found among cheap seats (4)
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Janus PRESERVE Keep out of pickle (8)
Maintain quiet reticence (8)
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Janus ENDORSE Finish with awfully sore back (7)
Express approbation of last rose, perhaps (7)
Back " 'obson's choice"? (7)
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21677
Janus BLENHEIMORANGE Fruit of battle to get round mountains (8,6)
The fruit of battle? (8,6)
Battle with no rage involved is fruitful (8,6)
Fruit to place round kitchen fireplace (8, 6)
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23688
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21832
Janus ANVIL Block found in African village (5)
Block found in Roman villa (5)
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Janus PADDINGTONGREEN Excessive verbiage not unusual to new part of London (10,5)
Bear getting fresh in London (10,5)
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Janus TENSE Rigid model seen off (5)
Figures point to being strained (5)
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22122
Janus EDITORIAL Leader in den with no water retired (9)
Journalist's one man that could be a leader (9)
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Janus DISCONCERT Put out of underworld union (10)
Create confusion at little girl's party (10)
Underworld entertainment that can be off-putting (10)
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22988
Janus COXCOMB Fop introducing company doctor to boatman (7)
Apple produced by company doctor for a conceited fellow (7)
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22518
Janus STAIR One heavenly body without flight (5)
Step - one taken by celebrity (5)
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21780
Janus ATELIER Somehow air tele-workshop (7)
Don't tell the truth about false rate for workshop (7)
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21942
Janus NORMA Almost average girl (5)
Rule 1 for a girl (5)
The girl from Standard One (5)
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23507
Janus REPRESS Put down iron again (7)
Soldier has journalists put down (7)
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21780
Janus FRANTIC Mad at French trick (7)
Furious at French caper (7)
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Janus CLASSIC Girl appearing in first part of Cicero, or any great writer (7)
Standard work from Form 1C (7)
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21780
Janus ADDRESS Direct speech (7)
Speech on deportment (7)
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22412
Janus RAIMENT Point in hire charge for clothing (7)
One with soldiers in desert clothing (7)
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Janus ENTREE Musical prelude to dish served during dinner (6)
Measure palm, say, for access (6)
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23481
Janus ALIBI Defence gets one bail improperly (5)
Plea to hold small party in first-class accommodation (5)
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21942
Janus RARESTAMP Most uncommon map, perhaps of interest to philatelists (4,5)
Most uncommon map, perhaps of interest to philatelist (4,5)
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Janus OVERISSUE ... give too much to unwanted children (9)
Excess payment concerning children? (9)
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22176
Janus STOPPAGE Prevent young servant having something deducted from pay (8)
Prevent attendant going on strike (8)
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23792
Janus HIDALGO Spanish gentleman's secret goal, perhaps (7)
Foreign gentleman concealed gaol-break (7)
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22518
Janus RIOTED City man behaved badly (6)
Acted without restraint when young rowdy goes to city abroad (6)
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22678
Janus LINNET Bird may be a hindrance about the hotel (6)
Bird allowed inside pub (6)
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22070
Janus ASTERN Like bird's behind (6)
Like a bird's behind (6)
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23142
Janus GARBAGE Time to dress in worthless stuff? (7)
Refuse to give much time to dress (7)
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23169
Janus IDEALIST Unpractical person laying scheme on table (8)
He may not be practical in laying the notion on the table (8)
Thought table to be one of no practical use (8)
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22698
22095
Janus BLUESPECTACLES Indecent exhibitions seen through tinted glasses (4,10)
They help to protect viewers from lewd exhibitions (4,10)
22021
22176
Janus REPEAT Programme already seen about fuel (6)
The old familiar story traveller has to dine on (6)
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22856
Janus ALBERTBRIDGE Man game for London crossing (6,6)
Boy game to help people across the Thames (6, 6)
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Janus IMPACT Influence seen to take effect on child (6)
Effect of childish behaviour? (6)
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22988
Janus REASON Argue about a child (6)
Cause for debate (6)
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22095
Janus ESOTERIC Oriental boy holding drunkard's secret (8)
Broken toes boy keeps secret (8)
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22609
Janus TUTOR Instructor taking lead in foreign tour (5)
Coach tour, perhaps, on first Tuesday (5)
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21914
Janus UTTER Pronounce complete (5)
Total put in circulation (5)
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21791
Janus STERN Point to bird's rump (5)
Point to bird's back (5)
Point on bird's back (5)
23169
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21740
Janus RETIRED Shy and withdrawn (7)
Soldier tried swimming and gave up (7)
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Janus TOTE Child getting first experience of gambling machine (4)
Child gets point of the betting system (4)
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22805
Janus TOPARCH Toy with coy Greek ruler (7)
Toy with cunning district leader (7)
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21973
Janus SWITCH A change from the cane (6)
Change over to a rod (6)
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Janus OPERATIVE Workman working (9)
Workman in action (9)
Labourer having the power to act (9)
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22044
Janus EIDER That is up to the German flier (5)
Duck that is turning colour from the rear (5)
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21973
Janus ELATED Mixed 10 losing, for example, in high spirits (6)
Ale drunk by Edward in high spirits (6)
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22609
Janus ADAM A girl married him (4)
He designed a water container (4)
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Janus LINEN Material point to occupation (5)
Nothing about measure of cloth (5)
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23303
Janus HONESTY Sharpen pen, but retain candour (7)
Integrity shown in bed, perhaps (7)
22263
22828
Janus CONTANGO Do a dance for a fee (8)
Percentage paid for brown colour in a flower (8)
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22070
Janus RATING Status of a sailor (6)
Tearing strip off sailor (6)
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23792
Janus MATERIAL Fabric of legal importance (8)
Of importance, but not spiritual (8)
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22988
Janus STUD Boss of the studio (4)
Boss lost in dust storm (4)
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Janus RESTRAIN Hold back as others fall (8)
Control precipitation after break (8)
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21914
Janus NIECE She brings back some piece intact (5)
Relative point in French resort (5)
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23688
Janus IDIOTIC To have a nincompoop in charge is unwise (7)
Silly of Intelligence Department when one's to be back in charge (7)
23014
22146
Janus POMADE Did poor mad Poe put this on top? (6)
Crazy about writer's hairdressing (6)
Crazy writer without hair dressing (6)
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23117
23792
Janus ERSE Some other Semitic language (4)
Language used in another setting (4)
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23637
Janus EVENT Incident bringing girl to book (5)
Result of putting uniform on model (5)
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21693
Janus HOIST Part of flag - one among many (5)
Lift is warm on the outside (5)
21711
22021
Janus ENDURE Final flower made to last (6)
Tolerate being close to river (6)
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Janus TARPAULIN Old sailor's waterproof sheet (9)
Waterproof for model letter writer in rainstorm (9)
Common sailor boy in train crash (9)
Sailor - one who wrote letters about train crash (9)
Sailor boy in waterproof hat (9)
Waterproofed cloth for common salt (9)
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23664
21973
Janus OMAHA A poor actor gets round about in America (5)
"One Meat Ball" sent back in Nebraska (5)
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22506
Janus TESTAMENT Meant, perhaps, to follow trial of will? (9)
Trial meant to upset will (9)
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21693
Janus PRECIPITATION Rush to see the rain (13)
Falling in great haste (13)
Haste leading to downfall (13)
22910
23169
22540
Janus CONTENT Satisfied with what's inside (7)
Satisfied with French storybook (7)
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22754
Janus EXPRESS Particularly intended for former journalists (7)
Speak of former journalists (7)
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23326
Janus SHALLOP Store that contains everything for a small boat (7)
Must work on boat (7)
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22263
Janus PLANTAIN Banana worker in flat (8)
Worker in clear at banana plant (8)
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22884
Janus CONVERSE Opposite of familiar talk (8)
The opposite of talk (8)
Communicate back to front (8)
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23142
Janus CARTEBLANCHE Free hand to trace wandering girl (5,7)
Roughly trace girl in freehand (5,7)
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22754
Janus VICTORIA The carriage of a monarch (8)
Carriage to the station (8)
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Janus DRAGOMAN Trail round island with guide (8)
Draw headless female guide (8)
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Janus STAPLE Means of securing textile fibre (6)
Main type of fastener (6)
Main fastening (6)
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23637
Janus EGLANTINE Brier in elegant profusion (9)
For example, worker in row at plant (9)
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22434
Janus FELL Tumbled down hill (4)
Cut downhill (4)
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23091
Janus CANOPY Article about facsimile cover for bed (6)
Article about imitation bed covering (6)
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23326
Janus UNABASHED Not shamed when girl gets beaten (9)
Girl beaten, but by no means confounded (9)
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22938
Janus BRIGHTONROCK Book by Victorian statesman on modern music (8,4)
Novel view of old statesman on modern music (8,4)
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22281
Janus TRANSPORT Convey with ecstasy (9)
Convey ecstasy (9)
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23766
Janus DESIRED Wanted revolutionary to support sideshow (7)
Asked side to change colour (7)
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21740
Janus OMAN No male person found in the Gulf (4)
Order article from Gulf State (4)
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23220
Janus ARCANUM Secret container in a strange setting (7)
Mystery of cuckoopint found outside container (7)
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22828
Janus COFFEESTRAINER It may reveal grounds for drinks on the coach (6,8)
It could provide grounds for drinks to be served on the coach (6,8)
It gives no grounds for certain fees being changed (6,8)
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22146
Janus TREATMENT What doctor ordered for the management (9)
Use therapy (9)
Just what the doctor ordered? (9)
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22506
23169
Janus ODIOUS Offensive to see how party rejected evidence of debts (6)
It's horrid when party's upset by evidence of debts (6)
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23481
Janus TOLERANCE Putting up with permitted deviation (9)
Disposition to put up with minor degree of variation (9)
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22388
Janus CREPE Traveller wearing church cloth (5)
Pancake taken back from coffee percolator area (5)
Fabric first created by eccentric peer (5)
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22176
21973
Janus STEP Favourites return to stage (4)
Stage in favourite's rise (4)
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23613
Janus STINGO Drink to try on way in (6)
Bring back eggs and go for a drink (6)
On way in, proceed to have a drink (6)
Drink providing energy on the way in (6)
Drink for smart circle (6)
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23326
22698
Janus ESTAMINET Site meant for small café! (9)
Site meant originally for a small bar (9)
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21740
Janus NIGELLA Boy the French see as a flower (7)
Boy taking novice a flower (7)
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22044
Janus EXTOL Old crowd rise in praise (5)
Praise former setback (5)
22518
22146
Janus ABELE Tree given by Lincoln to the French (5)
Popular, but not posh, tree (5)
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23688
Janus OKAPI Took a picture showing rare animal (5)
Took a picture of part of an animal with horns (5)
Took a piece, or part, of animal (5)
Took a picture showing animal in Africa (5)
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23169
22540
22070
Janus ESTATE Condition found in forest at eventide (6)
Left possessions in landed property (6)
Condition of landed property ... (6)
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23766
Janus FADDIST He follows craze for putting total in writing (7)
Crank who did badly in Lent, for example (7)
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21740
Janus RATTLE Conductor for children's entertainment (6)
Shake a plant (6)
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23326
Janus ARTISAN Trains a foreign mechanic (7)
Rising artist isn't a bad craftsman (7)
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23664
Janus COUNTDOWN ... in the period just prior of firing nobleman in adversity? (9)
TV programme anxiously watched at Cape Canaveral, presumably (9)
23766
21740
Janus ALLTHESAME Total uniformity nevertheless (3,3,4)
Still no variations? (3,3,4)
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22884
Janus SWAIN Rustic one swallowed by bird (5)
Young man taking single bird out (5)
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23766
Janus ESCORT Car attendant (6)
Armed guard on old car (6)
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23832
Janus MILL Factory philosopher (4)
Where trouble's expected to end in a fight (4)
Philosopher in fight at factory (4)
23303
22856
23091
Janus TERMAGANT Jolly Turkish officer intent on exposing virago (9)
Expression silver worker used for brawling woman (9)
23736
22070
Janus ORATE Hold forth of the cost of a ring? (5)
Harangue, giving actor a terrible part (5)
Speak for a team selection (5)
23736
22698
22412
Janus RETRACT To a soldier extent of space proves drawback (7)
Withdraw what was said about region (7)
22388
22341
Janus CAPON Tin containing river fowl (5)
Bird wearing headgear (5)
22910
22281
Janus CORRELATE Establish a relationship with another Leo Carter (9)
Establish correspondence, later suffering change in heart (9)
23569
22122
Janus LINDA Notice nothing up with girl (5)
Girl (backward) appears to notice nothing (5)
Notice nothing about girl (5)
23039
21808
23637
Janus SHEET Pamphlet man placed outside (5)
Newspaperman determined to go out (5)
22910
22584
Janus MASSACRE Cruel slaughter at service area (8)
Service at foreign port ending in carnage (8)
22778
22434
Janus CHATSWORTHHOUSE Talks with couturier before audience at stately home (10,5)
Value talks before building stately home (10,5)
23378
23117
Janus CHARLOCK Weed on arch bent over canal basin (8)
Daily woman with hair like a weed (8)
23063
22678
Janus SHARP Piercing note (5)
Cutting point on instrument (5)
23303
23664
Janus COTTA Pin said to be for surplice (5)
Vestment needing sound pin (5)
23039
21624
Janus APPRECIATION Increasing value of sympathetic criticism (12)
Just estimation of price rise (12)
22341
22362
Janus TRAMPOLINE It makes for resilience to set up market on River Nile, perhaps (10)
Work up in track apparatus used by gymnasts (10)
22884
23142
Logodaedalus ENGAGED Busy but still agreed to get married (7)
Busy, as promised (7)
24436
23926
Logodaedalus INTERN Make prisoner bury nothing at first (6)
Put away in a Pinter narrative (6)
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24837
Logodaedalus BREATHTAKING Awesome acceptance comes after life (12)
Bather in distress, suffering. How exciting! (12)
25154
21771
Logodaedalus UPRIGHT High-minded killjoy gets in the way of treating milk (7)
Honourable post (7)
23250
24306
Logodaedalus LEGALLY Support a colleague by rights (7)
Joint of meat given to friend properly (7)
23721
22026
Logodaedalus STING Fraud: it's contrary and no good (5)
A swindle is no good after it's mounted (5)
23721
24388
Logodaedalus REFUSE Say no to judge with advantage (6)
Whistle-blower has to deal with trash (6)
22143
23128
Logodaedalus DODO Old-fashioned person's party fare (4)
Old bird going from one party to another (4)
23075
24837
Logodaedalus AGOODSPORT Fair dealer keeps merchandise in a haven (1,4,5)
One with possessions left who doesn't mind losing (1,4,5)
23120
23883
Logodaedalus OVERDONE The Bard's bawdy mistress is dried up(8)
One of Shakespeare's mistresses, all dried up (8)
22630
24837
Logodaedalus STATUE University head in the country, being unable to move (6)
Still figure of Ms Barker describing rubbish (6)
24347
22690
Logodaedalus AROMA Perfume's what makes a wooer finally love mother (5)
Bouquet for a gypsy first (5)
25090
22562
Logodaedalus RESIDE To lie there with desire unveiled (6)
Disturbed desire to live in just one street (6)
23447
26036
Logodaedalus FASTER One who does not eat quicker (6)
Wilder top of fallen flower (6)
23322
24506
Logodaedalus LEARN Understand what's right in Jack Sprat's diet (5)
Grasp left ear and tip of nose (5)
22642
23721
Logodaedalus ARTHUR He was a king just half a day (6)
A fabled king with skill to hurt — not quite (6)
22726
26036
Logodaedalus ENLIST Volunteer is oddly silent (6)
Call up some women listeners (6)
23774
24388
Logodaedalus OVERSIGHT Mistake in supervision (9)
Supervision is a mistake (9)
21857
23721
Logodaedalus MANIFESTO Statement of inmates altered (9)
Aims often turned into policies (9)
22185
23525
Logodaedalus NARCISSUS Beautiful youth makes cassis run all over the place (9)
Good-looking lad with scar and sinus damaged (9)
22185
22449
Logodaedalus ACTIVE Wild cat I have to view in operation (6)
Nimble appears in Act Four, beginning of end (6)
25367
23373
Logodaedalus TARGETS Sailor captures victims (7)
The sailor has ambitions (7)
24724
24086
Logodaedalus CHERUB Offspring holds on to her angel (6)
Young reporter holds her beautiful child (6)
24724
22143
Logodaedalus SATANIC Nearly sick swallowing a brown and black (7)
As I can't move around, it's hellish (7)
24724
23373
Logodaedalus TILED Covered it up, having shown the way (5)
Bound to keep lady covered in the bathroom? (5)
22349
22185
Logodaedalus STORMY Mr Ball retreats into the enclosure, which is rough (6)
Tempestuous, having got married in a novel (6)
23625
24506
Logodaedalus MOGUL VIP to carry honour back (5)
Wealthy person, terribly glum when pocketing nothing (5)
23435
23721
Logodaedalus ADDRESSED Nowadays, clothed and buttonholed (9)
Greeted a daughter having put on clothes (9)
23435
21857
Logodaedalus AGGRESSOR Attacker in silver-grey nearly getting Ross to retreat (9)
He starts a fight, spattering grass with gore (9)
23966
24658
Logodaedalus LOSER No-hoper could be changing roles (5)
Also-ran won't start to get closer (5)
23010
22185
Logodaedalus NOTEWORTHY Remarkable school put up with a local celebrity (10)
Important memo to an upright chap (10)
21669
24472
Logodaedalus ABSORBENT Receptive and dreamy, catching poet's eye (9)
It's receptive, making babe snort (9)
23200
25154
Logodaedalus IDEAL Fairy-tale wood - I must go first (5)
Perfect theory left behind (5)
24557
24306
Logodaedalus SETBACK It's a blow having a collection to retire! (7)
Bad bet shatters Harry, which is a disappointment (7)
24557
22510
Logodaedalus CHEAT Talk about the end of confidence trickster (5)
Escape from talk about the end of life (5)
26263
24557
Logodaedalus UNDERARMS Deodorant might be needed here, when ready for a fight (5,4)
Type of service is shortly to be prepared for war (5,4)
26263
22510
Logodaedalus SEVERS Cuts always taking place in Sunday school (6)
Splits always seen in steamship (6)
23744
23075
Logodaedalus ABRIDGED Notice about flyover must be digested (8)
Cut down when one crossed over (8)
23744
23075
Logodaedalus SCARED Afraid to get cut by editor (6)
Frightened editor has a wound that's healed (6)
23744
24790
Logodaedalus INSTANCE Fashionable attitude, for example (8)
Refer to in policy (8)
22781
23435
Logodaedalus SKIN Just a crust for son and family (4)
Here you will see a second family hide (4)
24120
24472
Logodaedalus AGENTS Spies needing information held by ATS (6)
Middlemen: one has knowledge that reaches backstreet (6)
23579
24837
Logodaedalus IMAGE Portrait that is on the outside of a magazine (5)
A picture of, say, a friend in Calais is held up (5)
23579
23721
Logodaedalus ASIDE A camp whisper (5)
Whisper some of Spinoza's ideas (5)
23579
23250
Logodaedalus SUGARED Fundraiser in the name of God turning sweet (7)
Sweet Sue needing drag, perhaps? (7)
22759
26367
Logodaedalus SORE Cupid got up and, they say, saw red (4)
Bruised son of Aphrodite northward goes (4)
22712
24149
Logodaedalus ALMOND Type of paste used by salmon daily (6)
Most of this nut is needed by a large fish (6)
22712
26229
Logodaedalus ADOLESCENT Incline to keep unemployment benefit for a teenager (10)
One with allowance to get perfume for teenager (10)
22712
23744
Logodaedalus GLORIA This girl is perhaps a girl without love (6)
Girl who makes you nearly glow, then look back (6)
Swanson impregnates rag with oil (6)
21907
24790
21630
Logodaedalus PULLUP Come to a halt, whichever way you like (4,2)
Carpet, on being turned, is duplicated (4,2)
23159
23447
Logodaedalus TOPIC To pick up half the question (5)
Subject to pretty intensive cross-examination initially (5)
21824
22510
Logodaedalus GODPARENT Backtrack to origin of sponsor at baptism (9)
Garden pot broken by sponsor (9)
21824
22759
Logodaedalus BACKHANDER Bribe former worker with hesitation (10)
Secret reward used in court (10)
22921
23744
Logodaedalus LETDOWN Town led astray, which is a disappointment (3-4)
Like a lengthened skirt, it's a disappointment (3,4)
22885
22712
Logodaedalus INCH Move slowly wearing check (4)
You have to go very slowly in Finchley (4)
23272
21733
Logodaedalus AGEISM Prejudice exists to break up a masterpiece (6)
One's game is clumsy — it stops one carrying on, perhaps (6)
23272
25518
Logodaedalus OBESE Plump duck to be seen half done (5)
Decoration only half seen, being bulky (5)
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25090
Logodaedalus HARDY Thomas puts dried grass over road (5)
Brave writer of "Jude the Obscure" (5)
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Logodaedalus ARCH Roguish but formal when put in the pig pen (4)
I'm playful — and the month hasn't even started! (4)
Mischievous when the month starts late (4)
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Logodaedalus GREASY Ingratiating when interrupting 19th century PM (6)
Smooth when in neutral (6)
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Logodaedalus SCHOOL Followers found in coach or train (6)
A place for teaching whales, collectively (6)
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Logodaedalus ENOCH Male (skilled) married, returning to church (5)
Cain's boy, being married, put up with church (5)
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Logodaedalus STEP Footprint shows retreat of cat and dog (4)
Blue-eyed boys back-tracking a short distance (4)
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Logodaedalus DISTASTE Horror is stated to be spurious (8)
Aversion shows how Sid reverts to style (8)
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Logodaedalus SOULDESTROYING Tedious individual breaking down (4-10)
It's exasperating, old use maybe, having to sing about an ancient city (4-10)
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24992
Logodaedalus NETTLE Incense might be in the soup (6)
See 1 (6)
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Logodaedalus BANKRUPT This beggar is exhausted (8)
Not known in cafe, then put out penniless (8)
Not known in bar? Then put about "I'm broke" (8)
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24472
Logodaedalus SCRAPE Chopped capers in pickle (6)
Frivolous capers could lead to an awkward predicament (6)
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Logodaedalus ADDICT Enthusiast to count: it includes one hundred (6)
"Junkie" is a word found in a bad dictionary (6)
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23883
Logodaedalus SAPIENT Wise Father Christmas nearly eating a pie (7)
It''s wise to change panties (7)
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Logodaedalus NOTCH Nick is not a child (5)
Whas a degree? I'm not a child! (5)
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24388
Logodaedalus DREAM Imagine Dr West coming back! (5)
I'm about to be kept by mother — that's an ambition (5)
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Logodaedalus KINDRED Warm wine for the family (7)
The family will want warm claret, perhaps (7)
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Logodaedalus APOSTLE Missionary uses stone to break a stick (7)
Preacher leaps to conclusion (7)
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Logodaedalus RUMBA This dance is odd with only half the band there (5)
Dance with spirit, back half visible (5)
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Logodaedalus AUDIENCE Just the house for a formal interview (8)
Gatehouse (8)
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Logodaedalus INEPT I'm awkward - and in record time (5)
Useless writer turns up in it (5)
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Logodaedalus ATOM Scrap for a cat (4)
One driving test reversing a bit (4)
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23120
Logodaedalus CORNERSHOP Hideaway with grass on, which may be open all hours (6,4)
Crook and son bound to be open all hours, perhaps? (6,4)
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22143
Logodaedalus LETONESHAIRDOWN Have a good time, as the stylist might (3,4,4,4)
Shoot winner with lead excitedly, then relax (3,4,4,4)
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23698
Logodaedalus CHIANTI Life force in opposition to wine (7)
Half China's opposed to Italian wine (7)
Almost stylish, certainly not in favour of wine (7)
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26367
Logodaedalus RATED Assessed time taken by favourite going north (5)
Edward joins the Royal Academy to be admired (5)
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22115
Logodaedalus ACCURATE Faithful account must be put to clergyman (8)
Correct account to a clergyman (8)
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Logodaedalus ROTATE Go off, having scoffed roll (6)
Turn, or turned, junk east (6)
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Logodaedalus CATCHWORD The motto is: "Understand one's guarantee" (9)
Hear the promise - that's the slogan (9)
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23100
Logodaedalus OUTRAGE Profound indignation shown by our generation about time (7)
It's eccentric to hide silver - and a gross offence (7)
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22592
Logodaedalus SWEET Taking another course? (5)
You and I in group that's pleasant (5)
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26367
Logodaedalus AVERAGE Mean girl gets squeezed in time (7)
State day centre (7)
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Logodaedalus IGNOBLE Glib one could be vile (7)
I'm worthless, so I belong all over the place (7)
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22115
Logodaedalus TIMER Watch this! Married in the middle of a row! (5)
Settle up for a clocklike device (5)
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21669
Logodaedalus DOWN Blue Western concealed by university teacher (4)
Party women disheartened and depressed (4)
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Logodaedalus PEACH Attractive young woman to turn informer (5)
Fruit for every individual found behind piano (5)
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23883
Logodaedalus GAUNTLET Gloomy letter, only half read, seen as a challenge (8)
The challenge of accommodating Aunt Letitia (8)
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21630
Logodaedalus OMEN Sign is functioning, keeping me concealed (4)
Warning given by last of Chicago guys (4)
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23100
Logodaedalus BAGEL Graduate backstage gets bread roll (5)
Roll lists Bachelor of Arts before returning member (5)
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22115
Logodaedalus YIELDED Having submitted could have made Eddy lie (7)
Gave in with damaged eyelid, then died (7)
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24388
Logodaedalus AVID Very enthusiastic, the opposite of a great female singer (4)
Enthusiastic singer makes a comeback (4)
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23100
Logodaedalus AIRPORT For fliers with oxygen left behind (7)
Draught wine could be terminal (7)
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23361
Logodaedalus ALLEGRO One left leg half rose in a lively manner (7)
King consumed by entirely personal pride briskly (7)
Musically brisk and organised by Miss Fitzgerald on return (7)
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22396
Logodaedalus NUN Pigeon travels to and fro (3)
One sister, or none by the sound of it (3)
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22562
Logodaedalus RIOJA Retiring Josephine dipped into dry Spanish wine (5)
Cheerio, Jack! Wine's included! (5)
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22592
Logodaedalus ADDRESS Today's clothing, which may help delivery people (7)
Home, so a daughter wants to slip into something (7)
A daughter needs a frock, but where to find her? (7)
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22318
Logodaedalus SCAR Mark's machine (4)
Damage at the front of sports jalopy (4)
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24591
Logodaedalus LUSTRE Result could be "distinction" (6)
Honour of good man in the grip of temptation (6)
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24388
Logodaedalus TYPE It's a strain to work in an office (4)
A kind face (4)
Some pretty person might do so in the office (4)
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22115
Logodaedalus ARENA Place for activities, but Karen can't start one (5)
Ring a large number in the locality (5)
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22562
Logodaedalus EXTRA Bit player gets former friend to go half way (5)
One of crowd in old, upturned craft (5)
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24306
Logodaedalus OCASEY Playwright has agreement with a company that's turned around (6)
"Yes, a company needs to be turned round", says Irish dramatist(1'5)
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21771
Logodaedalus EMERSON Poet picks me up, being topless (7)
Poet who makes me snore (7)
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24436
Logodaedalus EMCEE Act as host by letter (5)
Short announcer says: "Get me back to the church on time, eventually!" (5)
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26367
Logodaedalus ASTERN One with rigid behind (6)
Like a bird's behind? (6)
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Logodaedalus ASCOT Sandy is, perhaps, seen at this racecourse (5)
Place for finding big hats and misshapen coats (5)
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23883
Logodaedalus DISH Some food is hot here (4)
Knockout gets Sid back to hospital (4)
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25518
Logodaedalus ACHE Bill: he will be suffering (4)
The suffering a preacher tries to hide (4)
The pain borne by Rachel (4)
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24149
21630
Logodaedalus OCTOPUS Sea animal needing work after a month (7)
It takes work, under a month, to find a sea creature (7)
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Logodaedalus STURGEON A good person to advise on fish (8)
Large fish when turning round shows no e.g. tracks (8)
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21771
Logodaedalus LEGEND Folk-tale preserved, for example, in advance (6)
Finale on the stage could be a fable (6)
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Logodaedalus NOISE Row with first person to split one's hooter (5)
Racket used by champion needing short set (5)
First person to be covered in scent, leading to a row (5)
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23721
Logodaedalus ELDER Fruit tree for community leader (5)
Senior to exhibit part of red letter upside down (5)
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Logodaedalus PENCIL Originally, Patsy Cline could have been a writer (6)
Type of skirt, but where is the point of it? (6)
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Logodaedalus ASPIRE Long snake that is squeezing a queen (6)
Long snake put down with anger (6)
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21771
Logodaedalus IVAN Russian bed without a head (4)
A terrible ruler, one having the leading position (4)
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23883
Logodaedalus INSIDER How to cook pork, we hear, for a man in clique (7)
One of us is desirin' another! (7)
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Logodaedalus REASON "About A Boy" ought to be kept in mind (6)
Motive concerning an endless strain (6)
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24347
Logodaedalus TEMPEST A big blow for English MP entering a quiz! (7)
Try to shield English MP in violent storm (7)
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Logodaedalus COINTREAU Drink leads to nasty reaction at university (9)
Exotic creation for all - a liqueur (9)
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22562
Logodaedalus EYESIGHT Ability to see very well inside the boat (8)
Perception is sure to break up a rowing team (8)
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Logodaedalus ANGELCAKE Financial backer meets an old fool for tea (5,4)
Kind person with food, which is made without egg yolks (5,4)
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24658
Logodaedalus AIRCREW Fresh raw rice for high fliers (7)
Transporters strain to get to Crewe nearly (7)
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23292
Logodaedalus EDEN Edward, gent at heart, in paradise (4)
Eastern place of work or play is paradise (4)
Does this garden need to be ploughed? (4)
Sir Anthony's garden (4)
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23883
22003
Logodaedalus SANDPAPER Abrasive George, French novelist, to join the Guardian, perhaps (9)
Smooth French author gets certificate (9)
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Logodaedalus DATE Dark fruit for a boyfriend?(4)
Girlfriend, starting diet, had food later (4)
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23075
Logodaedalus STANDIN Understudy is nearly permanent (5-2)
Nearly suffering as a substitute (5,2)
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22449
Logodaedalus ASPIRIN Almost hopeful concerning pain reliever (7)
Endlessly hopeful for painkiller (7)
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24837
Logodaedalus REDDER Looking more embarrassed, when going to and fro (6)
More angry, "upstairs, downstairs". So to speak (6)
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24149
Logodaedalus PREFACE Introduce referee, having to stride around (7)
Introduction in front of the clock (7)
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23120
Logodaedalus EVELYN Diarist recorded first woman with tailless cat (6)
Diarist's first female Manx cat (6)
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23128
Logodaedalus THOUGHTS Yet good man backed these points of view (8)
Thug shot unfairly and that's not just one opinion (8)
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21733
Logodaedalus MADRIGAL Unaccompanied song disturbed girl with Adam (8)
Song requires absurd gear on a lady's head(8)
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Logodaedalus LAWRENCE Author and wife about to break a long spear (8)
Author shows little bird dissecting string (8)
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22026
Logodaedalus STRAIN Make the utmost effort in variety (6)
Separate tax (6)
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Logodaedalus EROTIC Naughty boy absorbs part of the Bible (6)
Ripped up one chapter with a steamy line (6)
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23447
Logodaedalus EMPEROR A purple butterfly is yours for a sovereign (7)
Beethoven's moth? (7)
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Logodaedalus EDGE The advantage of retired gentlemen (4)
Newspaperman gets half inch (4)
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21630
Logodaedalus HOARSE A king splits tights, rough when he has his say (6)
Rough one is carried by out-of-date transport (6)
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24388
Logodaedalus GREENROOM Flourishing opportunity for those off stage (9)
Ecological space for those off stage (9)
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21920
Mercury PROTEST Complain and drag bunk inside (7)
Having proof of missing trial, raise objections (7)
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21775
Mercury AFFIDAVIT Fat diva, if off to make a legal declaration (9)
Help two fellows inside at about six to make statement on oath (9)
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22082
Mercury STEALTHY Skulking by lift, they drop key (8)
Furtive drink with lieutenant in modest surroundings (8)
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21775
Mercury OPENS Starts making duck enclosures (5)
Enclose in very big launches (5)
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22582
Mercury OPPOSER One against work with a model (7)
One against work with artist's model (7)
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22444
Mercury GRACE Little prayer when backing vehicle in, say (5)
When reversing car in, say a prayer (5)
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22495
Mercury ECHO A sound return from city head office (4)
Some pianoforte chords reverberate (4)
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21745
Mercury ECSTATIC Engineer stands still, enraptured (8)
Elated, but still after church backing (8)
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22314
Mercury ELECTRODE Conductor may choose soldier to take party back (9)
When picked, travelled behind conductor (9)
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22107
Mercury TALENTS Stories about good books making money once (7)
Stories about conservationists making money once? (7)
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22107
Mercury TATTLE Story about an island race that's mere gossip (6)
Gossip's story about heartless tart (6)
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Mercury TEMPLATE Mould seen outside at a religious building (8)
Relief worker and former model (8)
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22245
Mercury FEAR Risk having airmen standing around back of plane (4)
Aviators reversed bearing in alarm (4)
Concern for fellow listener (4)
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22392
Mercury WHEEL See 8 (5)
See 9 (5)
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Mercury ASYLUM Youth leader in a squalid neighbourhood seeking shelter (6)
Mauls poor youth leader in shelter (6)
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21696
Mercury ELEPHANT Then leap out of jumbo? (8)
The plane turned out to be a jumbo (8)
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22480
Mercury ANIMAL Overlooking American hostility to Capone, the brute (6)
Brutal for a short time? Thats up to Capone (6)
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21745
Mercury ITALICS The type inclined to emphasise something? (7)
Type inclined to emphasise things (7)
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21918
Mercury RUCHE Companion to regret wearing ruffle (5)
Guru cheerfully removed a piece of decoration (5)
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22367
Mercury EROTIC Blue with cold, I rushed back (6)
Man admits good books will be somehow stimulating (6)
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Mercury SENATE Governing body wants Brown back in the diocese (6)
Get Brown's retirement accepted by governing body (6)
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21775
Mercury DEAR Article in colour rejected as expensive (4)
Expensive letter opener? (4)
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21716
Mercury COUPON Getting mug with nothing in against a voucher (6)
Mug against accepting love token (6)
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22417
Mercury ENGAGEMENTRINGS People promised to give these battle calls (10,5)
They may be exchanged after a proposal is accepted (10,5)
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22480
Mercury ENTER Join hospital department engineers in retirement (5)
About ten engineers turned to go in (5)
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22314
Mercury ATTEST Certify a tin-opener on trial (6)
Demonstrate some ideas Watt established (6)
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22546
Nutmeg PARCH Give a bit of a roasting to chief under pressure (5)
Soft part of foot's become very dry (5)
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Nutmeg EATEN Defeated leader's taken off and put away (5)
Scoffed in ridicule at enemy (5)
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27302
Nutmeg CANINE Just under 10 roughly treated by 23, or 26, say (6)
Type of pet that needs brushing twice a day? (6)
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27024
Nutmeg THROW Faze host and cast (5)
Cast leading pair in third series (5)
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27545
Nutmeg NOSTRIL On boy's return, adult leaves test for a breather (7)
Anticipating endless warbling, son retires for a breather (7)
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26174
Nutmeg DOING Studying sound of spring? (5)
Harry keeps home functioning (5)
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26301
Nutmeg AGED See 16
Old Bill nabbing revolutionary for one (4)
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27223
Nutmeg EVIDENT Plain setter's got up to make an impression (7)
Nutmeg's got over depression, that's clear (7)
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27257
Nutmeg LITERAL Accurate misprint (7)
It all gets broadcast, including Queen's typo … (7)
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26150
Nutmeg ALSORAN No winner's too stretched (4-3)
Too frank, essentially: he didn't get a place (4-3)
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Nutmeg STERNLY Like fox consuming bird without pity? (7)
Showing no leniency in the end? (7)
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26503
Nutmeg LYCEES Council's final agreement, letting in church schools (6)
Labour leader and I agree about church schools (6)
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26415
Nutmeg DELPHIC Aged adviser from Indian city introducing power boat (7,6)
First to last, benefit in backing police is hard to fathom (7)
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27085
Nutmeg GIANT Whopping six-footer in US army? (5)
Good worker tackling tip of iceberg in Titanic (5)
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27121
Nutmeg LEAD Defeat secured by best original means to an end in 15 (4,6)
Premier article in key write-up (4)
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27211
Nutmeg AMATI Quality instrument used by dramatist (5)
Wartime show mounted to conceal a fiddle (5)
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27007
Nutmeg PROCLAIM Trumpet for silent type crossing island (8)
Publish demand made by authority (8)
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26415
Nutmeg RISSOLE Fried food reduced in savoury starters before fish (7)
Teacher brought back unique meat dish (7)
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27637
Nutmeg NOOKS Corners everyone's against? (5)
Sanction stops child turning corners (5)
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27151
Nutmeg ONLY 50 in old city having no siblings (4)
Just individual (4)
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Nutmeg UMPIRE Judge's premium reduced out of hand (6)
Aussie runner's enthralling cleavage upset judge (6)
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26210
Nutmeg STATION See 22
See 8
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Nutmeg FRIDAY When to eat fish caught in Wear? (6)
Skirmish grips papers for 24 hours (6)
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26174
Nutmeg REUNIONS Where old boys found brief relaxation outside marriage? (8)
Queen Bess rejected marriage — small family do's the result (8)
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27024
Nutmeg TWO Cardinal rejecting anything northern (3)
"Deuce" likewise announced (3)
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26327
Nutmeg INTANDEM Originally, Neil and I met dancing together (2,6)
Saint and emissary keeping close together (2,6)
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27211
Nutmeg BOFFIN Scientist raising one stink after another (6)
Ditch keeping away researcher (6)
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27135
Nutmeg RATRACE Gunners drop unremitting quest for success (3,4)
Drivers collectively cutting speed in hectic competition (3,4)
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27592
Nutmeg CANDOUR US gents, perhaps, determined to get honesty (7)
Conservative dashing around — not something MPs are noted for (7)
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26210
Nutmeg DREAM Fancy doctor on trial blowing kiss (5)
Visualise terror ultimately doubled (5)
King notably had one about breaching barrier (5)
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26487
Nutmeg IDAHO State promise in church to secure a husband (5)
House associated with Greek mountain state (5)
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27183
Nutmeg RAPIDLY Knock in vain with dispatch (7)
Knock not deliberately fast (7)
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Nutmeg ALSO Too large to fit into a small circle (4)
Some decimals overlooked in addition (4)
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Nutmeg TASTE Relish country's leader moving to the right (5)
Experience worry over arresting good man (5)
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26415
Nutmeg THERMAL Current actor finally stops playing Hamlet (7)
Current queen entering London street with large cast (7)
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26682
Nutmeg REARM Last maiden to prepare for a new engagement? (5)
Prepare to fight again behind military leader (5)
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26682
Nutmeg FLORIN State prosecutor's lost new coinage (6)
Two thirds of tosses involving gold coin (6)
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Nutmeg REHEARSED Left-winger skirting last carriage run over (9)
Ran through tall grass catching catches (9)
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27151
Nutmeg TRUE Bona fide 7 used 10 (4)
Correct conclusions in lawsuit, whenever you prosecute (4)
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27533
Nutmeg PRISM Teacher turning up during autopsy's a possible shedder of light (5)
Elevated teacher installed in fairly quiet block for light work (5)
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Nutmeg BEANPOLE Spare person providing support in kitchen garden (8)
Head getting European support for runner, maybe (8)
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26360
Nutmeg SPECTRAL Insubstantial small muscle, one failing in test (8)
Phantom PC alerts crook (8)
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26415
Nutmeg EMPEROR Beethoven's fifth penguin? (7)
Expert swimmer, male, adapted proper, genuine clothing (7,7)
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27151
Nutmeg GENIAL Easy-going daughter abandons prohibition for good (6)
Cheerful servant good for morose leader (6)
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26092
Nutmeg KNOT Bird speed (4)
Heart of problem granny? (4)
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26467
Nutmeg PASTRY See 19
Eg turnover from discontinued lines (6)
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Orlando ONREMAND Awaiting trial, working bloke is held by cardinal, perhaps (2,6)
In custody pending trial, one man died protecting ringleader (2,6)
24352
22180
Orlando LARGE Comprehensive scholar getting sandwiches (5)
At it, on the 7 (5)
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25237
Orlando LOOSE Free love recurring in college (5)
Unattached and promiscuous (5)
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25237
Orlando LOCUST Place and time for migratory insect (6)
Migratory insect seen in tree (6)
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24330
Orlando IMPROVISE Ad-lib one's better without (9)
Vamp is included in revamp (9)
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24906
Orlando DEEPDOWN Cunning county fundamentally, despite appearances (4,4)
Comfortable filling, despite appearances? (4,4)
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21998
Orlando ETCHINGS Works of art and more of the same — items needing no introduction (8)
Art works: topless things and other things on top (8)
25339
22326
Orlando VISTULA View taking in both sides of unusual river (7)
"Luv"? It's a variant of "flower" (7)
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25617
Orlando ADVANCE Go ahead with loan (7)
Get on with leader from Virginia in Charleston, say? (7)
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24315
Orlando NIAGARA Border river turning over Russia's borders (7)
A Roman leader once more rises and falls (7)
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23963
Orlando ASSUMED Medusa's snakes taken upon oneself (7)
... how Medusa's snakes may be put on? (7)
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23025
Orlando IANHISLOP Editor in a Polish novel (3,6)
Editor getting in a mess translating Polish (3,6)
25100
22570
Orlando PLUMB Sound colour: black (5)
Tree said to be sound (5)
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25339
Orlando PERNOD Agent turning up by agreement for an aperitif (6)
Housing in which eastern sailors drink (6)
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26052
Orlando PLEDGE Solemn undertaking to abstain from drinking a toast (6)
Pawn toast (6)
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26052
Orlando AGENTS Those answering to M answer to men (6)
First-class men required as spies (6)
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22180
Orlando BRASSICA Swede, for example, with metal one can cut (8)
Instruments employed by one beginning to cultivate a vegetable (8)
25607
22326
Orlando RAPID Lightning strike brings in first of pickets (5)
Lightning attack seizing power (5)
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25339
Orlando SONIC Issue one cent coins for circulation? Carrying on thus — within reason — I create a sort of boom (5)
Family member in charge of sound (5)
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25249
Orlando SETTLE Take up residence in a Yorkshire town (6)
Come to rest somewhere in Yorkshire (6)
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24315
Orlando EDEN Need spin for PM (4)
Eve's first home (4)
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25264
Orlando ENOUNCE Measure cat, say (7)
Have no uncertainty — speak out! (7)
24157
25413
Orlando SINCERE Not affected as engineers (7)
True as scripture (7)
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Orlando TEES Kid heard in river (4)
A flower Theseus regularly picked? (4)
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24572
Orlando METEOR Traveller from afar is missing tiresome stranger (6)
Space traveller revealed by start of oscillation in measuring instrument (6)
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21690
Orlando MIMI Florida resort without a role for a soprano (4)
Soprano role - 1,001 duets (4)
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22019
Orlando AGED Old painter almost retired (4)
Old silver mine found at last (4)
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26052
Orlando LIEDER Songs the kaiser heard? (6)
One hears principal songs (6)
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22326
Orlando MARIANNE Faithfull (sic) or false, Armenian queen following French husband? (8)
Lavender planted in battle for girl (8)
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25882
Orlando UNEARTH Discover limits of Utopian world (7)
A hunter goes to pot? Grub up! (7)
24546
25134
Orlando WINDY Turn your head yellow? (5)
Frightened of the weather forecast? (5)
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22019
Orlando SIGHT Mess making sense (5)
Spot the short soldiers retreating (5)
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24718
Orlando SINGULAR Remarkable, as sheep but not goats may be (8)
Odd, as sheep may be, but not goats (8)
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22570
Orlando HIRING Taking on leads for Heaton's indie band (6)
Taking on husband, one needs token of commitment, perhaps (6)
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25032
Orlando BASSET Dogfish on film (6)
"The Hound of the Baskervilles", first impression - something worth having (6)
Baskerville's lead plus hound (6)
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Orlando BLOODYMARY Tudor drink (6,4)
Drink from Lombardy you almost ordered (6,4)
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Orlando BEEFEDUP Busy worker getting disgruntled is given reinforcement (6,2)
Worker not happy with reinforcement (6,2)
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Orlando ENCORE Call for Sargent, say, before a sergeant, say, entered (6)
Middle section of serenade? Play it again! (6)
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Orlando TUDOR In Versailles you stick up for the royal family (5)
Staff extremely upset about royal house (5)
Trade union leaders stick up for royal family (5)
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Orlando MAIDSTONE Inmates do riot in prison (9)
Criminal doesn't aim for prison (9)
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Orlando ENDURES Missing leader censured dancing bears (7)
Bears stop by river to get a bit of salmon (7)
Going over a river stops bears (7)
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Orlando YEREVAN Back from journey before transport appears in capital (7)
Capital unknown before taking lead (7)
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Orlando SIESTA The rest of the hussies take part (6)
Some of the bourgeoisie stay with the rest (6)
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Orlando NUMBER Musical item that's less sensitive (6)
Issue anaesthetic (6)
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Orlando RATTLING Jolly good luck initially stops betrayal (8)
Making a noise? Jolly good! (8)
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Orlando NERO One Roman not entirely a well respected man (4)
Fiddler, it's said, turned on when hugging the leading lady (4)
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Orlando UNIT Can university upset one? (4)
Upper-class twit - one of many? (4)
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Orlando VILLAGE Large glen I've turned over as land for the community (7,5)
Five having a bad time - more than Hamlet? (7)
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Orlando RELATIONS Joy comes between Rex and small family (9)
Reports of intercourse (9)
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Orlando ASTILBE Bestial wild flower (7)
Flower left out when Bastille collapsed (7)
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Orlando BITTERNS Composer's displaced river birds (8)
Birds very cold at the poles (8)
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Orlando PUTDOWN Crushing remark that's recorded (3-4)
Record snub (3-4)
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Orlando SABLE Island's turning black (5)
Small island turning black (5)
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Orlando CASCADE Newspaper boss sent up after conspirator falls (7)
In church a fish falls (7)
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Orlando ISSUE Question children (5)
A question of publication (5)
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Orlando ADAGIO Slow movement of girl taking turn to embrace one (6)
Movement uniting female soldier with second-in-command (6)
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Orlando LIGHTER The girl messing about in a boat (7)
The girl messing about in a boat (7)
Boat with less ballast? (7)
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Orlando TROUT Fish finger's last to be consumed by solicitor (5)
Fish finger finally filling for solicitor (5)
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Orlando BANG Report from outlaw on edge of greenwood (4)
Hammer and nails initially kept in sack (4)
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Orlando METROLAND Chap bumped into at first in London suburbs (9)
Opera house chap that was lauded by Betjeman? (9)
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Orlando FLAIR Naturally a gift is left for blonde to accept (5)
Not unreasonable about line that's bent (5)
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Orlando BRUTE See 12
Beast with dry eyes, initially (5)
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Orlando RACEME Aircraftman captured by soldiers demonstrates flower arrangement (6)
Challenge issued by Atalanta for flower arrangement? (6)
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Orlando ASITCOMES A programme's involving head of entertainment anyhow (2,2,5)
A TV programme about outer space, anyhow (2,2,5)
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Orlando SPEAK Start to swing and get high, say (5)
Start from scratch and reach the highest point, say (5)
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Orlando RAREEARTH Such elements are rather confused (4,5)
There's an element such as yttrium? What a wonderful world! (4,5)
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Orlando IDLE Superstar said to be useless (4)
Unemployed member of comedy team (4)
Doing nothing — taking some unpaid leave (4)
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Orlando STATED Condition beginning to deteriorate, so it's said (6)
Condition beginning to deteriorate, so it's said (6)
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Orlando DECATHLON Alain's girl entered contest (9)
French actor Alain's girl entered contest (9)
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Orlando RARELY Artist going to bank once in a blue moon (6)
Hardly ever very well (6)
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Orlando SCREAM Second best hoot (6)
Hoot about being taken in by swindle (6)
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Orlando COKE Snow used as fuel (4)
Drink that's put in the oven? (4)
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Orlando ASPS Like extremely poisonous snakes (4)
Snakes and serpents possess small heads (4)
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Orlando ORDER Speaker's call (not loud) for socialist revolution (5)
Regulated state - alternative to Red Revolution? (5)
Marshal may be tall? (5)
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Orlando LORELEI Temptress learning flower arrangement in Hawaii (7)
Rock singer is the French number one after learning ... (7)
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Orlando SCRUB Cancel clean-up (5)
Abandon brushwood (5)
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Orlando UNDERARMS Ready for battle before introduction of slow bowling technique (5,4)
Ready for war in pits? (5,4)
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Orlando ANTONYMS Lover of Shakespeare writing here and there, say (8)
Role at Stratford — writing War and Peace, say (8)
Character in Shakespeare manuscript - or "War and Peace", for example (8)
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Orlando ATSEA Confounded sailing! (2,3)
Astray on the ocean (2,3)
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Orlando ERINYES Avenging spirits in Greece or Ireland? Certainly! (7)
Furies in ancient Greece and Ireland? Certainly! (7)
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Orlando DESTINY Lot of Tyneside not completely developed (7)
Ultimately wanting Tyneside's odd lot (7)
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Orlando INTHEPINK Well dressed for the meet (2,3,4)
Popular judge restrains European power very well (2,3,4)
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Orlando IDRIS Tripoli's last doctor is to join Tripoli's last king (5)
Italy is sheltering Dr King, ousted by Gaddafi (5)
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Orlando SPECTATOR One sees record producer first of all with time inside (9)
Prescott a false witness? (9)
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Orlando DIRECTORGENERAL Straight men with blanket for head (8,7)
Noted career girl out to get top job (8,7)
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Orlando DIRECT Frank's guide (6)
Frank guide (6)
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Orlando STICKS River heard in wood (6)
Furniture stays put (6)
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Orlando ENDURE … complete with flower for bear (6)
Bear last seen by Yorkshire river (6)
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Orlando ESSAY Try some Bacon or Lamb? (5)
Homework, perhaps, heads of school always read aloud (5)
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Orlando IGNOBLE Coin found by retired person in military base (7)
Being low, unfinished, poor, unworthy (7)
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Orlando ROMANIA Italian city in a different country (7)
Country in Central America, country in Asia, and one midway? (7)
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Orlando FRIEND Devil-dodger finally buried in "The Loved One" (6)
Quaker in China (6)
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Orlando SCENARIO Score in a motion picture script (8)
Heartless reactions, awkward situation (8)
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Orlando STORM Furore when hill is captured by sergeantmajor (5)
Shop closing early before mass attack (5)
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Orlando ACER King leaves Bilk in tree (4)
Cheshire cat's content climbing tree (4)
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Orlando BERG Short bird backing composer (4)
Composer missing a little grebe from the south (4)
Composer given introductions to Busoni, Elgar, Ravel and Grieg (4)
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Orlando LIBERTINE Rake it in with rebel in a state (9)
Don Juan is one friend of Mary Poppins in work (9)
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Orlando BEVY Company getting past, holding up victory in Europe (4)
Be very heartless in company (4)
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Orlando OXFORDBAGS Trousers get tucked into shoes (6,4)
Old trousers get tucked into shoes (6,4)
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Orlando ARES God having a short break (4)
God worries about being ignored (4)
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Orlando LASSIE Story about animal noted for homecoming (6)
Young female animal in fiction (6)
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Orlando SCALLION Onion ring found in the promised land (8)
Type of onion ring found in the promised land (8)
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Orlando ADMONISH Take to task Minos had in maze (8)
Warn an attractive person concealing second name (8)
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Orlando OBLIVIOUS Having a palpable exterior left one unconscious (9)
Clear round left one unconscious (9)
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Orlando MANDARIN Duck a l'orange? (8)
An orange tongue - and that's official (8)
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Orlando REREDOS Screen left out when joiner turns up (7)
Screen left out round solderer (7)
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Orlando RISINGS International Socialist primarily calls out for insurrections (7)
One's entertained by bands with revolting acts (7)
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Orlando OBSERVE Keep watch, say (7)
Clock, say (7)
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Orlando ERICA Plant seen in US, but not before noon (5)
A little sister I called Heather (5)
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Orlando ORLANDO Composer apes composer (7,7)
Setter seen in Florida (7)
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Orlando BOATSWAIN Ship's officer sat in bow with a wound (9)
Petty officer stole two shillings taken aboard (9)
A seaman stole — I wasn't involved (9)
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Orlando SCOTFREE One leaving Old Tolbooth without penalty? (4-4)
Briton released without punishment (4-4)
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Orlando FRIGHTFUL Not airy-fairy, just ghastly (9)
Ghastly female? True! (9)
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Orlando ISOLDE Operatic heroine with heart of gold dies at sea (6)
Yseult's other name is Old English (6)
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Orlando DISROBE Show off bodies without a bit of raiment? (7)
Bare bodies, shockingly, without a bit of raiment (7)
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Orlando ARRESTING Striking others in a fight venue (9)
Striking others in a fight venue (9)
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Orlando OVERT Open about chap not closing (5)
Unconcealed (in the past tense) (5)
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Orlando NORTH Bridge player taking unorthodox part (5)
Way to go in tavern or theatre (5)
Woman with time for a chart topper? (5)
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Orlando RAIMENT What designer has put into slit dress? (7)
Intend to appear in torn dress (7)
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Orlando SACRAMENTO Bones taken by soldiers to river in America (10)
Rolling Stone with first-class stuff in US city (10)
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Orlando MALAISE Uneasiness of some Asians in the audience (7)
People in Asia expressed discomfort (7)
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Orlando YORKER Delivery from Galway or Kerry (6)
Delivery from arch­bishop's place to outskirts of Exeter (6)
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Orlando RHEAS Birds share nuts (5)
Rook takes heart from others — because these birds won't fly (5)
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Orlando ABOUNDING Plentiful gain, possibly, over the border (9)
Plentiful ill-gotten gain both sides of border (9)
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Orlando ORWELL Blair, alternatively? Fancy that! (6)
Dystopian author gets nothing right, fortunately (6)
Writer gets nothing right, fortunately (6)
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Orlando NORMANS Some of the French in their votes mar constitution (7)
Some of the French opera supported by Poles (7)
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Orlando ONUS Burden a person usually conceals (4)
Responsibility for extra payment not being introduced (4)
Responsibility a felon usually conceals (4)
Responsibility for extra payment not being introduced (4)
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Orlando TRIMARAN Craft that's shipshape going to Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer? (8)
Craft that's shipshape Balboa finally scuttled (8)
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Orlando APOCRYPHA Strange approach with yearbooks (9)
Novel approach involving unknown books not accepted (9)
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Orlando PHOENIX The only bird of its kind in Arizona (7)
Rara avis in Arizona? (7)
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Orlando TRIREMES According to hearsay, "Endeavour" and many old ships (8)
If you listen, hear many old ships (8)
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Orlando DIOR Couturier backing embroidered veils (4)
Christian Aid's finale: Moon River (4)
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Orlando SCORSESE Film-maker needing specs, oddly, in 20 (8)
Film-maker seems oddly wrapped up in film music (8)
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Orlando SWALLOW Believe in a bird (7)
Down from a bird (7)
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Orlando CANAANITES Ancient, as a settlement for ancient people (10)
Ancient, as a setting for old people (10)
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Orlando ONLINE One has grasped nothing about being connected to the network (2-4)
One has grasped nothing about using the internet (6)
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Orlando LIEINS Kylie in Sydney Harbour stays in bed (3-3)
Neil is drunk and stays in bed (3,3)
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Orlando NEEDLESS Gratuitous indicators on top of screen (8)
Redundant indicators on front of stereo (8)
Numbers of patients seen at first to be unnecessary (8)
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Orlando PREVIOUS Prior: clergyman in devout environment (8)
Former vicar in religious environment (8)
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Orlando ASTOUND Surprise about German connection (7)
Knock for six regarding German joiner (7)
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Orlando BRIDALGOWN Darling bow set off ceremonial garb (6,4)
It may be trained in bad Rowling novel (6,4)
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Orlando DARLINGS Wendy's family pets (8)
Barrie's family favourites (8)
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Orlando SALEM Port in northern Massachusetts, beer in southern Massachusetts, initially (5)
Washington's uncle accepting extremely large place near Boston (5)
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Orlando LEADINGMAN I am England's new star (7,3)
One given top billing in England? I'm a stranger! (7,3)
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Orlando TYPE Twenty pence contribution? That's kind! (4)
Use keys in class (4)
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Orlando TRAMMEL Transport me with large hamper (7)
Transport Gibson in hamper (7)
Transport Orlando with large hamper (7)
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Orlando JOHN Augustus who painted smallest room (4)
Augustus who painted an evangelist (4)
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Orlando GOGOL Try repeating line from Russian author (5)
Russian writer tries Latin (5)
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Orlando MADEREADY Prepared crackers before daybreak (4,5)
Prepared to be out to lunch before daybreak? (4,5)
Prepared to be crazy before daybreak (4,5)
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Orlando UTTERLY Quite articulate? Lucy is heartless (7)
Quite articulate? Only 50% (7)
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Orlando SITUPON Bottom or top in US assembly (3-4)
Exercise on bottom (3-4)
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Orlando BONANZA Dickens gets to embrace girl - a stroke of luck! (7)
Grandmother in Dickens has a lucky strike (7)
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Orlando ACADEMY Little woman's a rebel in school (7)
The nifty Melodic Artisans, famed dance music group … (7,2,2,6,2,3,6)
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Orlando DRAB Dingy fish crossing river (4)
Lacklustre send-up of Shakespeare (4)
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Orlando ARTISTE "The Entertainer" (with Archie Rice), initially based on a book by McCourt and Lawrence (7)
Blakey is extremely talkative performer (7)
A performer in taking part is terrible (7)
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Orlando MEDITATED Holding first of talks, was go-between considered? (9)
Chewed over half-warmed fish outside gallery (9)
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Orlando TINTYPE Can class provide old photograph? (7)
Old photograph of tiny pet, perhaps (7)
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Orlando BLOC United Nations bar deposed king (4)
Scotch king quitting United Nations? (4)
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Orlando PLAINT Simple Tory leader making statement in court (6)
Grievance of Protestant leader with post-Reformation Latin (6)
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Orlando FLEECE Rip off warm garment (6)
Rook in sheep's clothing? (6)
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Orlando WITHSTAND Using empty shed to trap brown bear (9)
Resist having to get up (9)
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Orlando LLANBERIS Ballerinas missing a dance in Wales (9)
Ballerinas missing a dance somewhere in Snowdonia (9)
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Orlando CRUSADE A military expedition caused trouble, with king being captured (7)
Military expedition caused havoc with capture of Richard I (7)
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Orlando IDES Date in Rome that is incomplete (4)
Killing time in Rome (ie wasting time) (4)
Date in Rome that is timeless (4)
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Orlando ARTICLE Possibly an item (7)
If definite, the recital is fixed (7)
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Orlando NIGER Country backing queen mostly (5)
Not the last reversal for queen and country (5)
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Orlando NITWIT Name one silly billy or another (6)
Silly ass turned in by another (6)
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Orlando EYEBALL Look at pupil's place (7)
Look directly as I shout aloud (7)
"You can see with this!", I shout to the auditor (7)
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Orlando PRAGUE André Gide initially appears in quiet street in French capital (6)
Capital that had spring fever after first signs of political reforms (6)
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Orlando RARE Bloody allied soldiers (4)
Red inside like gold dust (4)
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Orlando GLEN Info about large valley (4)
Information about head of Lakeland valley (4)
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Orlando METATARSUS What Coleridge's wedding guest did with South American bones (10)
What Coleridge's wedding guest did with suspect bones (10)
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Orlando TISANE A drink of claret is an exception (6)
Drink that is initially all there (6)
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Orlando ASTONISHED Gobsmacked - one's dropped by university! (10)
Amazed, astounded, startled at first with weight one lost (10)
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Orlando SCYTHE Article on scandium and yttrium must be cut (6)
Tool chest fixed with unknown filler (6)
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Orlando ENGAGE Promise to participate (6)
Pledge oneself to come into battle (6)
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Orlando PIERCE Supporter with cigarette ends is 23 (6)
Go through with exotic recipe (6)
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Orlando ACTS New cast play parts (4)
Part of NT's functions? (4)
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Orlando CARTOONIST Producer of pictures getting actors into cast (10)
Can opener isn't mislaid after a root around in drawer (10)
Cotton sari crumpled in drawer (10)
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Orlando GENERA Dope needs time for classes (6)
Finish off officer classes (6)
Classes an officer does not complete (6)
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Orlando ERSE The language of poetry needing no introduction (4)
Language of Flanders evidently (4)
Alexander Selkirk's tongue (4)
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Orlando APPETITE Old man, having retired, has little desire for food (8)
Just taking starters, André Previn has little desire for food (8)
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Orlando USTINOV Hoffman lacks capital - over 50% is provided by British actor (7)
American can have nothing against British actor (7)
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Orlando ALSO Too content for Royal Society (4)
Too content for meals-on-wheels (4)
Too close for canasta players in capital (4)
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Orlando RITZ Hotelier providing formal documents for auditor (4)
This may be put on legal documents, we hear (4)
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Orlando TENNESSEE Sounding sporty like Serena and Venus Williams? (9)
State in which short film producer turned back clock (9)
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Orlando DONE Accomplished poet loses heart (4)
High-ranking Mafioso has enemy leader polished off (4)
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Orlando RESURFACE Silly farce sure to appear again (9)
Turn up again with couple from Redondo Beach and expert on board (9)
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Orlando LISZT Hark, we hear the composer (5)
Composer heard in recital? (5)
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Orlando FLYTRAP Plant producing horse-drawn vehicles (7)
Knowing about some insectivorous plant (7)
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Orlando REPRESENT Stand for 50% more here (9)
Stand for religious education here (9)
Stand for outsiders in race here (9)
Stand for show again? (9)
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Orlando INSPECTOR One may examine tickets for theatrical caller (9)
Insert cop's rank (9)
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Orlando PITSTOP The worst and the best occasion for quick service? (3,4)
Interruption of race as result of miners' strike? (3,4)
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Orlando NOTABLE Striking back on board (7)
Eminent aristocrat entertaining volunteers (7)
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Orlando SPAM Annoying messages from small girl (4)
Annoying messages upset plans (4)
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Orlando RASTA Italian fare's right for quiet cult member (5)
Cult member reads atlas regularly (5)
Bob Marley, for example, could be a star (5)
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Orlando UPROOT Get out of bed for our top bananas? (6)
Get out of bed for our pot shot? (6)
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Orlando ELDER Official source of berries (5)
Bush may be a sort of statesman (5)
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Orlando TARN Mormon's end by salt lake (4)
Mormon's last seen by salt lake (4)
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Orlando IRISES One grows flowers (6)
Viewers need them to see Van Gogh painting (6)
One grows flowers (6)
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Orlando FAROFF Fuss about rolled gold remote (3-3)
Make a fuss about Robert Owen initially being remote (3-3)
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Orlando ALONGSIDE Ideal song slipping by (9)
Next to remark in an undertone about hunger (9)
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Orlando PUNNET Direction in boat that may bear fruit? (6)
Boat carrying empty Norse basket (6)
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Orlando GREENFINCHES Seeing French dicky birds (12)
Ecofriendly fellow cautiously moves birds (12)
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Orlando ZOLA He wrote about a large weight (4)
He wrote about a large weight (4)
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Orlando UGLINESS Single us out for unfair appearance? (8)
It's not fair for all to see kinky singles (8)
In America, beginning to get wrinkles? That's not fair! (8)
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Orlando EASEL Stand while catching fish? On the contrary! (5)
Stand while catching fish? On the contrary! (5)
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Orlando NEVADA Where boy is brought up in North America - the Sagebrush State (6)
State limits of New Hampshire, Virginia and Dakota (6)
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Orlando AGREATDEAL Extremely amusing tale read out often (1,5,4)
Much appreciated by card players? (1,5,4)
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Orlando FIBREGLASS Mirror provides support for tale about construction material (10)
Material for story about modern composer (10)
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Orlando FINISH Polish language, as heard here (6)
Polish language one hears (6)
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Orlando URNS Vessels a Scottish poet topped (4)
Vessels evenly distributed in currents (4)
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Orlando WATERTIGHT Drunk after drink is unassailable (10)
After a drink, drunk is unassailable (10)
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Orlando PINTAIL Some milk I left for a duck (7)
Immobilise dog or duck (7)
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Orlando GRAF Tennis player gaining recognition after false starts (4)
Endless hard work for tennis player (4)
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Orlando INSPECTORS Corpse isn't laid out for police officers (10)
Cops — insert rank (10)
Crisp notes corrupted policemen (10)
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Orlando NAMEPART Flipping Tarzan's right for the title role (4,4)
Is flipping Tarzan right for the title role? (4,4)
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Orlando ATISSUE A disposable hanky under discussion (2,5)
A paper product in dispute (2,5)
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Orlando DANISH Like Hamlet and his rotten state (6)
An attractive person, outwardly like Kierkegaard (6)
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Orlando ASHORE A horse at sea and on land (6)
... a tender with hospital aboard, but not at sea (6)
A prop on land (6)
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Orlando UTTER Out-and-out, so to speak (5)
No parking in front of club, say (5)
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Orlando NIELSBOHR Physicist having his Nobel presentation? Right! (5,4)
A physicist and his Nobel work on source of radiation (5,4)
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Orlando WATERLOO Terminal battle? (8)
Historic engagement in station (8)
Battle settled later in court (8)
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Orlando UGLY Unprepossessing, lowly - extremely unpleasant (4)
Community centre, by golly, oddly unattractive (4)
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Orlando LYRA Los Angeles hosts 2 contracted stars (4)
Year in West Coast location for group of stars (4)
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Orlando GROMMET Ring for Madame found in rubbish (7)
Monty's opponent with large cast in great ring (7)
Good memory required by opera house producing the Ring? (7)
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Orlando EYEWASH English woods? Poppycock! (7)
English woods producing fiddlesticks! (7)
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Orlando NEOLITHIC Resort hotel in Channel Islands — flipping ancient! (9)
Very old coil in the transformer? (9)
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Orlando STUD A small earring makes a man sexually attractive (4)
Endlessly examine poker (4)
Debts repudiated by scholarly boss (4)
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Orlando READY Prepare for scan on the Fourth of July (5)
Set for scan? Why? (5)
Set for scan and playback? (5)
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Orlando ALTERCATION Adjustment is required to circumvent many a dispute (11)
Row for a change about Conservative leader (11)
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Orlando ELMER Fictional gantry used in novel merchandising (5)
Name of man in tree by East River (5)
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Orlando AVERRED A word spoken in a German accent, so it's alleged (7)
The Bible was not infallible, it's alleged (7)
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Orlando OPART Oils first used on some paintings by Bridget Riley, for example (2,3)
Love some modern paintings (2,3)
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Orlando CHICAGO Marx hoarding silver in the city (7)
Smart attempt to encircle a city (7)
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Orlando NOACCOUNT Worthless recital commencing with Nicolai and Offenbach overtures (2-7)
Telling off worthless American? (2-7)
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Orlando CANON Pachelbel's work as a clergyman? (5)
Trick taking in an ecclesiastic (5)
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Orlando HANDLE Cope with composer in recital (6)
Name that's on the door? (6)
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Orlando IDARESAY One-time setting for Greek god? Possibly (1,4,3)
Year said to be turning, possibly (1,4,3)
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Orlando GETAWAY I don't believe you dig a road (3,4)
Dig a road? You don't say! (3,4)
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Orlando ILLATEASE Embarrassed leader leaving house with kid (3,2,4)
I'm going to a kid that's uncomfortable (3,2,4)
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Orlando WARFARE Yorkshire runners heard fighting (7)
Pottery broken by remote conflict (7)
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Orlando ASTRAY Missing article, let us suppose, entertaining Turkey (6)
A suspension involving right or wrong (6)
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Orlando BACTERIA Bugs Bunny's beginning to play with Queen Isabella after vacation (8)
Microscopic organisms evidently originating in part of central Asia (8)
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Orlando FRAU Diamonds taken from cheating wife in Austria (4)
Dutch in Germany no closer to crime (4)
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Orlando SPORTIVE It proves playing is playful (8)
Buddy in Oz with Burl, mostly frolicsome (8)
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Orlando BOARDS Stage directors have seats on them (6)
Stage directors have seats on them (6)
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Orlando ORSON Actor in cast, sore and swollen (5,6)
Valentine's brother or child of Welles (5)
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Orlando SPOT Place for notice (4)
Notice that's best put up (4)
Place for second prize (4)
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Orlando ONSET Beginning film here? (5)
Start playing notes (5)
Start working with gel (5)
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Orlando SKINDEEP Superficial variety in Bath and Wells, say, and first of all in Portishead (4-4)
Superficial variety in ooze (4-4)
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Orlando ENTRY Well-bred people not the first to get access (5)
Well bred people not initially coming in (5)
Vestibule no good for posh people (5)
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Orlando SCOTCH Queer whisky (6)
Queer drink (6)
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Orlando TOOMUCH Excessive feeling constrains some heart (3,4)
Spooner's low bit is over the top (3,4)
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Orlando AWARDS Conflict in publicity for Oscar, Tony, etc (6)
Open hostility in publicity for Tony, Oscar etc (6)
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Orlando BREAM Fish for lutenist (5)
Stoker holding tail of coarse fish (5)
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Orlando RESTHARROW Plant seen before school break (10)
Plant in Herts reorganised by director (10)
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Orlando PASS To succeed in exam, don't answer question (4)
I don't know highland route (4)
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Orlando TORMENTOR Troll chaps found in Twin Peaks (9)
One harasses people in Twin Peaks (9)
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Orlando ESPY Notice either side of estate agent (4)
Remarkable gift on back of lorry for 1 (4)
Spot on head of estate agent (4)
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Orlando ORCHID Monstrous creature has kept dark flower (6)
Soldiers rebuked for bloomer (6)
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Orlando GESTURAL Using body language to represent lust and rage (8)
Conveying rage and lust using sign language? (8)
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Orlando ADVERSITY Notice woman with son in difficult circumstances (9)
Notice perch in extremely hard times (9)
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Orlando DITCH Throw away 500 yen (5)
Get rid of 500 yen (5)
End one's relationship with dyke (5)
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Orlando FORMALITY Representing country, attempt to ignore right protocol (9)
Country has doubled score without observing convention (9)
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Orlando HALO Headlight required by such a lorry? (4)
A little means such a lot as an indication of holiness (4)
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Orlando ONCE Head expelling blockhead formerly (4)
Running through concerto in a bygone era (4)
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Orlando FINALSTAGE Last bit of gas left in a convertible (5,5)
Agent fails badly in endgame (5,5)
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Orlando CHAR Fish for tea (4)
Burn fish (4)
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Orlando SEE Witness of greenhouse effect (3)
Visit Bath and Wells? (3)
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Orlando WINNER Victor's director (6)
Victor and Michael, director and producer (6)
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Orlando RHEA Goddess given the bird (4)
Bird not taking off in summer heat (4)
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Orlando ELEVATED High taxation in East Leeds? Not quite (8)
High taxation in East Yorkshire city? Not quite (8)
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Orlando PLEASANTRY Humorous remark made by working class about Labour leader (10)
Agreeable remark made by learner in class (10)
Casual remark from old working class about Labour leader (10)
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Orlando ESCAPE Flight in Midwest with Batman accessory (6)
Get away from test centre with carbon copy (6)
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Orlando REVERSAL Last couple of actors in show performing a U-turn? (8)
Backing last couple of singers in show (8)
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Orlando SKYE Boat's destination in song that sounds blue (4)
Isle in south-east Kentucky (4)
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Orlando NODOFF Small number, then large number, start to fall asleep (3,3)
Fellow turning round on the way to fall asleep (3,3)
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Orlando ACCURSED Damned prosecutor finally smothered by one on trial (8)
Damned ringleader framed by one on trial (8)
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Orlando LOFT Storage area full of tuna sandwiches (4)
Storage area full of tuck boxes (4)
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Orlando STRAINER English composer holding recipe that may be used in kitchen (8)
Cook may use this special shoe (8)
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Orlando CARPEL Part of flower that's right in wrong place (6)
Fish meal oddly rejected: apart from the stigma, it also has style (6)
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Orlando RETSINA A stein brought round after the last of the summer wine (7)
Almost half of retailers imported wrong wine (7)
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Orlando SETAPART Heads turned by paintings etc devoted to a special purpose (3,5)
Distinguished actor's first in TV role (3,5)
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Orlando STEED Horse finding way over river (5)
Avenger's horse (5)
Role for Patrick Macnee's horse (5)
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Orlando EMIRATES Times are changing for some Arab lands (8)
Record company charges Umm al-Quwain 17 with 27 (8)
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Orlando OUTOFRANGE Too far away from the mountains? (3,2,5)
It's too far away from the stove (3,2,5)
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Orlando ANCESTRAL 23 tars at sea, coming down a line? (9)
Passed down from Lancaster? (9)
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Orlando EVOKE Prompt fine stopping one who raised Cain (5)
Call up first mate to cover green light (5)
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Orlando DISCO Scott's ship lacks very popular dance music (5)
What's come to light? Very deficient dance music (5)
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Orlando UNESCO Some tunes composed for an international organisation (6)
In France one small company becomes an international organisation (6)
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Orlando STUN Amaze head of school with union backing (4)
Crazy about rock (4)
Rock and roll fanatics (4)
Shock! Heads of State turning up naked! (4)
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Orlando LEAVE Don't take what's taken on departure (5)
Don't touch and go (5)
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Orlando PORTRAYAL Beam in doorway needed painting (9)
Representation of beam in doorway (9)
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Orlando LIGHTSOUT Call at bedtime in lands abroad (6,3)
Prescribed bedtime in lands abroad (6,3)
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Orlando NEPAL Quarters found by comrade somewhere in the Himalayas (5)
Write about a large Asian country (5)
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Orlando YELLOW Chicken or … ? (6)
Chicken or canary, perhaps (6)
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Orlando STRINDBERG Writer of Swedish series about doctor — originally British medical drama series (10)
See 22 (10)
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Orlando RICHTEA A thrice-cooked kind of biscuit? (4,3)
Biscuit loaded with leaves? (4,3)
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Orlando GIGI Musical grunts? (4)
Musical performance - Toscanini's last (4)
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Orlando ALLRIGHT One-sided acquiescence? (3,5)
There's nothing left? That's hunky-dory! (3,5)
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Orlando ELIA Lamb having tail clipped was poorly reared (4)
Lamb having tail clipped was poorly reared (4)
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Orlando TUNA Loaf brought round with a fish (4)
Someone crazy about fish (4)
Round fruitcake served with a fish (4)
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Orlando GOAWAY Split Indian state, oddly weary (2,4)
Asian state means to split (2,4)
Split in Indian state was almost unknown (2,4)
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Orlando AFLUTTER Excited by a small bet (8)
Excited by a small speculation (8)
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Orlando SHEAF Who must be obeyed? One beginning to fire a lot of arrows (5)
Female leads for archers firing a lot of arrows (5)
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Orlando FIREALARM Warner set enclosing concrete area (4,5)
Warner making a rare film (4,5)
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Orlando TWOTIMERS Pair watches partners being unfaithful (3-6)
Primary school table about right for deceiving people? (3-6)
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Orlando RENTROLLS Property accounts for having broken bread? (4,5)
Musical turns in records kept by landlords (4,5)
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Orlando OFLAG Second in command meets ensign in prison camp (5)
Old standard? Colditz, for example (5)
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Orlando SHADOW Mere appearance of fish that hurts! (6)
Follow programme with commercial break (6)
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Orlando TERRACE Houses joined in competition after they're oddly selected (7)
Hint about leading lady's patio (7)
Find sovereign in bank (7)
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Orlando DEFOLIANT Stripper often laid off (9)
I don't mess with leaf stripper (9)
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Orlando DEAR Beloved band's last audience (4)
Costly letter opener (4)
Expensive honey (4)
Treasure Island — finally shell-like (4)
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Orlando ARSON Crime rendering minister powerless (5)
Clergyman beheaded for serious crime (5)
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Orlando STOP Prevent attendant causing obstruction (8)
Check plug (4)
Second-best place for boarding (4)
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Orlando BELLOC Writer from United Nations penning Spanish article (6)
United Nations entertaining the Spanish writer (6)
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Orlando BORSCH Grail-seeker with companion in the soup (6)
Artist holding recipe for beetroot soup (6)
Artist holding recipe for soup (6)
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Orlando KEEPER One may be employed in zoo, dungeon and conference centre (6)
Last queen but one between posts (6)
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Orlando ACHE Long or short account? What's up? (4)
A colleague of Castro is hurt (4)
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Orlando BUTTERCUP A flower that's yellow and black, say, is given a prize (9)
Bra specification, say, included shade of yellow (9)
Flower about to be eaten by goat on a mountain? (9)
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Orlando ARCH Principal part of foot (4)
Month not the first that may be triumphal (4)
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Orlando ERSATZ Mock some travellers at Zeebrugge (6)
Phoney queen was on throne last? (6)
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Orlando LEANTO Slowly incorporating a building extension? (4-2)
Nothing to support listed building extension (4-2)
Nothing on listed building? (4-2)
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Orlando ADDRESS Buckle down to speech (7)
Name successor in speech (7)
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Orlando ROPES Guys possibly helping to make Europe secure (5)
They must be known to be experienced (5)
Binders known by old hands (5)
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Orlando DODGE Trick automobile manufacturer (5)
A western city to avoid (5)
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Orlando RIGHT Dexter's prerogative (5)
Something to which one is entitled on the side? (5)
Dexter's prerogative? (5)
Dexter by the book (5)
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Orlando EERIE Spooky canoe's back on lake (5)
Weird drug's turned country on (5)
Eastern republic's flipping weird (5)
Disturbing set-up of European republic? (5)
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Orlando STRAIT Music centre with characteristic sound (6)
Outspoken spoken passage (6)
Blunt, it may be said, is sound (6)
Undiluted sound in passage (6)
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Orlando LIMA I'm in the French capital (4)
I'm in the French capital (4)
Mike's predecessor in capital (4)
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Orlando ANDOVER Give Cockney a place in Hampshire (7)
A northern port somewhere in Hampshire (7)
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Orlando SALVO Discharge Vietnamese leader in Laos rioting (5)
Discharge Vietnamese leader in Laos settlement (5)
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Orlando APPEASER Conciliator one might hear in a city in Italy? (8)
Pacific type has to look over endless sea (8)
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Orlando PACKITIN Group on island can stop (4,2,2)
Group on island can stop (4,2,2)
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Orlando NOTE Bill or Mark (4)
Observe distinction (4)
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Orlando IDEALIST Dreamer sailed about in it (8)
The greatest in 23 — he's not concerned with what's 21 (8)
Boxer that is outwardly a dreamer (8)
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Orlando BOYFRIEND Admirer of Sandy Wilson fired on by nuts? (9)
Beau Brummell's first to do finery foolishly (9)
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Orlando AMOUR Millions requiring our support are without pride (5,6)
Affair one of Othello's people reported (5)
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Orlando TUNICS Dress code initially in African city (6)
Garments Carthaginian leader introduced to African city (6)
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Orlando VESPUCCI Navigator held back by hiccups eventually (8)
Hiccups evidently turned back some explorer (8)
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Orlando APOLLO Olympian first in London in a game (6)
Divine musician appearing in a West End theatre (6)
God with head surrounded by a circle (6)
Olympian programme for 14 (6)
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Orlando FLYWEIGHT Fighter pilot with boat crew (9)
Fighter pilot with influence (9)
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Orlando ADORNS A pole that's round with poles on decks (6)
Bother with sailors beginning to swab decks (6)
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Orlando SNATCH Melodic fragment is small, of course (6)
Snippet is small? Of course! (6)
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Orlando NOBEL Philanthropist retiring for the good of France (5)
Explosive chap who must retire for the good of France (5)
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Orlando BRAHMS Some Hindus drop in to see composer (6)
Members of a priestly class drop in to see a composer (6)
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Orlando MAGICLANTERN Old entertainer calming a dicky bird (5,7)
Old entertainer responsible for trick of the light? (5,7)
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Orlando SKA Notes from Jamaica in Das Kapital (3)
Mark's vocal music (3)
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Orlando EXCEL Top general brought back to cover cross-country leader (5)
By the sound of it, extra large top (5)
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Orlando IRIS Flower not wholly Hibernian (4)
Detailed national flag (4)
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Orlando CRABBY Peevish driver getting right inside (6)
Cantankerous driver keeps right (6)
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Orlando CITYCENTRE Effie is in Sheffield but he is in Manchester (4,6)
The air in Cairo's metropolitan area? (4,6)
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Orlando CHEVROTAIN Small mammal with horn, active at sea (10)
Small mammal turning on the vicar (10)
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Orlando BREAKTHROUGH Major advance after interval is over (12)
Significant development as holiday finished (12)
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Orlando WHEEL We'll hear revolver (5)
Roller with order for Rover (5)
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Orlando THOUGHT Consideration, even if at wit's end (7)
Meditating for all that time ... (7)
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Orlando ERRED Dear friend's letters reg­ularly went astray (5)
Being held back by breeder reactors was wrong (5)
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Orlando BAIT Slice of bread found on island - food that's attractively presented (4)
What attracts bishop? Getting introduction to actress with sex appeal? (4)
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Orlando CONFAB Tory's cool rap session (6)
Deceive with terrific talk (6)
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Orlando BUSYBODY Butter in trunk found by policeman (8)
Transport group brought about journey's end for nosy parker (8)
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Orlando SCOW Small, neat boat (4)
Small beast in boat (4)
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Orlando LOLLIPOP Sweet ship? That's good? (8)
They stop the traffic when noted ship has sailed off (8,6)
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Orlando IWOJIMA Island almost won by lucky man before a battle (3,4)
Battle I almost won with James the First? (3,4)
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Orlando LEK Table knives slice dough for Albanians (3)
Table knives slice dough for Albanians (3)
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Orlando PRAIRIEDOG Flexible ape or rigid rodent (7,3)
Yielding ape or rigid rodent (7,3)
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Orlando PRELATE Pastoral leader, say (7)
Leader in priesthood, say (7)
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Orlando SPAS Gulls going over resorts (4)
Gulls over resorts (4)
Primarily sick people at such resorts? (4)
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Orlando ORIFLAMME Non-standard lime from a red standard (9)
Banner seen from a mile off (9)
Flag email from criminal (9)
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Orlando OSIRIS God lost heart to goddess (6)
God in love with singular goddess (6)
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Orlando CLOTHE Dumbo? He needed dress (6)
Dress for Dumbo? What's up? (6)
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Orlando REALM Land not fancied by maiden (5)
True capital of Mayan kingdom (5)
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Orlando OPTIMISING Making the best of it, imposing order (10)
Making the best of work with insufficient time, I croon (10)
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Orlando EELS Fish see reflection over lake (4)
Serpentine swimmers with Marylebone's last golfer (4)
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Orlando ESTONIAN European head of state entertained by college student (8)
European trash: Antoine's (8)
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Orlando ELMISTI A tree is beginning to topple - one on a volcano (2,5)
Wood — is it turning up in volcano? (2,5)
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Orlando TABOO Forbidden expressions of gratitude and disapproval (5)
Not allowed cheers? I don't like that! (5)
Bill in America loves Prohibition (5)
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Orlando EQUIPOISE Balance regarded as fit by French banker (9)
Outfit on French river has balance (9)
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Orlando DAWDLER Trailer for Edward Lear's capital nonsense? (7)
Bad lad drew trailer (7)
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Orlando BOER South African pugilist a kiss knocked out (4)
Pugilist knocking out unknown South African (4)
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Orlando SHOO Drive off in second and use horn unceasingly (4)
Go away from fire, dropping temperature (4)
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Orlando UPRAISED Resurrected community centre cracked up (8)
University given tribute for being elevated (8)
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Orlando AFRO Hairstyle for revolutionary or sportsmen (4)
Seafront centre hairstyle (4)
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Orlando REAL Resident in area luckily unaffected (4)
Not counterfeit money in Brazil (4)
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Orlando DAYDREAMS Pleasant fantasies of egghead among Dad's Army characters (9)
Dad's Army cast retaining English illusions (9)
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Orlando OUTTOLUNCH Nuts in a restaurant? (3,2,5)
Crackers in a restaur­ant? (3,2,5)
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Orlando ELBE Runner required by Spielberg (4)
Heidelberg's river (4)
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Orlando NACHO Now I see container from the south for Tex-Mex food (5)
In Yucatán a choice snack (5)
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Orlando CORE Mineral associated with cold heart (4)
Heart of gold in church (4)
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Orlando GOINGROUND Revolutionary providing enough for everybody (5,5)
Providing enough for everybody to be buried (5,5)
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Orlando MEET Fit to run across (4)
Fit for encounter (4)
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Orlando EUCLID Cryptic clue (1 down) for old mathematician (6)
Prompt about cover for maths book (6)
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Orlando RHINO Old bread for an animal (5)
Letter from Greece about favoured animals (5)
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Orlando SKOPJE Sarkozy's first to stand — first person in French capital (6)
Stand by Jack in some evacuated capital (6)
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Orlando ODDMENTS Eccentrics with empty tins for scraps (8)
Eccentrics taking empty tins for scraps (8)
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Orlando OKRA Fine artist depicting lady's fingers (4)
Ladies' fingers up to scratch artist (4)
Ladies' fingers acceptable to artist (4)
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Orlando NIGHTLY Sounding chivalrous whenever it's dark? (7)
Irregular thing put on empty lorry at regular intervals (7)
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Orlando ECHT Genuine cheerleaders in alien environment (4)
Genuine resident of Liechtenstein (4)
Authentic quartet from Liechtenstein (4)
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Orlando DACTYL Lawyer, one leaving financial centre, left a bit of verse (6)
Work in yard, twisting left foot (6)
Time to hold court — start for London on foot (6)
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Orlando OPEN Frank is allowing access (4)
22 down set the ball rolling (4)
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Orlando ASTRAL A second test dismissing one of the stars (6)
Not quite missing line of stars (6)
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Orlando ISLE Muck, say, disclosed retrospectively in Hamlet's place? Not half! (4)
Man is one spreading lies (4)
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Orlando PASSABLE Nancy's not dark — fair (8)
Sarkozy's not dark or fair (8)
Fathers dark or fair (8)
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Orlando AHEAD Leading man in a commercial (5)
Leading man in 13 across ignoring the odds (5)
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Orlando FLOW Current reversal for Don Juan? (4)
Predator about to move freely (4)
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Orlando ODDSON Puzzling child, as favourite may be (6)
Do up medal with name more or less given? (4-2)
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Orlando PERIDOT Gemstone returned to dreadful party leader (7)
Miles away from imported rolling stone (7)
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Orlando SECONDS Not much time for another helping (7)
Another helping helpers (7)
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Orlando CUTIE Reminder about pair of tights for attractive girl (5)
Babe gets reminder about pair of tights (5)
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Orlando CREDIT Believe it's on the cards? (6)
Revolutionary trend ? Roman Catholic belief (6)
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Orlando SHEPHERDSPIE Dish from Hesperides transformed with HP? (9,3)
Shippers heed order for food (9,3)
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Orlando MONEYED Male getting on looked well off (7)
Small Welsh county regarded as rich (7)
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Orlando PETERPAN It's safe to excoriate Barrie's work (5,3)
Fancy notepaper, nonetheless, for arrested juvenile (5,3)
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Orlando ENAMOURED Being in love makes Auden more whimsical (9)
In love — with sweetheart weaving around me (9)
Spoony, perhaps, with stirring demeanour (9)
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Orlando SORE Resentful god overthrown (4)
Annoyed fly may be heard (4)
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Orlando TUTORED Oddly enough, trust your head to have worked as a teacher (7)
Abroad, you rent - landlord's last to be instructed (7)
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Orlando EYESIGHT Reportedly, I refer to the faculty (8)
I mention sound and vision (8)
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Orlando ASCOT Payment with a first course (5)
Necktie - one from Paisley, say (5)
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Orlando ICEBREAKER Vessel for taking away Naval Reserve? (10)
Reserve disappearing with this vessel? (10)
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Orlando DASH Run carelessly after slap (4)
Be nippy? Not a lot! (4)
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Orlando DEANERY Martin nearly missing odd characters in clergyman's house (7)
Year-end frolics in clergyman's home (7)
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Orlando GOSH My turn with pair of shoes! (4)
My groundhogs! (4)
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Orlando AUBERGINE Colour that's in, in inn in France (9)
Purple and gold mixture of beer and gin (9)
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21714
Orlando BOOTCAMP Training facility affected by Wellington? (4,4)
Start homosexual training facility (4,4)
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Orlando WAND Rod, getting pale and sickly, died (4)
Fish on film dropping a stick (4)
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25728
Orlando ERROR Al-Qaeda threat: no time for inaccuracy (5)
Queen or rook captured? That may be a false move (5)
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24572
Orlando WHOLLY War's started by Bush? Absolutely! (6)
All sacred in recital? (6)
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Orlando GABRIEL Boy making girl eat cheese (7)
Angel making girl eat cheese (7)
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22558
Orlando TODO Commotion requiring action? (2-2)
22 requiring action (2-2)
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Orlando PARTHENON Dolly bird entered temple (9)
Dolly's for females inside temple (9)
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Orlando BARELY Just how streaker runs (6)
Just how Lady Godiva rode (6)
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Orlando DODDERY Comedian needing no introduction, very unsteady (7)
Unsteady female coming round day after day on railway (7)
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24977
Orlando TONIC It's invigorating to catch king out (5)
Invigorating chapter written by Morrison (5)
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25607
Orlando NEEDLE Sting from this redundant vessel off at last? (6)
Annoy a number of patients, perhaps? (6)
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23614
Orlando OGRE The game's up - the sappers have exposed a monster (4)
Old Greek and English monster (4)
Monster undergoing partial inversion (4)
22353
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24299
Orlando DROPSALINE Work on medical solution after doctor writes (5,1,4)
Doctor, getting to work on solution, communicates (5,1,4)
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24456
Orlando COUNTLESS Many are not so import­ant (9)
Lady holding line for legion (9)
Lady holding line for legion (9)
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25932
Orlando LARYNGITIS Complaint making poor girl stay in (10)
Angrily sit formulating complaint (10)
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24108
Orlando RESTART Have a new beginning - others are old (7)
Duke leaving bird in boot again? (7)
Others must have a right to turn over a new leaf (7)
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23025
Orlando MAJOR Special subject for American officer (5)
Most important character in Fawlty Towers (5)
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Orlando WHITEADMIRAL Butterfly has a holiday, having captured the heart of Pinkerton, a naval officer (5,7)
Butterfly unfortunate with heart of Pinkerton, a naval officer (5,7)
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Orlando MEANIES Stingy people with wealth that is invested (7)
Wealth that is retained for those lacking generosity (7)
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Orlando ORLOP Men left work on deck (5)
Game over — king found in deck (5)
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Orlando HEAT Erica lost her warmth (4)
Former PM's majority in preliminary round (4)
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25428
Orlando GRILLROOM Interrogate North African about restaurant (9)
Curry with little flower in restaurant (5,4)
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25782
Orlando THUMBNAIL Small image on Tom's collar? (9)
Type of sketch taken from thin album (9)
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22150
Orlando RIOGRANDE Borderline Wayne western (3,6)
Old family member taking trip over border (3,6)
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25339
Orlando ORACULAR Visual artist's taken in — like Sibyl? (8)
Dotty or Clara going round the bend, like Sibyl (8)
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25708
Orlando AVAIL Advantage of a disguise, reportedly (5)
Advantage of a disguise for the auditor (5)
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23597
Orlando ALEHOUSE He turned up to stop a bounder in the pub (8)
What stops a good-for-nothing boozer? (8)
What is stopping a detestable character in the pub? (8)
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25593
Orlando REFLEX Bent back in response to stimulus (6)
Action not premeditated by arbitrator going to law (6)
Arbitrator has Roman law turned back on itself (6)
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25617
Orlando ANNE Unknown author yielding nought to eastern queen (4)
A nobody taking out old queen (4)
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25439
Orlando REACTOR … college VIP retaining a core here? (7)
Clergyman holding a source of power (7)
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Orlando ECLAT Great success cooks celebrate without beer (5)
Story that's going round about Conserv­ative success (5)
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25413
Orlando GUMARABIC Adhesive setting for tooth and tongue (3,6)
Fool around with language on sticker (3,6)
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24299
Orlando NEEDLES Bugs almost expendable (7)
Narks, being redundant, tail off (7)
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24042
Orlando RECTO Erotic pose one ignored on page three, say (5)
Minister not completing one side of document (5)
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25413
Orlando RISE We hear whisky's to go up (4)
Hike in spring (4)
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25593
Orlando TSARISTS Supporters of absolute rule making Tass stir? (8)
Reactionary Russians — dire 5 with SS? (8)
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Orlando OFFAL King beginning to lay waste (5)
Old king has left on lights etc (5)
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25545
Orlando NEST Cuckoo sent home for a lark? (4)
Kill two birds with one stone - that includes birds' birthplace (4)
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Otterden ANTIPASTO Opposed to previous ball being a "first service" (9)
Opposed to previous duck course (9)
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26088
Otterden WATERCOURSE Runner, with broken right toe, a curse (11)
Channel divers swore a truce (11)
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Pan RATEL King tucked into tail of powerful animal (5)
Rodent with the Spanish honey badger (5)
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27245
Pan ROAST Cook a sort of dish (5)
Emperor upset about cook's second dish (5)
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27176
Pan NAILED Secured lead in new organisation (6)
Caught church official about to snort a line (6)
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27493
Pan SIENNA Colour of medicinal plant containing iodine (6)
Woman is returned to earth (6)
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27363
Pan STONEMASON Manual worker translated Mao sonnets (10)
Craftsman means to groom his boy (10)
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27508
Pan CREATED Made box containing Europe's last old penny (7)
Produced doctrine about Advent's limits (7)
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Pan SESAME South American stopping to look for source of oil (6)
See 25
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Pasquale CIVILSERVANT Evil vicar's abused scripture — minister may hear from me (5,7)
Official replaced Vatican silver, except for one article (5,7)
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Pasquale MARX Prominent lefty, one of the brothers? (4)
Revolutionary to spoil mark on ballot paper (4)
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26169
Pasquale ELTON The Continental fashion suits British singer (5)
The foreign fashion revealed by a singing John (5)
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27141
Pasquale STANDOFF One of fifteen, number attending party held by employees (5-3)
Employees restricting production ultimately create deadlock (8)
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Pasquale SHOO Endless rush - don't hang around!(4)
"We don't want you here!" (That sounds like Oxford, maybe) (4)
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25626
Pasquale FIDDLE Theologian exposed in papers as cheat (6)
Heart shown with initial change of sex — tricky operation (6)
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27486
Pasquale EMULATION Glee about foreign character's attempt to imitate someone good? (9)
Mimicry of Greek character overwhelmed by joy (9)
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27087
Pasquale BANTAM Stop army male becoming aggressive little fellow? (6)
Small message prohibiting certain headgear (6)
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27456
Pasquale BIGAMY Important little woman's crime (6)
Great little woman's participation in more than one match(6)
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22599
Pasquale INSTATE To establish nest a tit endlessly flies around (7)
Put into position with great pomp and ceremony (7)
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24173
Pasquale IRISH Language of goddess that's hard to follow (5)
Language from woman's hard to follow(5)
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22599
Pasquale TIME The enemy archer we can't expect to know immediately (4,4,4)
Who perhaps shows merit, old whizz (4,4)
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26361
Pasquale LOVE Southeast European first to last has little 21 down or place for romance (4,4)
Nothing greater than this? Nothing! (4)
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26219
Pasquale CINNABAR A hundred in a pub — any number imbibed mineral (8)
Famous Roman watering hole coloured vermilion (8)
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Pasquale LANCE Weapon of knight - item to be sold off (5)
Weapon in a manner of speaking not what's expected (5)
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24893
Pasquale ADEPT Expert in a small part of the organisation (5)
Expert in a small part of the company (5)
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22313
Pasquale HABITAT Derby? Somewhat limited as a place in which to live (7)
Tile - a fragment has fallen into that home (7)
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23178
Pasquale CATHETER Provide food having inserted the medical tube (8)
Make allowances when catching the tube (8)
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24923
Pasquale INTENT Eager camper may settle here (6)
Design fashionable accommodation for holiday-makers? (6)
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26774
Pasquale CLARET Wine gives a sign of something lacking when litre is bottled (6)
Nun, first to take wine (6)
Wine? Cambridge college has tons (6)
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24543
Pasquale FOOT This and 9 may be completely together (4)
The measure of a Labour leader (4)
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Pasquale ABEL Someone murdered Lincoln, then left (4)
Report of competent shepherd (4)
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Pasquale MEDIOCRE Doctor right about nothing ending in disgrace - no great shakes! (8)
First person (terrible) to hold company back (like 11s slammed by 24-25) (8)
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25094
Pasquale ABERDONIAN Scot had one bairn, struggling without husband (10)
What's tossed by Scot heading off with two men - one his compatriot (10)
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22344
Pasquale BLUEBOTTLE Fly low with courage (10)
Bobby's unhappy, in need of courage (10)
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23178
Pasquale CASSIS Cordial conspirator not favoured by the top people (6)
Wine donkey brought into Armenia etc (6)
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23243
Pasquale COPAL Resin that's hard or soft embedded in underground deposit (5)
Resin from underground deposit, soft inside (5)
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26252
Pasquale ISOGAMY Is little woman full of love good for sexual union? (7)
Is love lively in biological union? (7)
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Pasquale MOSS See 5
Driver of good-looking model (4)
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24281
Pasquale DISCRETE Individual tactful in speech (8)
Unattached little girl's holiday island (8)
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21876
Pasquale ARRACK Spirit shown by Arab facing torture (6)
Strong drink makes one jeer, losing head (6)
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25128
Pasquale RADON Gas gets part of CH system functioning (5)
Gas gets central heating device functioning (5)
24454
22344
Pasquale DEFT It's best to get rid of each expert (4)
Expert providing successive notes on time (4)
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26672
Pasquale PLACEBO Something to soothe old boy turning up after a scene (7)
Material cased in lead, old stuff used in medical experiment (7)
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26252
Pasquale SALIENT Main thoroughfare invaded by visitor from space? (7)
In the street one like ET is conspicuous (7)
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22764
Pasquale STAB Go mad, doing a flip (4)
Go off the wall falling backwards (4)
23578
23822
Pasquale AXIS A team's seen as an old enemy (4)
A symbol for unknown is accompanying it? (4)
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26774
Pasquale INCENDIARY In icy cavern Eddie explodes bomb (10,6)
Arsonist in church with name put on record (10)
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Pasquale HUNT One wanting to protect a vixen could be nuts about her (4,8)
Search for mountaineer on Everest (4)
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21720
Pasquale APHID Pest starting off fast, hard to catch (5)
A non-medical doctor, one held to be a sucker (5)
26039
23004
Pasquale AMATI Fine instrument dramatist uses (5)
Italian, a master for stringing up (5)
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27087
Pasquale NEWLYWEDS Two fresh from the match (9)
They must have tied in their recent match (5-4)
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21720
Pasquale HASSLE Bother one thus to become Man, for instance (6)
Prolonged trouble when the man grabs lass naughtily (6)
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21787
Pasquale FEDERAL Journalist's wild about supporter of union (7)
A Red felt almost out of place in the Union? (7)
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Pasquale SCOTT Papers finally put to bed on time? He'd have made sure of that (5)
Explorer beginning to suffer with cold, excessively (5)
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26039
Pasquale DRIVE Campaign rubbish left to be disposed of (5)
Road runs into nightclub, maybe (5)
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26252
Pasquale RACE See 3
See 2
People get a move on (4)
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25403
Pasquale ENCHILADA What's offered with litre in hacienda, possibly? (9)
I had clean cooking dish (9)
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22137
Pasquale EZRA Time to get hold of unknown book (4)
Pound for a book (4)
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Pasquale BELL See 24
(After 9) Little music maker with awful band in awful place (4)
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22272
Pasquale EVANGEL Welshman set to bring the Christian gospel (7)
Christian message on part of church that's seen when looking up (7)
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Pasquale SPRING 25 and three months roughly (6)
See 14
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Pasquale ASTHMA Tricky maths, introduction to algebra, bringing complaint (6)
Complaint when lousy maths gets the top grade (6)
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Pasquale SISAL Ropy stuff in clues is allowed, putting a lot off (5)
Ropy stuff is offered in shop's special promotion for the most part (5)
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Pasquale ANDESITE Classical composer, while avoiding extremes, has place for rock (8)
A night informally includes some Parisian rock (8)
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Pasquale AMBROSIA Boar ma is cooking - great grub! (8)
Aroma is spreading around middle of table - terrific food (8)
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22545
Pasquale SEMINAR Marines rebuilt workshop (7)
Managed to get back to house for study group (7)
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24893
Pasquale THOMAS Biblical "twin", or one of three here? (6)
This old mum is taking the place of one (6)
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Pasquale ANNA Woman given name in collection of stories (4)
Poet given old coins, money prize not the highest (4,6)
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25157
Pasquale LOESS Ring secured by reduced deposit (5)
Deposit diminished in value, nothing saved (5)
22730
26414
Pasquale SPRITE Elf shows malice crossing river (6)
Supernatural being disturbed priest (6)
23152
21787
Pasquale HEATH PM's passion beginning to repeat itself (5)
Man who ran periodically in Kent, hot after race (5)
Raise the temperature of hospital minimally (5)
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26219
Pasquale CAMPBELL See 14
Scot could rouse the holidaymakers maybe? (8)
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Pasquale ANATHEMA Offensive series of articles by fellow without name (8)
Religious song beginning again, containing a denunciation (8)
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25254
Pasquale REMARK Comment about student's achievement? (6)
Make a new evaluation of note (6)
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Pasquale THOROUGH Careful nevertheless to hold on to gold (8)
Rigorous to the end, letting nothing get in the way (8)
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26379
Pasquale ABASH Down with Henry! Shame! (5)
Cause to feel embarrassed in a social event (5)
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22313
Pasquale SMUT Muck that gets stomachs turning over (4)
Some solvers may love it; some others mutter (4)
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26361
Pasquale AGNATE Sort of cousin with name inscribed in stone (6)
One of the same clan with name cast in stone (6)
23441
22102
Pasquale ASHY A pitch full of grey dust? (4)
A pitch showing evidence of fire? (4)
Adult retiring is grey (4)
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22137
Pasquale NOSED Taking a spin around the Home Counties, the Spanish gentleman moved slowly (5)
A sudden plunge I've avoided - went ahead cautiously (5)
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21627
Pasquale NOTON 12 — time held to be impracticable (3,2)
It's impracticable whichever way you look at it (3,2)
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Pasquale LOCUM Deputy officer in charge like Scottish chimney sweep (5)
Substitute, inferior, to make an appearance, we hear (5)
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Pasquale NOTED Just one of the hacks becoming famous? (5)
Observed as a respectable youth in the fifties? (5)
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Pasquale INVEIGH Arrived before five? Almost three hours later! That's Rail for you! (7)
Rail taking home very small number, losing time (7)
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26169
Pasquale BRANCHOUT Part of the business not allowed to broaden (6,3)
Dead growth removed maybe? Diversify (6,3)
Farm in a bit of a sick state? Broaden horizons (6,3)
22705
26744
23516
Pasquale TUSCAN Italian territory to which American and Canadian go (6)
In French class you look at a particular dialect (6)
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23578
Pasquale COGNAC Drink can go cold sitting about (6)
The drink, not half powerful, has vessel capsizing (6)
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Pasquale BABE One can make endless incoherent noise! (4)
Baseball's number one American guy? (4)
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Pasquale BYRE Farm building that's neat inside? (4)
A neat dwelling (4)
24590
21943
Pasquale ADZE Chipper tots being heard (4)
Tool acts as a calculator, they say (4)
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21763
Pasquale APOLLO Survey oxygen after a space mission (6)
A head, little old god (6)
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26219
Pasquale BISH Man on the board neglecting work is a mistake (4)
Mistake is nonsense — rub out (4)
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Pasquale SILAS Missionary has set up southern city, not northern town (5)
Paul's companion is one girl - character finally coming to the fore (5)
23937
23225
Pasquale PLANTAIN Fruit that's unattractive with insect in it (8)
Green growth very good? The last thing you want on lawn! (8)
22907
23079
Pasquale BASTINADO Fuss after former Arsenal player's given old-fashioned punishment (9)
A pain that doesn't end in wicked old form of torture (9)
22907
27390
Pasquale URDU Our duty is to embrace a foreign language (4)
Our duty is to protect the language (4)
22907
22730
Pasquale PATIENTS Man or woman is kept outside hospital department - such may be waiting for doctor (8)
Doctor is apt, going round part of hospital, to see them? (8)
23207
27163
Pasquale GUSTAV Tough TV lass mangled a man noted for scoring (6,5)
Swede gives you wind? Then take a very little! (6)
23207
24329
Pasquale EASTEND See 1
A character starting trade needs to organise a bit of capital (4,3)
23207
23841
Pasquale PROVIDENCE Destiny of region occupied by noted characters (10)
Journalist turns up in district capital in America (10)
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23643
Pasquale WHOOPEE Shout of joy from little band coming in (7)
In a short time band becomes wonderful! (7)
23207
24590
Pasquale SCAR Blemish is almost frightening (4)
Cliff beginning to slip takes vehicle with it (4)
23402
23643
Pasquale ELLA Girl in passageway stopping short, looking back (4)
Praise be! - not half! - when this jazz singer makes comeback (4)
23402
24221
Pasquale TINKER Mess around with stone to start with (6)
Mess about with difficult puzzle, not beginning (6)
25953
27421
Pasquale GRAPHITE Fruit punch included black stuff (8)
Black stuff in earth pig turned over (8)
22233
22830
Pasquale CLAMBAKE Pastry containing meat for picnic (8)
Party with old 10 participant tucking into what they eat on 10 24? (8)
22233
25589
Pasquale THRALL Loveless god wanting everybody to be a slave (6)
Feeling of excitement when one's a serf (6)
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25294
Pasquale THROAT See 14
Passage that is lined with rolled gold (6)
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26379
Pasquale SHOWER Demonstrate, wanting Head of Sate to tumble down (6)
Farmer has hydrant installed as source of water (6)
26147
25839
Pasquale ERSE Language not all readers enjoy (4)
Tongue supplied by butcher's emporium (4)
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25254
Pasquale GEORGE Pilot's life's ending in ravine (6)
Stuff full of energy to establish past entertainer (6,6)
25929
24838
Pasquale GAGSTER Funny man, criminal, putting any number off (7)
One may produce smile, not half, going about stage being funny (7)
26893
25649
Pasquale ARDOUR Report of Cockney's tougher passion (6)
Enthusiasm not so easy without leader, you'd say? (6)
26111
26522
Pasquale CENTAUR Man mixed up with a nag uncertain about leaving home (7)
Arab fellow, say? (7)
27110
22372
Pasquale BUSHEL Measure of bad experience curtailed, going by public transport? (6)
Exhausted, only 10% there at the end in capacity (6)
27110
25968
Pasquale ALBERT Prince gives warning about bishop (6)
Prince's weapon with a spear 'ead (6)
25456
23178
Pasquale GREATNIECE Relation in voluntary organisation turning up in European country (5,5)
Female relation in army uprising in foreign country (5-5)
25456
22556
Pasquale HALL See 5
See 4
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27048
Pasquale NORMAL Typical line coming at end of opera (6)
Girl has two lines at right angles - either may be so designated (6)
24497
23123
Pasquale TELL Be helpful as a bus conductor - or rude? (4,7,5,2,3,3)
Command man with a bow (4)
See 21 down
22173
25810
26312
Pasquale OTIC Ear's twitching after second bit of gossip (4)
Nothing twitching in the ear (4)
27403
22973
Pasquale EASEMENT Legal right allowing oriental fellows to occupy their quarter (8)
Soldiers in each group will get legal right (8)
Legal right the Cockney man's intended to feature in the hearing (8)
27403
27563
25776
Pasquale RUNAROUND Grabbing woman, rector and canon behave promiscuously (3,6)
Manage a delivery trip in a car (9)
22681
26350
Pasquale SUIT Habit of admirer putting soldiers off (4)
Find a king and a queen among others in this matching attire (4)
26623
25560
Pasquale ELITE Type size for characters used in the literature (5)
Some of the literati? (5)
22623
23834
Pasquale COCONUT Clown, eccentric - one of a lovely bunch? (7)
Clown organised teachers — fair target? (7)
22623
27504
Pasquale FATIGUE Lard that is besetting bloke mostly responsible for enervation (7)
See 15
22623
25206
Pasquale PLASTIC Malleable president finally in charge (7)
Company importing wine is manageable (7)
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26546
Pasquale HAPORTH Not much of a drink, doubly hard to swallow it (7)
The Pope imbibes a drink - not much (7)
27366
23834
Pasquale BAIL One of four involved in a game offering security (4)
One of four in 10 to provide surety (4)
27366
25589
Pasquale BEAR Ill-mannered type with short hair (4)
See 8
27366
27110
Pasquale LANCET The exotic part of the Bible depicted around church arch (6)
The French fabric for covering cold window (6)
22489
21787
Pasquale REHAB Short programme for the handicapped?(5)
Therapy that could come from a herb (5)
The man in pub rejected treatment for alcoholics? (5)
22641
26039
25626
Pasquale DETONATE Blast school when there's a girlfriend around!(8)
Set off from school in the course of a particular day (8)
22641
26774
Pasquale SHELF Bank at sea? Say nothing, little troublemaker! (5)
Book gets pound fine - library wants it back on this? (5)
26069
21720
Pasquale SEMICOLON Stop one half of an internal passage? (9)
Stop income so unfairly with pounds needing to come in (9)
22949
24923
Pasquale MAGMA Mum eats good bit of crust (5)
A little distance back there's silver in rock (5)
25540
23516
Pasquale STRING Looking hard, having lost a thread (6)
Good person with halo maybe in train (6)
26094
27486
Pasquale ITEMS Times spinning bits of news? (5)
Some cosmetics shown up in news articles (5)
26094
21899
Pasquale DITHYRAMB Fish stuffed with your butter brings a passionate exultation (9)
Maiden featured in special birthday poem (9)
24369
27504
Pasquale PENTAGRAM Writer has marks with stars and mystical symbol (9)
Manger apt to be shown transformed by star (9)
24103
26111
Pasquale ENAMOUR Woman associated with crime, not half full of love and charm (7)
Entrance of old character holding old mother back (7)
24103
26546
Pasquale RIFLE Rob's half-hearted flick through magazine? (5)
Weapon in sack (5)
Gun left buried in common (5)
24103
27066
22313
Pasquale CAREER Move rapidly in chosen profession? (6)
Calling someone concerned about recreational drug (6)
Run a sequence of jobs (6)
27520
27403
27563
Pasquale TEAPARTY Still revolutionary, having a role in American political movement (3,5)
A gathering of wet leaves? (3,5)
Right-wing bunch that was organised by one proverbially mad? (3,5)
27520
23207
27048
Pasquale CHOIRMASTER I lead the singers; I'm working with orchestra (11)
Music teacher has organised riot marches (11)
27520
21720
Pasquale BAILIFF Officer in trouble caught by punch (7)
Official to feel unwell, having got hit about (7)
26649
22102
Pasquale TEAPOY Each party's beginning with trifle around small table (6)
Piece of furniture that's miniature with ’oard stuffed in it (6)
26649
24772
Pasquale DELAMARE Author in a state, one of the characters flipping over (2,2,4)
Man about to join in venture as a writer (2,2,4)
26649
24705
Pasquale OMEN Writing on the wall round gents (4)
Token females leader brought out (4)
23051
24838
Pasquale WORMHOLE Underground passage undamaged with class heading off into it (8)
One's bored, not having broken up - there's nothing jolly in that! (8)
25327
22389
Pasquale STINGRAY Fish gone off course, one no good for catching (8)
Fish to go off course, one no good getting caught (8)
25327
27563
Pasquale ROOT See 10
Reason android has no heart (4)
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Pasquale PREFERENCE Money to cover advert seen as priority (10)
Liking a brief page indication (10)
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Pasquale FLEABITE Having bottled up somewhat, escape minor inconvenience (4,4)
Run off without a morsel? That's a minor inconvenience (4-4)
26704
22233
Pasquale CLAY Earth's best fighter once (4)
Old fighter beginning to clout with left always (4)
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Pasquale MAGUS Something published by American priest in the past (5)
Wise man from university featured in publications (5)
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Pasquale ORNAMENT Fellows involved in grot­esque art with no beautification (8)
Decorate set of holy books with gold title at front (8)
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Pasquale METHUSELAH See Pasquale so healthy turning up as an old chap (10)
Old fellow with lots of bottle (10)
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Pasquale OSTEAL Big bird is "bony" (6)
Bony duck - cheap buy (6)
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Pasquale INTRO Paint room - what's first action to be incorporated? (5)
Church anthem — it's lacking jazzy element (5)
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Pasquale CANDELA Tin and lead fused in scientific unit (7)
Cumulative formula for making that French light unit (7)
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Pasquale CLOSET Private firm entertaining large group (6)
Secret revealed by miss in court (6)
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Pasquale ESTATE Car with Spanish identification, say (6)
Where there's a will with no introduction, it's complex (6)
Drug, say, found in property (6)
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24923
Pasquale LOTI Naval officer and author having destiny on island (4)
Fifty old books by one French novelist (4)
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21763
Pasquale VAGRANTS The Old Dominion allows people to wander around (8)
US state with mount­ains allows people who wander about (8)
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25157
Pasquale DISH Ruin in world below that's hot (4)
To defeat hell, the first thing for heaven (4)
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25206
Pasquale YELLOWISH To make a lot of noise over something wanted is a bit sensational? (9)
Who is upset, first to cry, a bit cowardly? (9)
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27342
Pasquale SPAN Inhabitant of Madrid perhaps, not half cross (4)
The extent of two 28s, perhaps (4)
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Pasquale STAYER What's brilliant about the old horse? It has stamina (6)
Constant nag, guest who won't go? (6)
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21899
Pasquale EDGE Hit unconvincingly, getting boundary (4)
Side with competitive advantage (4)
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22038
Pasquale SLUR To drink noisily, not quietly, is an insult (4)
Slight indication of inebriation? (4)
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Pasquale DEMAGOGUE Sort of politician expected to keep them open-mouthed? (9)
Agitator expected to hold them enthralled (9)
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22907
Pasquale ADMIRER A doctor full of filth — potential abuser of patient? (7)
Maiden ensnared by a more desperate stalker? (7)
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26252
Pasquale MOSAIC Picture of Hebrew leader (6)
Picture of one crossing the Red Sea? (6)
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22764
Pasquale ELGIN One responsible for others losing their marbles (5)
English spirit? Little left in a Scottish place (5)
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27269
Pasquale SUDAN America backing old tribe in Africa (5)
American backing combatant in African country (5)
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21627
Pasquale OSCAR Very big vehicle may be what film actor is after (5)
Zero - the mark needed for special award! (5)
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24479
Pasquale STREWN Like china after the bull, shop being gutted when he's gone (6)
Either side of river you'll find odd newts distributed (6)
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Pasquale CONVENIENT Study that is occupied by archdeacon with New Testament handy (10)
Well-placed religious institution that's pleasant, not cold, inside (10)
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26169
Pasquale UNEATEN Left after dinner? (7)
After meal, left university to tidy up (7)
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27269
Pasquale CARD See 7
Character that may show the score in 10 (4)
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Pasquale NOTATE Write in special symbols number on gallery (6)
Use symbols to indicate comment on inferior art gallery? (6)
21899
23225
Pasquale WATER This could contribute to a solution (5)
See 1
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Pasquale GUIDE Someone in uniform teased within earshot (5)
Person in uniform teased within earshot (5)
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22794
Pasquale NEWLABOUR What offers phony rule now crawling around highest social classes? (3,6)
This? Won't use Blair, being beaten — it's surprisingly done for! (3,6)
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25480
Pasquale SUPINE Not prone to be among students up in English (6)
Strength of character around university at a minimum — it's weak (6)
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25254
Pasquale ASSUMING Haughty fool of the upper classes of a ruling dynasty (8)
Accepting a sin - smug, sloppy (8)
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22794
Pasquale COMMENT Firm male intended to let slip a remark (7)
Firm Madame leading heritage organisation evokes criticism? (7)
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Pasquale ASSAI Very short attack (5)
Very musical fool - very good (5)
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21899
Pasquale SOLEMN About original moon-lander, boy gets serious (6)
Grave individual, fellow with the stuffing knocked out (6)
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26169
Pasquale TODO Fuss not yet dealt with (2-2)
Kerfuffle when fox meets duck (2-2)
Heading on organiser's list creates a stir (2-2)
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27253
Pasquale CORELLI Musical arrangement leader ignored — bad upset for composer (7)
String player not good person - or inspired musician (7)
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24053
Pasquale RELEASE Let out again to be free (7)
Engineers let loose (7)
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26744
Pasquale TESTATOR Try to get list set up as one with a succession policy? (8)
One with the will to try to reach a place on Dartmoor? (8)
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23516
Pasquale CHIP Cold joint for a bit of food (4)
Cold joint may be one of those things served at meal time (4)
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23207
Pasquale INFRADIG UN's not involved in fundraising - somehow unbecoming (5,3)
If darling gets left out in dance that's unbecoming (5,3)
23643
25685
Pasquale ALEPH Beth follows this leading character (5)
First character in public house wanting beer to begin with (5)
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22389
Pasquale OLDHAM Town actor who's been around a long time (6)
Town's ancient guy who must have been out of the ark (6)
22058
23441
Pasquale OXFORD Clinton was here (nothing wrong with former President) (6)
See 9
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23384
Pasquale WELL See 24
It's by no means rare to get praise (4,4)
My friend ultimately finishes on good terms with English composer (4,1,5,3)
Boot that is removed may be full of water (4)
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22545
27588
24173
Pasquale OUNCE Weight with which man outside club keeps extreme characters away (5)
No longer unit to be included? (5)
In spring there's loss of black cat (5)
Cat to jump with no small power (5)
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22794
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Pasquale STUD Half the folk at university wanted virile young man (4)
Boss with less than what it takes to get an MBA? (4)
22907
24811
Pasquale DOOM Ruin brings the reverse of humour (4)
Bad temper about catastrophe (4)
Finish with one of the honours — the last trump? (4)
21787
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24866
Pasquale HOLST Most religious? Not one English composer (5)
See 5
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23207
Pasquale ITCH Children's game with children a bit of a pain (4)
Longing to throw president out (4)
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Pasquale RADIANT Joyful Bill perhaps comes in laughing (7)
Brilliant mathematician's angle, central feature of lecture (7)
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26774
Pasquale OTIS Singer - man providing lift with revolutionary sound (4,7)
Form of therapy is provided by someone to give us a lift (4)
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Pasquale WHETSTONE Ethos went sloppy — one should get things sharpened up (9)
Bridge designer lacking a thing that could give the edge (9)
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Pasquale ROULADE Boy entertained by womaniser's musical embellishment (7)
Debauched man eating boy's food (7)
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22313
Pasquale READMIT Boy returning to study gets let in again (7)
Cast out, ma tried to get let in again (7)
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24103
Pasquale NIGER Lawson wanting a new direction, finally, for the country (5)
Name of political leader wanting Right to oust Left in the country (5)
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26398
Pasquale SATRAP Governor took place in parlia­ment, talking rhythmically (6)
Ruler given role when overthrown (6)
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Pasquale WRANGLE Quarrel in which wife has right perspective(7)
There's little right in fiddle creating dispute (7)
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Pasquale TIMER One could show minutes into game, right? (5)
Grandfather may be an old one (5)
Maybe watch dispatch going west (5)
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24893
Pasquale TRADUCE Dishonour brought by a duke breaking ceasefire (7)
Have nothing good to say about cease-fire coming without notice (7)
23207
21985
Pasquale IMBED Claim of education graduate being put down (5)
Fix one gong on to front of DJ (5)
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22775
Pasquale SPIT Gentle rain where land goes out to sea (4)
Hole produced by spades - amount of soil shifted? (4)
24281
24173
Pasquale SHOP Be disloyal to work — keep quiet at first (4)
See 20
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Pasquale ACNE Spots what sounds like a Cockney carriage (4)
Spots a thing in the road — circular thing to be avoided (4)
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Pasquale BRIDGET Woman in high-pressure area within British company (7)
Game that maybe Derby lost (7)
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Pasquale COMMANDEER Appropriate name given to animal with butterfly on (10)
Take away what sounds like ordinary animal (10)
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25776
Pasquale KNOT England's former 10 participant reportedly in a tangle (4)
Difficult problem when word of denial is heard (4)
Upcoming strike creates difficulty (4)
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27456
Pasquale GROWL After good quarrel, left with snarl (5)
Mushroom that's left below bark (5)
22344
25216
Pasquale OUTDO Trump's unacceptable act (5)
Eclipse brings alfresco party? (5)
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21763
Pasquale VASSAL Girl with bible brought up as a servant (6)
Against having a girl around as a slave (6)
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22830
Pasquale FLASHY Bold attack in which one must keep quiet (6)
Attack that's kept quiet or loud? (6)
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27563
Pasquale LIBRETTO Messy blotter covering one text (8)
Show words inside book? (8)
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26169
Pasquale TARRAGON Herb in paper covering's behind the salt (8)
Herb is frightfully arrogant (8)
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25839
Pasquale OCTAVE Days of celebrating in wide street at end of month (6)
Musical interval at 8 roughly (6)
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23745
Pasquale FURZE Shrub becomes coated, so they say (5)
A shrub or trees, might you say? (5)
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24329
Pasquale IBEAM Claim of someone looking happy with building structure (1-4)
Be enthralled by this person's contribution to framework (1-4)
Something on the building site to make yours truly smile (1-4)
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27342
21985
Pasquale ALGID Cold? It's good to wear a hat (5)
Glad to be spoilt when one's caught cold (5)
27213
26379
Pasquale DUGOUT An archaeological artefact may have been in shelter (6)
Uprooted shelter by sports field (6)
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22462
Pasquale ALABAMA State of a girl half-cut, having obtained two degrees (7)
State in which a non-Christian priest entertains a bishop? (7)
27342
26744
Pasquale STRETTO Way to avoid repeated note when having to in musical piece (7)
Piece of music in street upset animal (7)
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23745
Pasquale RESPITE Rest, half of that being lost with bad feeling (7)
Hurt again? Get time out (7)
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26350
Pasquale MIDDLE Many inches around theologian's waist (6)
Core feature of a tragedian's word to criticise 24-25's 11s (6-4)
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25094
Pasquale LASTOUT Survive as the tenth batsman to be dismissed? (4,3)
The French drink in bars to keep going (4,3)
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26774
Pasquale CATERER A "grubby" person coming to the party? (7)
Rolls may be what one turns up with (7)
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23672
Pasquale DECREE Contract doesn't include a second order (6)
Command issued in successive notes to tribe (6)
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21787
Pasquale ISLE Place reached by sea passage, we hear (4)
See 19
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Pasquale ADHERENT Disciple of the modern era, the man torn apart (8)
As a disciple, the girl's in a bit of a depression (8)
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21627
Pasquale POMADE Greasy stuff very foolish for American writer to eat (6)
Pot manufactured for ointment (6)
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Pasquale ABEYANT Ace worker wanting governor restricted, suspended (7)
Heartless church worker is suspended (7)
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22038
Pasquale SEED Regard daughter as offspring (4)
Saw illiterate children (4)
21943
22775
Pasquale MIRA An edge around star (4)
Star gets less than complete admiration (4)
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26774
Pasquale ANCHOR 'ave a yearning, we hear, for something secure (6)
Sounds like 'unger for something to offer stability (6)
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21720
Pasquale DEMESNE Valley outside the borders of my French estate (7)
Estate workers catching salmon primarily in river (7)
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26398
Pasquale NIRVANA Grandma around one beginning to rest, very blissful state (7)
Bliss in province prior to soldiers seizing advantage (7)
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22038
Pasquale NOOK Opening number doing the business (4)
Recess will accommodate limited number all right (4)
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21876
Pasquale TUNER Outside front of radio this could be something rotating (5)
Engineers with crazy guy set up electronic device (5)
24053
26463
Pasquale DEMONIAC Frantic protest over murderer being strung up (8)
Diabolical comedian out of order (8)
23207
24590
Pasquale RAGE Newspaper editor's prime passion (4)
Student event with energy and passion (4)
Fashion that 10 shouldn't show on the road (4)
25003
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22287
Pasquale BALLROOM Cleaner covering everything in part of palace, maybe (8)
Cleaner has everyone locked in entertainment hall (8)
26463
27456
Pasquale INSET Trendy clique may offer little plan (5)
Picture part of collection? (5)
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23384
Pasquale CATHERINE Jazz fan, the fellow crossing Ireland (9)
That woman in castle, finally, after cruel act? (9)
27030
25810
Pasquale DRAG Puff? Puff perhaps, when legless (4)
Drive with a stylishness in motor competition (4,4)
Get behind bore (4)
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25403
Pasquale KEIRHARDIE A hiker out to get ride possibly - man in a cap? (4,6)
Spooner gets to listen to woolly type — his radical contemporary (4,6)
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26361
Pasquale OVERT Go, start off, with green clearly observable (5)
Hidden? Not initially - anything but (5)
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22907
Pasquale REGIMEN One lot of soldiers and another wanting soldier in old system of government (7)
This person in African country brought back government system (7)
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Pasquale TORSO Trunk coming from gnarled roots (5)
Endless twisting putting out one part of body (5)
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22730
Pasquale FORECAST Reacts badly after Foreign Office prediction (8)
Divine citadel giving city a second protection (8)
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23123
Pasquale TRASH What's panned or canned? (5)
The skin problem he dismissed as nonsense (5)
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Pasquale SCAN Deficient, not finishing medical examination? (4)
Examination less than barely adequate (4)
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Pasquale ISOPOD Small creature squirted poison briefly, then died (6)
One unpleasant person outside work, one with fourteen members (6)
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Pasquale REAGENT Name of London street hiding a chemical (7)
Chemical engineers needing time with conservationists (7)
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Pasquale LLANO Plain refusal after everyone's upset (5)
Plain Welsh town that must have faulty name dropped (5)
25294
23123
Pasquale BONECHINA Good quality house ware at home - taken outside, broken on beach! (4,5)
With head back, beast has knocked out daughter - it's in danger from a bull! (4,5)
22372
23123
Pasquale CAMEROUN Ex-PM keeps appealing to the top people in the country (8)
Posh Tory's gone over old French colony (8)
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24772
Pasquale MARROW New head for public school (6)
Harm comes with 24 2 in essence (6)
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25776
Pasquale BIRDCAGE London street bar with wicked gal getting sozzled (8,4)
An environment that's very limiting for flight or walk (8)
25614
22775
Pasquale LAMBERT (After 25) Base new lab term in physics unit (7)
Constant amount of illumination (7)
Officer receiving caut­ionary signal from light unit (7)
22272
22287
26063
Pasquale STALL See 16
Stop sideshow (5)
27366
21763
Pasquale CROWBAR Opener caught - hubbub at the Tavern? (7)
Opener of window used in plunder into saloon? (7)
23441
26522
Pasquale YOGI The solver not completely private is one would appreciate asceticism (4)
Time in which to see large round climbing animal loved by kids (4,4)
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Pasquale PIERCE Punch appears in seaside location next to church(6)
Run through church past pillar (6)
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Pasquale MARTIN Man on 10 24 given Kent inn's jar, I'm drunk (6-7)
Bird trying to keep a low profile when interrupted by the man of 18 (6,6,4)
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Pasquale CRUSADER Group's helper said to be a man on a mission (8)
Religious fighter is more natural outside religious army (8)
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21899
Paul HAMPER See 6
Hold up the basket (6)
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Paul PECKISH Hungry, like Gregory? (7)
Hungry like an actor? (7)
25613
27284
Paul ETCH Score, with tip removed from setter's cue? (4)
Century featuring in the unlikely score (4)
24607
26051
Paul CHITCHAT Pet swallows couple, causing gossip (8)
Note on flier, inconsequential communication (4-4)
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24997
Paul BLAIR L — some dictatorial bastard from the right? (5)
See 21
26046
25678
Paul LEVI 15 sort of patriarch (4)
Jean, the Hebrew patriarch? (4)
24393
23343
Paul PENNON Continue to write about northern flag (6)
Before Jospin's refusal, fold the 2 (6)
University atop flag (6)
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22377
26721
Paul SLUG Bullet repelled by pellets? (4)
Hit idler (4)
25 country virtually European in order of clues (4,3,7)
25049
27457
23290
Paul INNINGS Spell "pot" without the first letter (7)
Knock top prize money (7)
26889
27284
Paul HYPNOSIS Issue partly cleared up in man's unconscious state (8)
Understate? (8)
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24473
Paul HEAVY Bouncer not filled with air then? (5)
Domesticated elephant can start to giggle, given exciting exploratory operation (5,7)
Discovery of youth attaching metal tag, finally, to tamed elephant? (5,7)
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23336
25750
Paul NIGHT Approaching the time which is said to fall (5)
See 22 (5)
Day nothing changed? (5)
Dream time approaching, close to sunset (5)
22181
23067
22985
27308
Paul SUNDAE Announced time for dessert (6)
Speak of God's time of rest as sweet (6)
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23965
Paul MAGICEYE Cathode ray tube, great looker (5,3)
Radio's visual display making wonderful dotted character audible (5,3)
23255
23534
Paul PAVE Pudding appearing very enticing initially, put on a stone or two? (4)
Smothered in ketchup, a Venezuelan flag (4)
27500
25123
Paul RUBY Centre dismissed in game — red! (4)
Fag's rear struck in public school, becoming red (4)
The Stones' Tuesday stone? (4)
27018
25667
24931
Paul OSAGE Hero's back, wise and brave (5)
Native American, old and wise (5)
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Paul ANIMATION I'm in a state, a state of exuberance (9)
Paul's in a state — that's life! (9)
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24884
Paul SPARETYRE Large stomach booted? (5,4)
Extra weight carried by plea from bombarded citizens of Lebanon? (5,4)
24763
23887
Paul PHEW I'm relieved only a small number reported? (4)
Hot in seat, how hot it is! (4)
Hot filling seat that's hot! (4)
27457
25399
24286
Paul HEART Courage of the artillery (5)
See 10
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25881
Paul FINN Close to the French, north European (4)
European steering mechanism announced (4)
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26212
Paul SEAANEMONE Appear to absorb two articles, one being the main thing (3,7)
Appear to drown two articles, one a water-dweller (3,7)
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25895
Paul DISC Record is found in Washington (4)
Plate is where Washington located? (4)
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23907
Paul CAMERON C, half-cut Bush, for example, gatecrashing his party? (7)
Country lacking nothing, cause of Brexit? (7)
11, Conservative, last to gain help from the right (7,4)
26046
27590
23894
Paul EAST 26 15 location, last one to be built over river (4,6)
Bearing meal, starter not required (4)
24383
25181
Paul JERSEY 4's island (6)
Upper garment, or lower (6)
Top cow (6)
Warmer, lower island (6)
25222
22016
24486
24931
Paul BUGLOSS Plant's success rate of insecticide? (7)
Pesticide's for this plant (7)
24240
24305
Paul DYNAMO Live wire switched over a lot in effect (6)
Gathering a bundle up, fix live wire (6)
23483
25750
Paul SOMEWHERE Homes were rebuilt without specific foundations (9)
Amount put on, say, at a 3 unspecified (9)
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23728
Paul SERENGETI Jaguar ultimately has spotted coat? Grab one that's plain (9)
Good to be in peaceful surroundings, given uprising, it is plain (9)
Plain sailing finally within peaceful heart of nation (9)
Plain, quiet housing good: it getting erected (9)
Calm around government's leadership? It's going the other way, that's plain (9)
Plain green ties, knotted (9)
27018
24735
27523
26528
25618
23596
Paul EPILOGUE Europe changing sides, I start to get worried - end of story! (8)
Alter ego that is Paul, not Braveheart: end of story (8)
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24024
Paul LULU Opera singer (4)
Ace opera singer (4)
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27308
Paul CONTAGIOUS Catching cold too, using a muff (10)
Catching cousin with goat, disturbed (10)
26325
23331
Paul COCACOLA Chilled, containing carbon, not entirely terrific, a drink (4-4)
A nearby resident almost caught old Conservative doing u-turn, the rotter! (4-4)
25387
24286
Paul STICKY Difficult describing a bit of wood? (6)
Expensive entertaining revolting upper-class twit, promising to miss starter that's calorific (6,6,7)
26734
25986
Paul STILETTO Blade on fire returned during fight (8)
Work of TS Eliot pierced by terrorist leader's weapon (8)
23158
23242
Paul RIALTO Retreat, retiring to a place in Venice (with 17) (6)
Voice carried beyond state bridge (6)
Currency taken to bridge (6)
Gondolier's familiar sight as upright character, singer on river (6)
23434
27581
24973
24741
Paul FAGIN Dickens character portrayed as Andy Capp? (5)
Dickens's character preparing to light up? (5)
21661
24631
Paul BEAR Hairy beast's stomach (4)
Paddington's stomach (4)
21708
24399
Paul ASSESS Judge fools last of defendants (6)
Judge foolish woman? (6)
Judge the character of Jenny? (6)
23540
23683
26135
Paul SUNDRIES Various things required, while rain wets ____ (8)
Extra stuff — why hang the washing out? (8)
23707
24873
Paul GRAN Relative in rocking chair, drama queen, all conclude (4)
Award author Leon second in racing car (4,7)
Experienced woman taking £800? (4)
26313
26901
27500
Paul OVERDO Exaggerate when scorer lacks finish in goalless draw (6)
Exaggerate content of book about composer, no end (6)
Cook too much food, revolting part sent back (6)
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25941
26582
Paul MIDDLETON See 23
See 24
25852
25309
Paul CROWN Headgear once found in pocket (5)
Head for old money (5)
25 for 6 22 acrosses (5)
23785
23743
23290
Paul RHEA In conversation, bring up bird (4)
One can't take off part of cylinder head (4)
One unable to take off some banner headline (4)
Bird to catch, tail first (4)
23486
24978
25572
26804
Paul SWAN See 10
Bird or bard beginning to seem pale (4)
White to satisfy clothes for Covent Garden favourite (4,4)
25387
23866
26417
Paul SCREWY Twisted, like something threaded? (6)
Nuts like other fasteners? (6)
23307
24390
Paul IDEAL Thought control in the end proving visionary (5)
Perfect fool's last hypothesis over the top (5)
You receive cards from me, so perfect (5)
Concise CV of trader's perfect (5)
Model one piece of wood (5)
Tradesman's admission is perfect (5)
26380
25613
24393
23092
27294
22968
Paul STRANGE Funny second series on television's beginning (7)
Odd 21 9 (7)
26611
24462
Paul DREAM Fancy opening in extremely short trousers (5)
King had one hand, finally, on paper (5)
Ultimately, reverie in short? (5)
27195
25549
26763
Paul GORILLA Cook strangling duck, a thug (7)
Beast who's thuggish or evil in silverback? (7)
26362
26099
Paul WOOF Sound of setter suddenly flaring up? (4)
Sound of Beagle on final approach to Mars? (4)
23620
23148
Paul BEERMONEY Bitter bread possibly English, I'm not sure Napoleon eating it (4,5)
Bitter dough? (4,5)
25835
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Paul SNIPE Have a go at bird (5)
While hidden, shoot bird (5)
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Paul ASPIRE Plan with fury to go after poisoner (6)
A tapering structure, long (6)
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Paul SETTLE Make one's home in Cumbrian town (6)
... however, please don't get so agitated! (6,4)
Calm North Yorkshire town (6)
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Paul HISTAMINE Cause of reaction in time has transformed (9)
I name this compound an irritant (9)
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Paul KISS Unfortunately, Ofsted has killed inspirational leaders, the final nail in the coffin? (4,2,5)
Show of affection in "peck" is seen (4)
A little peck is seen here (4)
Touch one's son on back of neck (4)
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Paul BITTER Unpalatable drink (6)
Very cold drink (6)
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Paul STRETCH Time to release that tension? (7)
Last time (7)
Distort time (7)
Evidence of stress when expecting time inside shop (7,5)
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Paul OUIJA Board involved in European agreements? (5)
Board's Franco-German affirmations? (5)
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Paul BLADDER When this full, head for bathroom - run! (7)
It captures the wee bairn's first steps (7)
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Paul ADVANCE Go forward, taking a ball round Juventus's number 5 (7)
Go on a trip round Venezuelan capital (7)
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Paul RISER King: then should Queen be a bit of a step up? (5)
One was recently asleep through part of flight (5)
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Paul SHEATHE Woman holding magazine cover (7)
Enclose one magazine inside another (7)
Enclose PM in silence, having dropped guts (7)
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Paul ASSEGAI Idiot, say, offered perfect weapon (7)
Weapon thrown while one is getting on back (7)
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Paul HIJACK Seize greeting card! (6)
Take over something at the top of the flagpole, say? (6)
Assume control of greeting card (6)
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Paul ANODES Current suppliers offering nothing in range (6)
They're positively charged to achieve top mark, with knobs on! (6)
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Paul NEAPTIDE A little current news not half fitting I would speculate, ultimately (4,4)
Wave painted with minimum of ebb, suggesting this? (4,4)
Little movement at sea, waves painted white, ultimately (4,4)
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Paul HEARTS See 9
See 6
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Paul UGLI Reportedly tasteless fruit (4)
Fruit nasty, we hear (4)
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Paul STAGENAME Sting, for example, animal, then girl, then me (5,4)
Get seaman ordered for Boy George, perhaps (5,4)
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Paul EXPOSURE Application of light, result of flashing? (8)
Coverage, or lack of it? (8)
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Paul ANTIPASTI Put an end to wine, Italian for starters (9)
A small drink including minimum of table wine for starters (9)
For the future then? Yours truly, for starters (9)
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Paul CARTON Continue to haul container (6)
Vessel to load? (6)
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Paul MATTER Stuff the issue! (6)
See 24
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Paul TRAINSET Something for the boys, as shower framed in trial hauled up (5,3)
Compound of nitrates in old boys' network? (5,3)
Solution of nitrates present for a boy? (5,3)
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Paul SHED A colleague's been laid off (4)
Wooden construction lost (4)
Lost tools found here? (4)
Crossword setter dropped (4)
Slough hut (4)
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Paul SCOTTISH Maybe Celtic sofa initially like a bed? (8)
Royal meeting leaderless immigrant finally changed his nationality (8)
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Paul MEAN Have in mind to be miserly (4)
For now, the evil enemy (8)
Intend to be tight (4)
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Paul ROSE Beauty got to her feet? (4)
Flower of Lancashire and Yorkshire neither red nor white? (4)
Bloom loomed (4)
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Paul INTRO Enthusiastic about bracketing beginning of Renaissance as early music (5)
Opening bars, take penny off drink and bar won't close (5)
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Paul THIEF For example, dip one in the fire, primarily (5)
Felon primarily after article, one getting nicked? (5)
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Paul RHODESIA Old country that is so hard to recollect (8)
Country whose name was changed, so I heard (8)
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Paul STEP See 20
Put foot down, knocking over parrots and budgies? (4)
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Paul GREY Part of hippo, perhaps, revealing woolly patch? (4,4)
Those confusing stories about right yew, wrong birds (4,8)
Such is ill-defined, where the elderly congregate? (4,4)
Horse in theory the better gelding, all at the rear dropping back (4)
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Paul EXAM Highest point lifted as a test (4)
8 for which A, B, C or D too much? On the contrary (4)
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Paul GASPER 8, perhaps? One's smoked (6)
Smoke fumes for each ... (6)
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Paul PRETTY Quite pleasing (6)
Quite alluring (6)
24across-ly 24across? (6)
Reasonably fair (6)
24 across-ly 24 across (6)
Quite lovely (6)
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Paul OVEREXERT Apply too much strain when English king seen in public (9)
Old queen for whom clear bandages stretch too much (9)
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Paul DRIVER See 9
Motorist's club (6)
Duck gathering first of rotten wood (6)
See 10 (6)
See 24
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Paul SPODE Composition written by snooker player starts: "I'm a famous potter" (5)
17 finds whales in Kent (5)
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Paul WHITE If Spurs primarily not there, getting confused with the Arsenal 7? (5,4,4)
See 22
I haven't cut up on motorway in colourless environment? I probably have! (5,3,3)
See 4
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Paul ECSTATIC Community still cock-a-hoop (8)
Very happy to bring up the Church, still (8)
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Paul SPARE Don't kill when angry (5)
13 across hard to shift past forty? (5,4)
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Paul CAVIARE Church hides almost entire collection of birds' eggs (7)
Delicacy gets through into mind (7)
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Paul GLANDULAR Gradual line oddly askew, coming from the thyroid, perhaps (9)
Sort of fever gradually spreading May 3rd/June 3rd (9)
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Paul HELIPAD Nerve required to enter place housing choppers? That's here (7)
Edge seen in crown where chopper comes down (7)
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Paul HONED Polished diamonds alongside white castle? (5)
Hard, 1 down? To a point (5)
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Paul SEMIQUAVER Brahms (and Liszt) -Requiem, as very small part of it? (10)
Frugal type pockets two notes and 50p? Here's another note! (10)
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Paul SUCCOUR Utter fool to get help (7)
Relief from dope, say (7)
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Paul GROUND Is a ploughman's work so innovative? (14)
Cryptically go for the sod? (6)
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Paul NONET Group seeing potential disaster for the human cannonball? (5)
Group of ten, one taken away (5)
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Paul SLEEPER Work of 23 10 run over by a train? (7)
An earpiece - one's dropped off (7)
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Paul ODDBALLS These eccentric first, third and fifth deliveries? (8)
Characters 1, 3 and 5 in an over? (8)
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Paul BARBER Figaro composer (6)
One offering a cut, as composer (6)
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Paul CARDINAL Main, where hearty rounds Horn in the end (8)
Red pig almost gobbles one up (8)
Red key (8)
Red key (8)
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Paul LOTUS Flower planted in plot, usually (5)
F1's old flower power? (5)
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Paul WORLD Pledge to bag Lancashire's opener, as a great spinner (5)
See 6
See 6
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Paul GISMO Device requiring doctrine to cut energy (5)
Try to outline philosophy that's a contrivance (5)
Contrivance that's turning is moving bolts (5)
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Paul MOSQUITO For a carrier of disease, doctor's capital! (8)
Insect in diminutive temple, might you say? (8)
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Paul BEAST Lick around small animal (5)
See 17
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Paul MIDGET The minute person has time for broadcasting, BBC boss installed (6)
Stupid climbing to reach someone not so high (6)
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Paul MUTTONHEAD Meat loaf, then fool (10)
Oaf, a dog in his hat? (10)
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Paul ORIEL College opening (5)
College spirit initially turning to love (5)
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Paul ITERATION Repeating time after time after time, I love breaking in (9)
Coming round again, I rotate in circles (9)
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Paul CLOSEDOWN Wrong dose injected into fungi, might you say? That's when everything stops (9)
Discontinue dose, foolishly swallowed by buffoon (5,4)
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Paul RECTUM End of a canal destroyed ’em, they say (6)
Upright but not opening — I'm unsure it's part of the gut (6)
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Paul GUMTREE Short piece on metre-high eucalyptus (3,4)
Bloke cut metre off plant from Australia (3,4)
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Paul EDIT Change in current switched over (4)
Fish raised temperature so correct (4)
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Paul SPACE 23's one single, it's cut see! (5,6)
Carrying drugs primarily, a suspect not to be trusted popping sweet in mouth (5,4)
Here's one small step (5)
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Paul OMEGA Sophocles' last mantra takes time receding (5)
Greece's last home game's lost (5)
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Paul TERMITE Insect in middle of buttercup, little one (7)
22 across, stratum ignoring one little bit (7)
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Paul ADULTERER One's business affairs? (9)
Man United playing away from home? (9)
A painter burying dead, not a cheat (9)
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Paul THREE It's here or there, perhaps (5)
The dessert wine with the hot liquid is drunk (5,6,2,3,4)
Figure you should eat right (5)
Yard where bank located in the film (5,4)
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Paul DENATURE Extract the essence from article in singular fixture (8)
Change character, seeing awful starter filling plate (8)
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Paul UKIP Rest behind united party (4)
____ , while I stay up for the party? (4)
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Paul MISSAL Neglect a line in book of prayer (6)
Having to skip many, skip the Old Testament as religious book (6)
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Paul CAPYBARA Huge rodent film director Frank captures by rotating camera, ultimately (8)
Top horse backing onto tail of awfully large rodent (8)
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Paul BUFF Brownish-yellow shine (4)
Altogether an expert (4)
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Paul BOWWINDOW Dog kennels in Germany, an architectural feature (3,6)
Architectural feature through which child's best friend carrying in daughter (3,6)
Curved feature in dog initially in dog (3,6)
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Paul BATSMAN Hero filmed tackling last of defenders, player collecting a knock (7)
Cave-dweller keeping second chap in or out? (7)
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Paul STEAM Given sheikhdom's capital, Manchester City, say, demonstrating power (5)
Power company after ultimate in riches (5)
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Paul POPPYCOCK Flower on male cobblers (9)
Giving flower to male is foolishness (9)
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Paul AGREED A need to feed and feed, it's accepted (6)
A selfish desire? Yes (6)
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Paul MISSUS Pine for the Guardian's other half (6)
Wife, seeing girl with husband, blowing top and ditching ring (6)
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Paul OBELI Former pupil and priest, daggers drawn (5)
Before heading for literature, I award marks for printing (5)
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Paul EXCHANGE Old coins providing conversation (8)
Retired coppers in conversation (8)
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Paul CUTTLEFISH Main thing saw Tory leader quite socialist, not centre (10)
Swimmer sensed surfacing through skin getting hard (10)
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Paul CHARD Cold, frozen vegetable (5)
Reportedly black vegetable (5)
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Paul PIRACY A tear coming up over hundred-year crime (6)
Crime, good and exciting (6)
Quick to bracket old taxmen as thieving (6)
Quick to hide illegal reproduction primarily — it's a crime (6)
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Paul AREA Territory better ventilated, by the sound of it (4)
Region more ’irsute, did you say? (4)
See 25
See 18
Place for a backless back (4)
Mysterious affair, yeti? Mysterious place (4,5-3)
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Paul SOSO Average, huge doubled up (2-2)
Help us to get round OK (2-2)
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Paul ARTILLERY Channel broken up by weak battery (9)
Vital channel confiscates evil weapons (9)
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Paul TUNIS Capital city is under revolutionary enthusiast (5)
In which beer is capital (5)
Beer container is capital (5)
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Paul SALMON 23 or 5 fruit from 4? Not English (6)
Fish seeks mullet primarily in barbershop! (6)
Pink bum finally squeezed into shop (6)
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Paul BONSAI Little growth in industry initially, while privileged type stuck up (6)
Capital once cut, reported shortly as showing little growth (6)
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Paul EVANESCED Seven and ace, possibly diamonds, vanished (9)
English assimilated by Welshman a month back, disappeared (9)
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Paul WANNABE Hopeful to catch, breaking fall (7)
Hopeful catch will break fall (7)
Nick's in decline, but hopeful (7)
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Paul IDEA Fancy one darling, shortly? (4)
Lit bulb overhead? One almost gone (4)
Clue short of perfect (4)
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Paul LONG See 18 (4)
Queens here losing ground before gain (4,6)
Cow with hunger having bit of bramble, but no starter (8)
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Paul INSOMNIA Trouble resting in mansion, I supposed (8)
Nightly frustration in order after minimum of sleep, turn in with anxiety initially? (8)
No beef for kippers! (8)
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Paul CLARINET Blood circulating in a tube that's blown (8)
Instrument put in through blood (8)
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Paul TIMON Athenian money requiring flash investment (5)
In effect, I'm only a Greek misanthrope (5)
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Paul BRASSERIE Restaurant with money overlooking lake (9)
Where people eat underwear, one must go down (9)
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Paul EARLYBIRD Lark about with the milkman, perhaps? (5,4)
Possible lark ending in coarse ribaldry, -unfortunately (5,4)
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Paul RECTO Page three, perhaps, makes clergyman stop short (5)
Half of document taken to one side (5)
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Paul BOLOGNA Briefly, nation of bandits starts turning over European city (7)
European city created stink detailing African nation's uprising (7)
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Paul NUMBERTWO Brown in town, unsettled as deputy (6,3)
Deputy getting business done (6,3)
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Paul CAPETOWN Better move to new African city (4,4)
26 15 location's vixen secures a personal loan, finally (4,4)
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Paul FORMBY See 26
See 26 (6)
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Paul LEAR One writing nonsense disheartens composer (4)
See 24
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Paul GARGANTUAN Monstrous joke about king, one from Italian city, guillotined (10)
Badger bait sent back, large cask having snared a mammoth (10)
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Paul IDIOM I love to get stuck into stupid dialect (5)
Dictator given order shows a particular expression (5)
Expression I love: "Dusky shrouds" (5)
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Paul HAMSTER Animal by River Thames, swimming (7)
First of mice and rats he experimented with, creating relative (7)
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Paul CAPON Lid secured, so bird done? (5)
A restricted chicken? (5)
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Paul AGAIN A political victory as before (5)
Range popular — range popular? (5)
See 9
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Paul MOUSTACHES Swimming costume has trimmed features (10)
With Scotsman around, put out by man's hairy appendages (10)
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Paul FOOT L to pay (4)
See 6
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Paul OYSTER Shellfish gobbled by boy's terrapin (6)
Only select emptier shells for seafood (6)
Conclusion of narrative in unfolding story, a world of possibilities? (6)
Whitstable resident making way into hall, topless (6)
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Paul MULCT Fine act clumsily backfiring in part (5)
Fine start to morning, unsettled later, chilly and tempestuous (5)
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Paul SCAB Crust sliced carefully, accompanying butter for starters (4)
Insultingly, one declining to earn a crust? (4)
Automated payment method set up for unpopular worker (4)
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Paul MARLON Actor wearing fertiliser to make love (6,6)
Actor in manure working to make love (6,6)
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Paul LEITMOTIF Coming up, cat and connection with leopard primarily, providing theme (9)
Toilet rolls, about a thousand, providing theme (9)
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Paul TIDES Such highs and lows raised in omnibus edition (5)
Ins and outs, as advertised itinerary's held up (5)
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Paul SOMETHING 1 by 15 (9)
Badger 13, 15? (9,2,3,5)
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Paul ACID Drug treatment to get over cold (4)
Drug put Conservative in relief (4)
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Paul DAWN Early rise in the East and set around West (4)
See 2
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Paul MONTE Game film on television's screened (5)
Day trip eventually starts in game (5)
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Paul ATLANTA Books alongside maps almost leading to a US city (7)
US city putting worker in reference book, shortly (7)
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Paul SIDE See 26 (4)
Weapons costing an arm and a leg pinched by Carry On star (4,4)
See 24
Face Arsenal, for example? (4)
Team's flank (4)
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Paul IMPERSONAL Polar mines, dreadfully cold (10)
Distant rogue approaches New Orleans (10)
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Paul CRABBY Cross, like seafood? (6)
Irritable, having run into professional driver (6)
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Paul HULL Some ship in port (4)
Queen Mary's bottom (4)
Shell port (4)
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Paul DROPDEAD So lovely with an 8? (4-4,8)
Pretty moribund? (4-4,8)
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Paul PETER Keeper of hotel safes, formerly (5,7)
16 down's tripe merges into a catastrophe (5,6)
See 8
… safe leader, say, rising to a height of incompetence, as a rule (5,9)
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Paul SINECURE Nice to be flexible in steady job that's cushy (8)
Assuming elected, hold down a cushy job (8)
Easy job to get hold of outside home (8)
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Paul NEWSFLASH Novel cut to cover fine, quick story (9)
Sudden announcement, as the latest figures initially taken in cut (9)
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Paul ROMANNOSE Outstanding feature, beauty inspiring nothing by German author (5,4)
Bad manners with old twins a prominent feature (5,4)
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Paul RECITAL Financial centre almost entering tangible performance (7)
Chapter One in return of modern reading (7)
Performance, being realistic, is not surreal (7)
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Paul PASSION Fruit's zest (7)
One hand down skirts for warm feeling (7)
Become stiff absorbing one's heat (7)
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Paul TEMPER Calm a fit (6)
Tone down fit of rage (6)
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Paul AMIS Writer improperly abridged (4)
Name of authors' family friends unfamiliar to the British (4)
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Paul SCREWTOP Cover provided by staff in bar (5,3)
Men in bar requiring bottle (8)
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Paul IBEX I live to kiss a goat (4)
I am (ungrammatically) cross as a goat (4)
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Paul BARNES Writer's report of farm buildings (6)
Wartime inventor is after exploding answer in spherical form (6,6)
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Paul RAINDROP Air moving down initially in rise of what is filthy bit of weather (8)
Little water, first taken from empty sink (8)
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Paul MERCURY Happy to describe copper as metal (7)
See 18
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Paul TAFFETA River, extra oddly, which is fine (7)
Lustrous material given by Welsh flower to Greek character (7)
Material of Welsh separatists? (7)
River swallowed up fine material (7)
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Paul GANDER Look for bird (6)
Look for bird (6)
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Paul INNER Champion losing lead becomes bit of a target (5)
Private function daughter won't attend (5)
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Paul UNUSED New beginnings in double entendres, Uranus circling 9 being taken from behind (6)
New energy has died after artist leaves the planet (6)
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Paul REGINA A river recedes in 20 (6)
Queen sees a country in recession (6)
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Paul SPHINX Old poser showing bit of leg accepting money for kiss (6)
Old poser's bit of leg captivating copper and rated sexy (6)
Puzzle setter cross after local entering error (6)
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Paul REAPPOINT Get the reason to take someone on again (9)
Again take on paper, not one to mess with (9)
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Paul PLANKTON Idiot put on weight — it's the whale diet! (8)
Exercises to keep thin and on seafood diet (8)
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Paul LADETTE Woman acting as boy, character shortly bagging a duke (7)
Character not quite securing promotion for less than charming girl (7)
Lager-swilling female somewhat regretted alcoholism, on reflection (7)
Vulgar girl taking boy back, getting in after 3am, say? (7)
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Paul OTTAWA Outrageous abroad for a Scot in 20 (6)
Capital has a Thai temple to put back (6)
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Paul STARSHIP Long-distance traveler features with it (8)
Celeb's cool craft that's out of this world (8)
Long-distance traveller *** cool! (8)
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Paul TANGO Dance with beat and vitality (5)
Dramatic steps taken to get Brown to step down? (5)
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Paul FAIRPLAY Sportsmanship in mountain climbing retained by one camping? (4,4)
Loud radio broadcasting that demands respect (4,4)
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Paul ROSEHIP Fruit grew hot (7)
Fruit increased with it (7)
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Paul PRICK Best clothes primarily ruined — pink (5)
Sting providing strain on piano (5)
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Paul SPACEMAN Second fast bowler, one rocket-propelled? (8)
Second fast bowler, one out of this world (8)
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Paul FLAT Equestrian event boring people (4,4)
Dead people's event? (4,4)
Man on street in winter month needing retrieval after puncture, calling for AA? (4-7)
Boring kind of 15 (4)
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Paul UNHAMPERED Not prepared for a picnic to be free? (10)
Lacking restrictions as ill-prepared picnickers, might you say? (10)
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Paul GORSE Plant sacrificed, firstly, in blood and guts (5)
Plant has top of spine covered in blood (5)
Rival of younger 13 retaining second 13's surname? (5)
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Paul PIGIRON Crude metal with crude definition of copper to decrease? (3,4)
Metal bars causing restriction of payment by cash point security system (3,4)
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Paul RHEUM Discharge from space sounded (5)
Watery fluid man put in drink (5)
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Paul GALAHAD Party held for noblest of knights (7)
Party laid on for knight (7)
Knight, given competition, 17-ed (7)
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Paul ODDS Likelihood of getting in the red with dangerous limits (4)
Impressing theologian? Fat chance! (4)
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Paul MURPHYSLAW Certain disaster, the rule of King Edward? (7,3)
As upheld by a 26 10? (7,3)
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Paul SWEETTALKS In some parts of the plant, little troublemaker initially uses insincere praise (5,5)
Introduced to hunts, minor tragedy at first beguiles (5-5)
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Paul LITOTES Child in stories that's not saying enough (7)
Contents of a pack including drink — that's ironic, to say the least! (7)
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Paul SCARCE Vehicle blocking middle of descent, so hard to come by (6)
Rare shock, leader in competition getting held (6)
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Paul TABLELINEN Lentil and bean stew on napkins etc (5,5)
9 ballet dancing, domestic material (5,5)
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Paul MUTTON (and 15, 12) Meat tart past its sell-by date? (6)
Dog mounting sheep (6)
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Paul SHORTSTORY Fabl? (5,5)
What is written in the first half of November? (5,5)
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Paul NIPPER Crab, little one (6)
Child pincher (6)
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Paul LONGJOHNS Underwear from which one seeking treasure removes chopped liver (4,5)
Garment for Wayneee and Terryyy? (9)
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Paul MAGAZINE Arsenal publication (8)
Ammunition store OK, perhaps (8)
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Paul CHARLOTTE Queen of puddings? (9)
Girl that's sweet etc comes back to embrace one that's not (9)
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Paul BEDROOM Where boredom unusual (if you're lucky!) (7)
Staggering boredom in upper chamber (7)
24037
25919
Paul UNITED Married to eleven men, perhaps? (6)
See 13
22919
26709
Paul VICTIM See 1 across
Two little boys, one made to suffer (6)
22925
22891
Paul REMINISCE Remember I'm sincere, though devious (9)
Look back on nicer times, less hurt ultimately different (9)
23785
27049
Paul ORFF Composer's rotten, by royal proclamation (4)
Composer not working by royal pronouncement? (4)
24959
26080
Paul CREDIT Acknowledge payment received (6)
Heading for crisis with shade of debt? It's beyond belief! (6)
Tick off direct broadcast (6)
24393
23468
23450
Paul TWINE Cord attaching stern of boat to port (5)
Double entendre primarily in string (5)
23785
25835
Paul PALINDROME Dud, Dud, Neil, Rod and Pam (10)
Did one eye another? (10)
23151
23958
Paul PLUM 8 the best picked? (4)
First-class fruit (4)
23565
23504
Paul TYPECAST In extremes of torment, Spacey furious, given predictable roles (8)
Class 9s performing as per usual? (8)
27260
24462
Paul GATEAU Sweet drink in ancient European region, unfinished (6)
Opening something expensive, food (6)
One opens gold sweet (6)
Old Frenchman's almost finished consuming meal - cake (6)
23434
23348
25177
24569
Paul MODICUM A bit morose at first, hate to catch cold (7)
Flash not very bright, introducing copper for a bit (7)
25726
26040
Paul PELICAN Bird wing's half breaking nut (7)
Bird taking half of life to crack nut (7)
23194
23877
Paul BALLYHOO Sensational promotion of friend Henry occupying negative response (8)
Party overcoming brute without a fuss (8)
23187
26949
Paul TYSON Peeping Tom's first up for 1 across (5)
Curious time to get up, he knocked many down (5)
23994
25127
Paul TREACLE Last of sugar in drink, then half of eclair wasted as sweet stuff (7)
Corked claret accompanying last of wine that's sweet (7)
25181
26080
Paul OGRE Monster looking down on you, so looking up! (4)
Head of government into Scandinavian money, the beast! (4)
Monster so elevated (4)
23907
25123
25218
Paul ESTOPPED Drunken pest with dope barred from the bar? (8)
E's beaten and restrained in court (8)
23943
25127
Paul ANYWHERE Wrong way to wrap new present in unspecific place (8)
An unknown woman in the Guardian, or place unspecified (8)
23170
23343
Paul IOWAN Moon pale for statesman? (5)
Faint on moon, one in a state? (5)
24520
26163
Paul POOLTABLE Describing an easy ball over middle of hole — on this? (4,5)
Mere list one's pocketed (4,5)
25261
24473
Paul CHATEAU Similar drinks brought together with classy French wine (7)
Vineyard brews of the upper classes (7)
27108
22670
Paul SHOWER In which one stands naked as exhibitionist? (6)
See 22
Scum in bathroom unit (6)
Those who are disorganised fall (6)
One demonstrating Hitchcock's murder scene (6)
Scruffy lot getting cleaner? (6)
Rabble, one reveals? (6)
24353
25301
26840
23242
24775
26212
24292
Paul CUTANDPASTE Dante acts up, spoiling writer's moving technique (3,3,5)
Neat acts up, dancing round back of shed, assembled from various places (3-3-5)
27108
26279
Paul MYSORE Indian city wherefrom setter's got a rash (6)
Indian city where setter keeps optimistic, uplifted (6)
22818
25127
Paul ANODYNE Harmless, misogynistic at heart, something positive about it? (7)
Equivalent of a wink, perhaps, eastern state backed, as inoffensive (7)
25080
24486
Paul ETON Drunk at Cornell swigging last of Lambrusco — something necked at college? (4,6)
Not all came to nursery school (4)
School where every Tory of note starts (4)
26721
23988
27596
Paul TENSE Present, perhaps, often seen wrapped (5)
For example, perfect figures deteriorate finally (5)
… and the same half seen on edge (5)
22865
24661
24895
Paul MILLION 14 (2004) featuring Billy Idol (abnormal cast) (7,6,4)
See 2
24024
27260
Paul FILTH Refuse to take line into attack, heading for home (5)
Amend ordinal's nucleus, finding obscenities? (5)
25199
25218
Paul DISUSED Treated with contempt, university squeezed, then abandoned (7)
Failed to accept South American, abandoned (7)
25199
23994
Paul SEAL Circus performer shut up (4)
Close relative of the walrus (4)
25199
24429
Paul LUBRICATES Having produced articles about social security, makes things run smoothly (10)
Article subedited, so lessens the chance of friction (10)
22708
25726
Paul UMBRELLA Old measure in Burma designed as a shield (8)
Something ungrammatically spoken between oneself and the heavens? (8)
22708
22818
Paul LAWSON See 17
Rules working for 11 (6)
23965
26804
Paul FRIGATE Vessel to fix in future (7)
Vessel that opens late in the week? (7)
23255
26937
Paul SUSPEND Crossword compilers, getting little money in post, put off (7)
After conclusions from barristers, you use delay (7)
23331
25355
Paul BETRAY Give away chance to get some sun (6)
Imagine fish shop (6)
25931
25103
Paul OBOIST Not half rowdy supporting old player (6)
Player is inspired by Milton (abridged) (6)
26182
26960
Paul CLOBBER Outfit for bash (7)
Punch things (7)
26182
26835
Paul SPECIFIC Small ocean, second to change, to be precise (8)
Particular muscle providing parts thus (8)
25360
27357
Paul STENCIL Nicest forms with right angle for design template (7)
Pattern for drawing gun, 149 (7)
Plastic through which to draw money by cents, I gathered (7)
26972
23367
25559
Paul WATERGATE Sluice that perhaps forced out a president (9)
Story exposed by 11, Washington target surprisingly ending in remorse? (9)
21672
26343
Paul CRICKET Six-footer attending dance, hard bouncer (7,4)
Insect activity that's tested … (7)
25360
25807
Paul GOODBYE See 9
I'm going to depart, body failing, end of life (7)
25888
26804
Paul HELLO The Beatles' 24 down? (5,7)
___ _ Heaven 1: away win welcome (5)
25888
25123
Paul SMUT Point to virtually dumb filth (4)
Corporations up for filth (4)
22968
25452
Paul SUBALTERN Book to convert into newspaper of lower status (9)
Black reform in tabloid ranked fairly low (9)
22968
23331
Paul FLIP Elizabeth divorced from Nick about to go berserk (4)
Parting of lips identifies the 16 view (4,4)
22919
24657
Paul SEYMOUR Third wife has to be extra watchful, they say (7)
Albert distanced from royal muse confused for royal spouse (7)
26003
26207
Paul EXCON About ninety, one exercising, one having done a stretch? (2-3)
For whom time's passed, having discarded blue rosette? (2-3)
Lord Archer now with New Labour? (2-3)
One having cooler experience after leaving the Tory Party? (2-3)
26876
25536
23596
26279
Paul POPINJAY Peacock to briefly visit bird (8)
Bird after lemonade, then home for macaroni (8)
23158
26846
Paul NAILFILE Pinpoint documents with digital processor? (8)
Secure record for rounding off digits (8)
22377
23187
Paul BESET Troubled head of school gripped by alternative to cane (5)
Plague of live television (5)
22925
22968
Paul CHIMERA Ringer, a monster (7)
Fire-breathing monster takes tea, entertaining emir eccentrically (7)
23049
22937
Paul GESTAPO Postage to be delivered by secret service (7)
Extreme force set to work, filling hole on roof of office (7)
Try to conceal evidence at first, with criminal past in state police (7)
22090
27494
27081
Paul FINISH Polish nationality under discussion (6)
Close school during breaks (6)
24107
27362
Paul BATON Wearing something black for Halloween? Give us a twirl! (5)
Item handed over a century after the onset of battle (5)
27049
26835
Paul OVERSEE Manage some poetry in the middle of poem (7)
Run done prior to date (7)
27049
27260
Paul NEST Home in one's tree (4)
22 down's place reliable, though no house (4)
27049
23644
Paul LOOFAH Glasses mopped up by half-torn sponge (6)
John, with devout belief, renouncing it for a rough scrubber (6)
21639
27494
Paul WHEE Bottom off bicycle part, I'm running down the hill! (4)
Cry of exhilaration, as primitive invention almost finished (4)
24755
24292
Paul WORSHIPPER Queue up with overseas trader for prayer (10)
Difference returned by transport company one adores (10)
26602
23877
Paul EVERYMAN Morality play for himself? (8)
Ordinary citizen in Yerevan actively maintaining patriotism to the last (8)
22879
26554
Paul THORNY Difficult temperature, hot (6)
Tricky time getting randy (6)
26481
26949
Paul NOISOME Order in row stinks (7)
Foul word of prayer masked by babble (7)
24220
27397
Paul ATMOSPHERE Doctor in spat about present environment (10)
Feeling present delivered by post, ma excited (10)
Feeling money will come from it, huge power available (10)
23135
24931
24555
Paul DEPOSIT God, nearly accepting bribe, returned initial payment (7)
Bank is reversing into bus garage (7)
23135
24755
Paul ARCHIVES Crook with rash deeds in store, perhaps? (8)
Leading scorer gets more than one record (8)
26576
27387
Paul TETANUS Complaint brings fat back around belt ... (7)
Rising fat about to beat disease (7)
21788
22937
Paul INTHE See 11
See 25
See 14
25486
24631
25218
Paul SPOILTBRAT Disease caught by pair, lots scattered in terror (6,4)
Possible clue for the Simpsons' child? (6,4)
26152
23852
Paul PARLOUR What's expected to threaten the mayor's place (7)
See 18
23285
24220
Paul CROAKY Call to hug tree, sounding rough (6)
Husky gets to bark around tree (6)
27511
27494
Paul BISECT Halve slice with dry content (6)
Not sweet to cut segment — divide in two (6)
27037
25360
Paul CAMISOLE Porter carrying author's underwear (8)
I fish beneath river, giving delicate clobber! (8)
23665
23965
Paul LIST Record of composer heard (4)
Record of Hungarian composer heard ... (4)
22843
22968
Paul BRIDGE English composer's violin part (6)
Game constructed by snooker player? (6)
Journalist stealing public money in West Country town, by 3 and 15 (6,4,8,5)
See 23
See 10
Connection in which hands held? (6)
See 4 (6)
23434
23428
24948
26225
27294
26417
22079
Paul PLEDGE Stapled gerund to obscure word (6)
Extraction of principled gentlemen's agreement (6)
24047
25642
Paul MOONSHINE Nonsense, such extremes entertained by low figure (9)
Tripe in hooch (9)
27444
26937
Paul BLAST Gust of wind, blow! (5)
Explosion in knickers! (5)
21732
25919
Paul OFFENBACH Romantic composer in many cases sounded ahead of baroque composer (9)
Composer from low-lying area, neighbouring another (9)
27055
23958
Paul CHAFF Refuse drink, very strong (5)
Tease husks from seeds (5)
27055
23285
Paul PUDDING See 4
Stupid person, possibly a fool (7)
25986
24220
Paul BLOATER Fish left in hat (7)
Fatty fish (7)
Fish left in hat (7)
25986
26602
24631
Paul SOUGHT Wanted to find variety on the radio (6)
Sound type wanted (6)
23811
24755
Paul GOBSTOPPER It's sweet to spit on goalie (10)
Sweet to spit on goalkeeper? (10)
23811
25127
Paul JEEPERSCREEPERS Going under vehicle, the Queen's an original American character — that's not on! Good Lord! (7,8)
I say derisive utterances about record attributed to native American chap — that's not on! (7,8)
26539
26284
Paul NEHRU Run off to abduct what? The Indian PM (5)
Asian leader, man in vessel from the East (5)
23817
27290
Paul ROCOCO Male briefly wearing jumper, elaborate in style (6)
Country doctor leaves, admitting love of French style (6)
26572
22090
Paul SMALLISH Pretty little individual wearing underwear, hot (8)
Quite insignificant accident, nursing bad back (8)
25097
25663
Paul STILLLIFE Painting showing stock passing backwards through entrance to field (5,4)
Yet what's said to reflect art is art! (5,4)
25097
22843
Paul MINT Numerically, this clue's position may be described as perfect (4)
Coin that's fragrant (4)
23064
25642
Paul SHORT Description of 7 brutally forthright? Alas, yes! (5,3,5,4)
Rude chess player of diminished stature (5)
23064
25663
Paul OSTRICH Bird appears creamiest topless (7)
Withdraw head from very fertile bird (7)
24286
24789
Paul ELEVENPLUS Test foreign students about Nepal regularly, before university (6,4)
Test foreign students about student taken in by awful pun (6,4)
24286
23260
Paul AMBER Not all of Camberwell Green's superior! (5)
Though not dawning, shepherd's warning? (5)
Warning light that's black in a German car, not entirely visible (5)
24305
26738
26458
Paul BASEMETAL In clutches of sex god, model meets copper (4,5)
European city welcoming police with a copper, perhaps (4,5)
23719
25667
Paul OPPOSING Rival work, work of model (8)
Rival GP takes poison to doctor (8)
24657
25696
Paul AMONG In a day, beginning to grow (5)
See 17
25399
24453
Paul GAFFE Foreman's right missed, proving a mistake (5)
Error cutting short old man (5)
25151
25750
Paul SOMEWHAT West Ham United with outstanding header, awfully pretty (8)
Pretty me in female bowler, say? (8)
26734
26960
Paul FLEECE Rip off coat (6)
Shearer after this cheat (6)
24018
27387
Paul POLISH Finish, though not Finnish? (6)
European finesse (6)
See 12
24018
27387
25123
Paul IMARI I ruin one's Japanese porcelain (5)
Porcelain from Hiroshima, right? (5)
24973
27055
Paul TUPPENCE Short day needed to collect pound, among one copper — or more? (8)
Sheep enclosure collie emptied for a little bread (8)
24978
25218
Paul VIOLENT Extreme north shrouded in reddish-blue (7)
Wild flower containing nectar, primarily (7)
26846
27362
Paul STRIMMER Device which cuts grass ultimately to get neater (8)
Ultimately, grass cutter? (8)
23689
26937
Paul ABATTOIR Bloody scene in a club with mob violence on the up (8)
Bloody place, a racket with revolutionary scene of uproar (8)
23689
23187
Paul OPUS Composition requiring oxygen and bodily fluid? (4)
Work without discharge? (4)
25194
23582
Paul MASON Chiseller thus cuts somebody (5)
Solver, member of secret society (5)
23280
27153
Paul CRICKETBAT Hitter, jumper and flier (7,3)
Mammal after insect, one of these oiled (7,3)
26440
26547
Paul MANITOBA Fool the president, promoting mother in Canadian province (8)
A fool among the masses reaching a Canadian province (8)
24826
24657
Paul REARRANGES 6 soundly giving orders (10)
Shuffles bottoms of various sizes? (10)
24826
22406
Paul SCRUMMY Start to scoff duff that's delicious (7)
"Nasty" about right for "lovely"! (7)
Shocking starter inferior - so not this? (7)
23797
25642
24555
Paul ONRUSH Flood is over the grass (6)
Forceful surge forward after end of ten hours being furious (6)
27470
24966
Paul EDISON My boss is working to become an inventor (6)
Brilliantly creative mind, however David Miliband is off? (6)
Inventive mind is working under Rusbridger, say (6)
24884
26032
24997
Paul CARAFE Bearer of wine giving a service in church (6)
A service dividing the Church shows bottle (6)
24884
26835
Paul ANTHEM Worker on edge for hymn ... (6)
Musical creation of Sullivan, The Mikado (6)
21764
27108
Paul ROMANIA God welcoming national state (7)
Area regularly cleared, bordering Asian country (7)
26091
27632
Paul CLIMB Conservative member gets to rise (5)
Cedar's top branch — how do you get there? (5)
24327
24631
Paul PICASSO Painter demands good bird, but not wary (7)
Artist's image: a fool with love (7)
24327
24220
Paul KRIS Dagger bringing danger, if heading for the bottom (4)
Dagger providing danger if heading towards the bottom (4)
26212
24759
Paul GELATIN Setter's genital abnormality (7)
Coming unstuck, genital glue (7)
26212
25696
Paul ENDIVE Kll Paul's salad plant (6)
23 Paul's postmortem? (6)
24473
22747
Paul ACRID Biting right into tart (5)
Bitter cold in desert (5)
24473
27444
Paul POETASTER American author, one trying to be a poor writer (9)
Poor writer, one sampling author? (9)
26469
24631
Paul BOSS Manager, a stud (4)
My editor's a stud! (4)
26469
22843
Paul TUDOR Mary possibly died in defeat after uprising (5)
Soundly munched on a house (5)
26051
22090
Paul REAPPLY Gather work is put to use again (7)
Again ask for employment to gain work (7)
26051
26913
Paul SHUTUP Order making South African quiet? (4,2)
Don't gossip in prison? (4,2)
23600
23450
Paul WALTZ Steps taken to back fringes in Zionist decree (5)
See 2 (5)
26135
22406
Paul WOMAN Western country discovering Hamlet's frailty? (5)
She in country and western? On the contrary (5)
25375
27037
Paul HELMET What man joining police has left on top? (6)
Tree essential to the developing nutshell? (6)
23887
24429
Paul VERYWELL Fit as a fiddle? I suppose so (4,4)
Alfred the Great's exceptional home economics report? (4,4,4)
23887
22985
Paul RUSSIA Nation's sprinter, say (6)
One speeds, say, in the country (6)
25408
21764
Paul ROAD A kid struggling during run, as animals flat out (4,4)
See 12
24210
23958
Paul EXEC In Devon, a current company leader is business manager (4)
River Clyde's first business leader (4)
26325
26481
Paul CHRISTMAS No rage? L! (9,8,5)
Sardine this moronic, oddly fishy as a 16 down? (9,6)
26325
25986
Paul SPRUCE Far from messy wood (6)
8 in good order (6)
Trim tree (6)
25387
23565
26068
Paul HEARTBEAT Breathe out, at evidence one has yet to expire? (9)
Catch disease, then scoff — you're 26 with it! (9)
23999
25181
Paul PRICELESS A 20, exceptionally rare (9)
Paddy certainly isn't after power, which is hilarious! (9)
27547
25181
Paul BATTERY 13 across in crime (7)
See 13 (7)
23468
22275
Paul POPUP Teletubby baby to appear suddenly (3,2)
Father standing, he offers a salutation, its elements warming (3-2,7)
23468
27049
Paul EXIT Go to join up, inscribing signature when illiterate? (4)
Go from the end of the bridge and cross it (4)
26458
22670
Paul TIPTOE Draw round instruction on letter - move cautiously (6)
Carefully move rubbish site to back of house (6)
24526
25919
Paul TRESSES Vessel in wood, flowers overhead? (7)
Hair needing highlights with a bit off the top (7)
26765
25667
Paul DROWSY Hemingway's last words blown to bits, losing consciousness (6)
Tired of lifting weapon at end of day (6)
23655
22968
Paul NONSKID Dinks on knots designed to avoid slips (7)
Gesture of acknowledgement about new slipper, not for slipping on (3-4)
26582
24631
Paul PLAGUE Badger epidemic (6)
Harry would make capital with the other side (6)
26582
23331
Paul FLORENTINE Wonderful outstanding actor beginning in theatre, Italian (10)
Iron shackling Italian actress, metal is Italian (10)
27284
26212
Paul DIET Actor on rich food regimen (4)
See 14
27284
23331
Paul BUMPER Mammoth on back of car? (6)
13 across huge (6)
Huge car part (6)
Big part of car (6)
Huge bottom must get through (6)
26339
23468
23285
24759
24113
Paul FATHER See 22
1 time: funny 3 appearing in craze (6,3)
25056
25218
Paul BALLADEER Songwriter provides occasion for dancer and a prancer (9)
Singer, a delicate creature, going after bouncer (9)
22037
27511
Paul RANDY Drink's first dispatched, then aroused (5)
Hot, like South African capital? (5)
22037
23887
Paul LYNX Soundly chains cat (4)
Cat's course in conversation (4)
24486
23534
Paul BEGONIA Continue asking? Then one gets a flower (7)
Plant, a big one that's monstrous (7)
24486
27362
Paul RESIGN Step down first of stairs to break rule (6)
Head of State during rule to abdicate (6)
26086
23067
Paul MARSHALLPLAN Idea for reconstruction ruins everything in never-never land, almost entirely (8,4)
Gather together 50p, then start to launch an economic recovery programme (8,4)
25103
26458
Paul TAIL See 21
Follow story read out (4)
24407
22980
Paul GLEAM Flash Gordon loathes emperors, adversarial Ming for starters (5)
Flash bottom in style with glitzy clothing (5)
26343
25486
Paul ADIEU Parting message, wind up in my guts? (5)
Last word in gold, something cast in it (5)
Gilded cube is so long (5)
I'm leaving, stop breaking my heart? (5)
26343
26547
23049
27027
Paul NONO Modern composer's rules of grammar: double negatives are a ___ ? (4)
... by Italian one either way in London, on order (4)
25369
22968
Paul TUTORIAL Test carrying university over to class (8)
Old King Cole's heart inspiring uplifting tune — class! (8)
25369
27357
Paul SQUAREROOT Dinosaur and ferret — one's one's one (6,4)
Conventional way, say, to find 2 of 4, perhaps? (6,4)
25369
26003
Paul TOFFEE You have to c-charge the favourite at a fair lick? (6,5)
See 4
English couple after dandy candy (6)
22275
25986
26949
Paul CRISIS Goddess going after credit crunch (6)
Credit is doubled, causing great trouble (6)
26792
23280
Paul SECTOR Part of corset undone (6)
Dry hill area (6)
22573
23907
Paul EATER Apple warmer, though not hot (5)
One Downing Street, no good man, a criminal (5)
24580
22968
Paul LACTATE Feed baby no more, having swallowed document (7)
Turn in after midnight, but produce food for baby (7)
Didn't have the figure, say, to prepare to feed baby (7)
23762
23999
24789
Paul STUPOR Drunken sort keeps high in daze (6)
Unconscious state, way high otherwise (6)
23606
25369
Paul TITLE Name tag's initial, lining hat (5)
Piece bearing letter about time for name (5)
25559
24741
Paul HYDROXIDE Obscure 8 7, say — base (9)
Alkaline compound of unstable character absorbing shortfall on the side (9)
25559
22964
Paul CROUPIER Someone in the casino, one upset about nothing, winning (8)
Las Vegas employee with a worse lung problem? (8)
26417
27547
Paul CYGNET Young bird hears seal (6)
Young flier with a ring through the ear (6)
24569
22573
Paul QUEEN She-man? (5)
Top piece of baroque engineering (5)
One of four cards in group (5)
24569
23762
25663
Paul ENDGAME English college, drained of ale, recalled the king's dying moments? (7)
Final moves by English celebrity to impress BBC chief (7)
26064
26469
Paul RARITY Find swimmer swigging it on closure of boozer (6)
Some hope to keep laughing, not an uncommon thing (6)
26064
25807
Paul EARTH On which our existence is terminal (5)
Our home is a hole in the ground (5)
23817
27108
Paul FOOTAGE Film of the Labour Party between 1980 and 1983? (7)
Point gun: two rounds fired initially skywards, a number of shots (7)
24399
23606
Paul CHARGE Rush payment (6)
Responsibility for attack (6)
24399
22708
Paul WINSOME Lose many, but ___ (fair?) (7)
Success not all fair (7)
24973
26937
Paul INTERNET Source of facts or otherwise in flier, text missing odd parts (8)
Source of information in the Times about bird (8)
25702
27002
Paul WEATHER See 6 across
See 24
See 22 down
25270
25971
24598
Paul ORRIS Fragrant preparation starts to offend, really reeking - it stinks! (5)
Lessening of growth on yellow flower (5)
22763
24789
Paul HYMN Song of passion, my heart lifting up (4)
Hear bass or tenor, perhaps, in song? (4)
22895
25667
Paul CHICKENTIKKA 22 giving coward heart, we hear (7,5)
Red dish with yellow heart, they say (7,5)
23572
22951
Paul NIMBI Sign of bad weather anything but locally in report? (5)
Monsoon ending, doctor between two thunderclouds (5)
27320
25986
Paul ADMONISH Advise against a plate of food Boxing Day (8)
Scold male, splitting up hunk and husband (8)
26763
27362
Paul EPIGLOTTIS Spot recalled into which hefty eater takes a great deal — that's behind the tongue (10)
Flap by which sleazebag accesses toilets, dubiously (10)
4 in toilets shaking flap (10)
26763
25702
23280
Paul DOOR Hundred and two, closing or opening (4)
Gutless benefactor, one criticising Nobel, by the sound of it! (4,7)
27248
27632
Paul CORK Port — what's in it? (4)
Port removed from bottle? (4)
Stop in Bordeaux, European city (4)
27248
23636
25807
Paul SALTWATER Latest war criminal, marine (9)
Sea change seen around Buddhist temple after end of prayers (4,5)
27248
24453
Paul IMBUE Steep incline misjudged badly under expedition's leaders (5)
I bum around with drug to inspire (5)
24043
22980
Paul HARRY 13's creation - trouble with author (5,6)
17's trouble (5)
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Paul HANDGUN Killer with first of goons, punching destroyer (7)
Aggressive invader gripping with good arm (7)
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26582
Paul MARCOPOLO Old Venetian, bow in hair, old look (5,4)
Bringing over old stuff from the East, game for Venetian traveller (5,4)
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26499
Paul STAGGERING Unbelievable performance of a drunkard? (10)
Inebriate movement beyond comprehension (10)
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Paul ADMIRER Married, desperately seeking lover (7)
Lover stupidly mad with passion and fervour, ultimately (7)
Male ensnared by a more dreadful lover (7)
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Paul ABRUPT Odd bits removed, barber cut path so short (6)
Piano kept in dry below A sharp (6)
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Paul POOL 19 20's endless water (4)
See 9
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Paul ABRIDGE Cut for a game of cards (7)
A game of tricks cut short (7)
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Paul POTHERB Plant appearing different in lead (7)
Ingredient of soup, other broth's flavouring (3,4)
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22090
Paul TINSELTOWN Hollywood, where thespian ultimately is after money, lowest rank (10)
Lean outlines a number of points, personal, in film location (10)
26357
25554
Paul SITE Place view in speech (4)
Place among collector's items (4)
26357
24399
Paul EROTIC Heart-breaking, it's flipping exciting (6)
Aphrodisiac — it's in the heart, rising (6)
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26440
Paul RUSHMORE Mount which has to gallop faster? (8)
See 3
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Paul ENEMA So be it! Point upwards to this treatment! (5)
Purge of soldiers in hospital department after uprising (5)
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Paul INTRODUCE Pound reduction to bring in (9)
Breakdown in reduction is present (9)
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24175
Paul PURITAN Joke about girl that's a prude (7)
Moralist girl entertained by joke (7)
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Paul LIZARD See 12
See 16
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23135
Paul ALLIANCE Flirtation non-starter, given marriage (8)
Marriage - so flirtation's a non-starter (8)
25009
22079
Paul WALL Beastly hanger-on wants everyone left to be inspired by genius (4,6)
24 across, one reputed to have ears on the forehead and end of chin (4,5)
25009
22763
Paul ACHILLES Hero getting cold among ebbing waves (8)
Resort in Scotland with heel - what's there? (8,6)
24253
24555
Paul DONE See 12
See 18
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Paul IMPEL Drive crooked mile around Peterhead (5)
Drive that's 1,760 yards up the hill, all may conclude (5)
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Paul PARENTS See 4
Some in relationship aren't suitable — to become these? (7)
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Paul ISOBAR Is pub after zero pressure consistent here? (6)
I fly around British feature on map (6)
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23655
Paul AFGHAN Hound a strong country, endlessly (6)
Dog's coat (6)
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24997
Paul VIETNAM Country with spirit welcoming hothead (7)
Days of the war originally meant for the country (7)
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Paul INCISOR In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan etc, or it's in the north and south of East London? (7)
Tooth in canine a figure's lost is gold (7)
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25170
Paul BANG Report suggesting "allow notes A-F"? (4)
Hit any number into net (4)
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Paul WITHERS Bit of a nag becomes wrinkly (7)
She should be credited with humour, though bit of a nag (7)
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23994
Paul SUFFOCATE Ipswich Town three men short, perhaps, said to choke (9)
Kill rowing team from Ipswich, say? (9)
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Paul ANSWER What the inquiring mind seeks to find in Americans - werewolves! (6)
Secured by screwed screws, nails come back (6)
A run of four points ending in poor return (6)
24072
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26547
Paul MOORAGE Parking fee causing madness in cows? (7)
Storm low overhead, keeping boats secured (7)
Riverside charge, seeing fury in cattle? (7)
25228
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24429
Paul DIPSOMANIA I'm a sop in a daze, primarily suffering — from this? (10)
Soaks approaching Arab with a serious drink problem (10)
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24580
Paul REDNECK Mao, say, gets to kiss prole from Alabama? (7)
Poor white American taking wine with spoon (7)
Lips are to kiss an unschooled farmer? (7)
24836
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23331
Paul BUTT Bottom, where water collected, perhaps? (4)
Part of a gun's target (4)
See 15
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25039
Paul WHAMMY See 3
See 5
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Paul SURROGATE Substitute grouse with rat in a stew (9)
Substitute certain to include label, or sent back (9)
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Paul MINORSUIT One finding coal, say, fit for diamonds, perhaps (5,4)
Beneath top of mainmast, cast-iron case for the quarterdeck, perhaps? (5,4)
24682
26440
Paul ONEVISION Queen's king not left to stuff vegetable (3,6)
Tear-jerker, having captured The King, missing knight's move? This was 26's (3,6)
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24569
Paul CATER Put on food for queens (5)
Provide for the 39th US President, not the 3rd (5)
Two female queens prepare dinner? (5)
Minister, one runs from US president (5)
26260
21774
24943
25807
Paul NANKING ... then grandad's the Queen in China! (7)
Eastern port making grandad queen then? (7)
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26279
Paul GAGA Lady singing, good range (4)
Silence a lady of pop! (4)
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Paul ANTISERUM Possible treatment, mixture of tisane and rum (9)
Doctor ruminates, seeking treatment for disease (9)
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Paul INANYCASE Silly welcoming corrupt leader in backward state, moreover (2,3,4)
Silly saving last bit in doggy bag, upended regardless (2,3,4)
27566
27049
Paul HEELED Listed as a shoe? (6)
Listed at last? (6)
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22090
Paul DESERT Tuareg's forbidding home leave (6)
Abandon wasteland (6)
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24545
Paul ENIGMATIC Time saved by unscrambling of a Gemini crossword, primarily cryptic (9)
Imagine this crossword starts out as cryptic (9)
25559
27397
Paul RESORT Last possible holiday destination? (6)
See 19
Again, arrange to see Blackpool, perhaps (6)
24507
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25986
Paul BAREFOOT Measure of toe wrestling, so conducted? (8)
A judge wearing shoe without socks (8)
A sports official wearing shoe — or not? (8)
23247
22763
26080
Paul BEET What sounds like cane, isn't! (4)
Source of sugar cane, reportedly (4)
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22862
Paul IMPETUS Drive leaderless Klingons, you might say, round the bend (7)
Force ripping head from stubborn hanger-on, America (7)
23115
23606
Paul CHEMIST Boots, perhaps, given red film (7)
Film on revolutionary Lavoisier, perhaps? (7)
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27081
Paul SUSHI Dixie's joint cut for Japanese food (5)
Dish gobbled by Dionysus, hiccuping (5)
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25408
Paul TOPBANANA Leader having to lead a fool (3,6)
15 on hand? (3,6)
27186
24175
Paul KNIGHT Audition of black horse (6)
At end of dusk it's dark, man! (6)
Ultimately, black on black - something black or white (6)
23040
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24453
Paul LIFT See 24 across
See 9
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26576
Paul BICEPS Muscle again crushing mushroom (6)
Natural growth's cut twice, creating muscle (6)
Company of writers last to inscribe a final note, showing muscle (6)
23040
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25588
Paul KNOCKER One not 6 of horse slaughterer exchanging article for duck (7)
See 1
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27632
Paul SUIT See 9
See 2
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Paul MIDRIFF Between chest and hips, I wander endlessly between the sexes (7)
Where guitarist might pause to view navel area? (7)
22397
25199
Paul PERHAPS For each dynastic name, half remains, possibly (7)
Piano with E# (accidental), possibly (7)
24364
22985
Paul EMERSON Having lost head, individual rings me, an American philosopher (7)
American writer making men sore (7)
24364
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Paul DAMSON Continues to obstruct fruit (6)
Hill bearing small fruit (6)
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27397
Paul PORTEND Left back, mean (7)
Threaten death by drink (7)
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22397
Paul COALMINER Someone picking half a nut with mint coating, herb at the centre (4,5)
I'm dirty when working, or I'm clean when working (4,5)
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23067
Paul HOOK See 8
Catchy melody? (4)
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Paul SESAME Plant's gender almost identical (6)
Plant some borders, no different (6)
With which to open source of oil (6)
Some borders having identical plant (6)
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25355
Paul STEW Lather moistens back (4)
Worry cook (4)
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Paul AGNOSTIC One doubts coasting is all at sea (8)
A number brought up on credit reduced by 25% — I'm not sure (8)
23776
26343
Paul AZALEA Walls of Alcatraz, behind which a meadow plant (6)
A zebra dropping guts, munching bitter plant (6)
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26499
Paul STOLID Dull sound about thud at first (6)
Frozen, grabbing last of heat, as cold (6)
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25588
Paul SOAP Sweetener coating a cake or bar? (4)
TV show, which may be difficult to grasp? (4)
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25133
Paul TROOPER Recollection of news about old soldier (7)
Record written up about old soldier (7)
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Paul ASHTRAY In which butts mishplaced? (7)
Smoker's aid should be missing round hospital (3-4)
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21788
Paul AERATE Pass gas through all extra lids with speed (6)
Run gas through emptiest empty space, backwards (6)
26362
26734
Paul AROUSED Excited, finding milk in a bar (7)
A wine inspiring us beyond love to get randy (7)
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Paul BEAT See 9
Six-footer scoffing at little boy's conduct (4,4)
24333
24364
Paul WOOD See 9
See 26
27294
23644
Paul REICHSTAG One of 4's, wife finally bagged by eligible bachelor? (9)
20's right, case to be reassessed (9)
27294
25170
Paul MARMITE Stain on little baby's pot (7)
Little child carries gun, like it or loathe it! (7)
26027
25123
Paul BALL See 26
No 7 - did it cross the line? (4)
See 27
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Paul BADGER A mammalian plague (6)
Poor country without many to torment (6)
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22573
Paul PUSH One's saddled with Spooner's fish in the outback? (8)
Encouraging delivery call? (4)
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23343
Paul HORSEPOWER Strength in a stable marriage never ends, hope rows frivolous? (10)
Thrust may provide sauce briefly? (10)
26863
22980
Paul LIVERY Electrified track is uniform (6)
Uniform worn for looking after horses? (6)
26863
26040
Paul DARLINGTON 26 character, a heavy weight to his lover? (10)
See 12 (10)
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Paul DUST See 24
See 25
See 2
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24598
Paul THOU You 500? (4)
See 23
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Paul SEDATE First of drugs put in place: ecstasy, then dope (6)
With vacuous smile, see dope (6)
24047
26606
Paul SAGA Story an entertaining thing to pass round (4)
Drop a story (4)
Story with Ottoman commanders written up (4)
Drop a story (4)
24047
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26606
25919
Paul SPELT Hide behind first of shredded wheat (5)
How W-H-E-A-T is? (5)
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24580
Paul TOGETHER As one 14 said: "Go back inside!" (8)
See 24 down
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24286
Paul DEEPTHROAT Source of secret information one used to swallow, to a great extent? (4,6)
River grass encircling path, not a river grass (4,6)
23674
26343
Paul GANJA Grass where a car's drawn up, covering lawn finally (5)
Judge in African country banning hard drug (5)
26644
24107
Paul BOGART Actor's pictures in the mire?
Player with paintings of the ladies, possibly? (6)
26644
26572
Paul FIRM Steady partnership (4)
Secure business (4)
22016
26547
Paul AUTOCRAT One absolutely in control (8)
Despot Hitler finally snatched by Jaguar, say? (8)
22016
27308
Paul BLOOMER Slip in cowslip, perhaps? (7)
Flour, say, for bread (7)
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Paul SEWAGEFARM Comedian in charge upset member, which stinks! (6,4)
Terrible fears about salary for many, where work stinks (6,4)
24861
23636
Paul WANGLE Engineer's western view (6)
Engineer offering wide view (6)
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24682
Paul TERMINATE Stop Britartist installing the first bit of rubbish in gallery (9)
Kill insect eating gnat after wings torn off (9)
25997
26343
Paul MUSCLE Club with a scheme to prepare a strip of beef? (6,5)
Power cross round back of defenders before clinical header (6)
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25228
Paul DALAILAMA A boy heading west, a country being taken over, leader in exile (5,4)
In retirement, a country boy follows a spiritual man (5,4)
Exile, a country boy brought up to embody peace at heart (5,4)
A country like Germany upset leader of 26 (5,4)
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23450
Paul SWISS Cuckoo clocks, chocolates, snow, Alps and Heidi ultimately — this? (5)
Second dark man, fool, laid back in embrace of the missus, as multitasker (5,4,5)
25997
25554
Paul NINON Short figure adorning silky fabric (5)
Thespian finally acquainted with material (5)
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23644
Paul THOR God's mouth organ piece (4)
God making brief point (4)
Spike Milligan's back scrubbed? God! (4)
Bearer of hammer and spike, but not pole (4)
23518
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26602
22968
Paul BRILLIANT Sharp tack left upside down, piercing islander (9)
Superb swimmer ain't swimming (9)
25234
27186
Paul FACET Actuality about East side (5)
One intercepting newspaper feature (5)
25234
25559
Paul FLOWERINESS Fancy quality beef, lower in essential content (11)
Blooming quality not as good among delicate seamless fringes (11)
25234
26003
Paul LIFE Long sentence somewhat ungrammatical, if effortless (4)
Years of being in pain, self-destructive (4,4)
23's interpretation of self or Iman? (4,2,4)
26074
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25864
Paul STEENBOK Way has been wild, fine for antelope (8)
Antelope, best one unfortunately ending in wok (8)
26074
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Paul EITHER Number including unity, one or the other (6)
It doesn't matter which here, it turns out (6)
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Paul PLUG One stops for the advertisement (4)
Stop promotion (4)
Bung dog round back of kennel (4)
24818
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27494
Paul LINE See 3
See 10
See 7
See 21 (4)
See 6
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27547
22079
24943
Paul ARTICLE Possibly a feature (7)
See 20
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Paul ORKNEY Precious thing, important outlying northern island group (6)
Islands or island around the north (6)
27044
25170
Paul ROUTINE Metal collected by rake, standard procedure (7)
Normal procedure in accessing course (7)
27044
24292
Paul OVUM Egg emu voted to gobble up (4)
Egg very round? On the contrary, I'm not sure (4)
25549
24453
Paul ADZE Cutter says more in conversation (4)
Cutter counts out loud (4)
25549
23887
Paul TIRE Exhaust, something on 7 car? (4)
Given some revilement, I regret getting fag out (4)
25549
24895
Paul APART A bit to one side (5)
A little bit separate (5)
26709
27566
Paul LETTERS Learning Gaelic in Latvia? Not entirely! (7)
Europeans claiming the 23 is learning (7)
26709
23762
Paul FORTUNE Sounds like one number plus another number is a lot (7)
Bomb vessel amid warning, of course (7)
Chance for song (7)
26709
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25218
Paul ISOSCELES Is old, old tennis player (about a hundred) descriptive of some figure? (9)
I help with church lesson, issue lost on some figure (9)
Is shape close? Equilateral? Scalene? A little of each — or the other! (9)
26709
27547
25375
Paul ROTA Blight a schedule (4)
Piffle on a list (4)
26738
27153
Paul BRIGHTON City where black groovy (8)
Report to clear up resort (8)
Heading for Blackpool, continuing straight for resort (8)
23743
22818
25181
Paul ANTIOCH Turkish city against Scottish expression (7)
Turkish city drifting to China (7)
23743
24997
Paul BELIEFS Number of convictions proves contradictory, thief ultimately claimed (7)
More than one complaint about injustice primarily, following last of criminal convictions (7)
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Paul KNOTTY Difficult as a hitch? (6)
Complicated, like a sandpiper? (6)
25759
27320
Paul RATIONALE Reason criminal on trial, a crime, ultimately! (9)
A relation's ground, or grounds (9)
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Paul NAVRATILOVA See 1
See 27 (11)
25678
22406
Paul CLINT Wild West action with old, old actor (5,8)
Macho man breaking into cold sweat (5,8)
25678
22903
Paul MARTINA Female player, sort of variant rival to a man (7,11)
Sportswoman variant, rival to a man, perhaps? (7,11)
25678
22406
Paul BULL Male charging fifty points for this? (4)
See 19
25324
27002
Paul ALIGHT A fair land (6)
A match that's brilliant (6)
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Paul WELL See 22
See 18
Pat on the back far from rare? (4,4)
25324
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27290
Paul NEMESIS Release of man reflected one's fate (7)
On the backhand, seed is great rival (7)
Undoing screws I seem to break edges of nuts (7)
Flipping source of life is plague (7)
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26308
26207
Paul TREMOLO Unsteady effect, lot more unsteady (7)
Rapid bowing, lot more difficult (7)
Lot more feverish, rapid bowing (7)
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25399
Paul TITIAN Individual giant houses for Renaissance man (6)
Artist seeing specialist, we hear, to avoid op? (6)
25941
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Paul FANDANGO Dance where canine bites joiner on middle of groin (8)
Dance cool and bursting with energy (8)
25941
27284
Paul TELLLIES Invent stuff, fifty packed in boxes? (4,4)
Fifty in boxes are untruthful (4,4)
25481
25009
Paul TEENYWEENY Minute went by, British awol, English threesome stumbling on US state (5-5)
Minute of time points to years, points to years (5-5)
25481
22573
Paul ENLARGE Blow up building near houses left by guttersnipe, gutted (7)
General bursting balloon (7)
25481
27248
Paul IRENE Girl — Frenchman going after one (5)
Byzantine empress turning up in Tenerife (5)
26409
26440
Paul ELAPSED Having failed, pleased to see passed (7)
Upstanding banker accepting drinks ran out (7)
26409
26644
Paul DIAMOND Matt finish in mind around one card (7)
See 23
26409
25559
Paul POTTY On which an infant goes crazy (5)
On this train, loco (5)
26765
22964
Paul SEAT Safety measure testable when crashing (4,4)
See 24
What's testable in a crash? (4,4)
Stall, as Spanish car (4)
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25986
27027
Paul CHIPMUNK Beastly assistant to the fish friar, say? (8)
Animal, not the 10 25, you might say? (8)
23755
24836
Paul SHEEPISH Endlessly utter expression of contempt, appearing embarrassed (8)
Dolly so red-faced? (8)
23755
25194
Paul TOSCANINI Compound contains iodine for conductor (9)
Opera coming over in doubly twisted old maestro (9)
26195
26440
Paul PHOTOSTAT Copy letters capturing passionate heart of relative (9)
Fabrication of leader in Observer that's top copy (9)
26195
25369
Paul HOPIT Brave attempt in the end to get lost (3,2)
Run off with single member? (3,2)
26195
22397
Paul STRESS Drive home, referring to signs at the borders on the way (6)
Strain puddings, but no starters, backwards (6)
26195
22377
Paul SUPERGRASS Important singer, fantastic dope (10)
Great pot, one leaving many criminally snookered? (10)
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23572
Paul ANOTHER Nothing in part of flower that's different (7)
15's doctor went into a hall to pen "Two Little Boys" (7,5,2,3,4)
23242
25559
Paul NOODLE Fool dog with head transplant (6)
Nut pasta (6)
23242
27002
Paul CURTAINS Life's conclusion to be drawn? (8)
10 drawn … (8)
23242
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Paul SPAR Flash briefly revealing pole (4)
Plain, though not brown, box (4)
Knocks over box (4)
23943
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21639
Paul NUMERATOR Greek character cartographer caught out, superior figure (9)
Line drawn under this word of doubt over muse parting nicer lips (9)
23943
27294
Paul ASSAIL Carol's head ripped off in attack (6)
Trouble seen under idiot: attack! (6)
23943
25228
Paul TRYING Difficult courtroom procedure? (6)
Difficult court process (6)
23827
24107
Paul COBALT Black covered by type of black beginning to turn 13 (6)
Horse, key element (6)
23827
26357
Paul PLUTO Animated dwarf from outer space? (5)
Heavenly body is hell (5)
Out-of-this-world Disney creation? (5)
24710
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24935
Paul IDOL I solve Paul ultimately to become hero (4)
20 6 down 7, darling (4)
25222
23797
Paul BABUSHKA Granny with degree overcoming president with spirit (8)
Granny made beastly remark about president and king (8)
25222
26212
Paul ORGY Good to block leaderless Conservative party with many members exposed? (4)
Bunga bunga party ends for Silvio, power ebbing away (4)
Perverted fun going in for gynaecology (4)
25222
25618
23636
Paul ABHOR Hate to stop short, grabbing husband (5)
Despise decapitating something once beaten about hard (5)
25222
23080
Paul SANDIEGO US city's coastal feature that is to be removed (3,5)
US city where Shaw shot (3,5)
Work on beach that is in US city (3,5)
25222
24047
27049
Paul RAIMENT Plan to wear musical outfit (7)
Dress design, lining split (7)
24078
23285
Paul EPIDERMAL I'm red and pale, awfully skinny? (9)
Record lard: me, I could be skinny? (9)
24078
27186
Paul HITLER See 2
Mass murderer punched ballerina in the midriff (6)
24078
25375
Paul ISOLATION One's speech given change of direction to show detachment (9)
In loo I sat, puzzling in seclusion (9)
24078
26698
Paul EDITOR See 4
With English papers about to right, it's my job to do it! (6)
27273
22377
Paul BACKING Support troppus? (7)
Ronet and Otla? (7,7)
Reversing vehicle, man — doing this? (7)
... si tnemesrodne (7)
24274
25625
25770
22968
Paul ERIE Lake near river, oddly drained (4)
A real nice kinda American waterway (4,5)
27273
26811
Paul XERXES Relations with 12 looking up for old 12 (6)
Invader of Greece gaining pleasure by himself in retreat (6)
27273
23285
Paul SEABASS Having touched base, 7 behind swimmer (3,4)
Sole gutted, a low fish (3,4)
25549
26811
Paul LETUP Abatement in partner of la ewe? (3-2)
Short member needs sheep to relax (3,2)
26106
22980
Paul MUSKET One from a long way off following scent finds gun (6)
Old banger, American truck finally impounded by police (6)
23367
27535
Paul POFACED Humourless dandy recalled getting beaten by racketeer (2-5)
Humourless dandy in recession unable to retrieve service (2-5)
27619
22862
Paul QUARTZ Mineral in a measure of liquid, unknown (6)
A couple of pints put on the last stone (6)
Reportedly measures gemstone (6)
26692
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22747
Paul STAUNCH Stop being faithful (7)
Check amount lost by firm (7)
24913
24333
Paul CONTAINS Has to be sneaky with sanction (8)
Has sanction a new form? (8)
After a catastrophe, sanction shelters (8)
24913
27494
26040
Paul DENIRO 24 across enveloped by chlorine dioxide, not taken down (2,4)
Player in order, not entirely out of order (2,4)
24913
26572
Paul MARLIN Lake swallowed by tailless sea fish (6)
Pair of wings accommodated by sea fish (6)
24913
23187
Paul CINERAMA New American film technique (8)
Projection of American design (8)
24913
24364
Paul HITMAN Chap loading bullet, ultimately an assassin (6)
Male kidnapping terrorist leader, an assassin (6)
24877
26362
Paul SPOTON Exact Page Three rule rejected (4,2)
It's just so boy collects the trophy (4-2)
Right, only bottoms up? (4-2)
Perfect kiss, embracing model (4-2)
24877
22525
24935
23596
Paul BAHT Club investing hard currency (4)
Club investing hard currency (4)
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24429
Paul VERY Without a hitch? I suppose so (4,4)
With regret superbly (4,4)
So exact (4)
25324
24861
24973
Paul FAMILIAR Banker maintaining capital up, one relatively close (8)
Spirit with cordial (8)
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22538
Paul CUCKOOPINT Plant taken out to lunch for a drink (6,4)
Unbalanced measure of bitter plant (10)
23600
23887
Paul GOOGLE Searcher heading for gold buried in town north of Scunthorpe (6)
Try to look, as a searcher (6)
23600
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Paul GRID Network where mournful tune endlessly given backing (4)
Network free after midnight (4)
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25702
Paul WINTRY Without the heat, go after success? (6)
Go by land, getting cold (6)
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25759
Paul CARAPACE Beetle speeding, though bit of a 14 (8)
Beetle moving like hare provides cover for tortoise (8)
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23728
Paul RELENTLESS Uncompromising engineers describing a 325-day year? (10)
Uncompromising sellers, ten crooked (10)
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Paul ANIMATOR Film-maker showing a corrupt dictator up (8)
An individual parent has to rejoice, primarily, as bringer of life (8)
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Paul MACE Staff given spice (4)
31 club (4)
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22843
Paul TINPOT Second-rate vessels (6)
Best egg sent back, of poor quality (6)
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Paul STATUARY Sailor holding bend in rope, figures stable (8)
Sculpture capturing heart of nature in work of art, say (8)
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24462
Paul PIANISSIMO Barely audible pop, when starved of oxygen? (10)
Good old girl in a revolutionary, hardly heard? (10)
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Paul NOTATION Signs books in 20, perhaps (8)
People collecting books by symbolic system (8)
French comic written in twelve symbols (8)
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24580
Paul ASHRAM "Retreat of Hindu a fraud", claims religious leader (6)
Retreat a pretence to cover first of raids (6)
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Paul EXCEL Go beyond old room that hasn't closed (5)
Caesar's forty said to perform well (5)
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Paul PASSAGE Old man's wise way (7)
Ask me another time for the way through (7)
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23331
Paul LARK Bird in romp (4)
Fifty pairs of animals here, for a bird (4)
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25895
Paul MARTIN Bird to stain vessel (6)
See 15
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23674
Paul ROADRUNNER Bird in bar holding a nose? (10)
Speedy bird travelled, say, over river? (10)
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25807
Paul MOUTHIS See 1
See 28
See 17
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27397
Paul BASS Fish given deepest line? (4)
Deep 10? (4)
Singer of many scales? (4)
Fish given low score? (4)
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23719
Paul DAMNATION Infernal pronouncement from the motherland? (9)
Stop people creating hell (9)
29-land's oath (9)
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25375
Paul PUTONES Back one's claim and eat bread? (3,4,5,5,4,5,2)
To support what one's said, eat bread or suck lolly? (3,4,5,5,4,5,2)
To demonstrate one's sincerity, eat bread? (3,4,5,5,4,5,2)
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27397
Paul GHANA Though a navy, it's landlocked (5)
A badger in lift touring hot country (5)
Puzzling arrangement with sheep leaving, heading north around hot country (5)
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27632
Paul MONEY See 1 down
Notes for a talker? (5)
See 17
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27397
Paul TARTRATE Salt seeks trollop with speed (8)
Sweet to consider as salt (8)
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25408
Paul MINE See 24
See 16
24321
26991
Paul IOTA Fracas won't start with a scrap (4)
Greek character is out tracing Athenian origins (4)
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27074
Paul TOSSUP Fair chance of drunkard turning to drink (4-2)
Where neither is more likely to lift alcoholic drink (4-2)
Anyone's game, as Manx cat and cat back to back (4-2)
22871
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24462
Paul PERGOLA Framework, so in design inconclusive (7)
Feature of garden thus in brief design (7)
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23260
Paul STIFFEN Set for lovers' quarrel during broadcast to be curtailed (7)
Set well back, marsh east of Senegalese capital (7)
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26738
Paul WINDOW Massive Asian points carried in anticipation of future sales? (6,8)
Computer operator having to take in place other than the aisle? (6,4)
22871
24253
Paul SETH Feature of Orson Welles's ethic, a substitute for "The Third Man" (4)
Injected into moose, the seed of Adam (4)
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26040
Paul DOGLEG Diversion lifted for relief by the way? (6)
Bend cocker's cocker on a 21? (3-3)
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26357
Paul NICHE Suitable place in which to see Armani - Chelsea? (5)
Collected by Speroni, Chelsea corner (5)
Hot in delightful, cosy place (5)
22915
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24327
Paul SCARIFIER Earth's destroyer more alarming, if accepted (9)
Ground-breaking invention carries rubbish, if secured (9)
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26064
Paul TOKEN Chip that's passed quality control eaten by round figure (5)
Nominal figure about right (5)
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23606
Paul GENE Kiss 9 16 across — fancy immense snog? (4,7)
Wilder game that includes everyone's personal information (4,4)
25427
26032
Paul ALBATROSS Burden of success for Tiger Woods? (9)
A very rare bird, of course (9)
26446
23450
Paul INSULIN Slight cut, then hip given hormonal injection (7)
Slight cut in hormone (7)
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27433
Paul OPENFIRE Cosy before this order of battle? (4,4)
Aim to take people out for a winter warmer (4,4)
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25726
Paul SEEDOUBLE Experience an illusion having date with a large drink (3,6)
Identify large drink — and be affected by it? (3,6)
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25997
Paul STIFF Challenging body (5)
Difficult subject for a pathologist (5)
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26163
Paul SITTER Model, a dolly? (6)
Poser, dolly (6)
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25123
Paul CANCAN Dance has the talent, if you 16 (6)
Is empowered to reproduce the dance (6)
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24364
Paul SHOWERCURTAIN Psycho's screen exhibitionist meeting death shortly (6,7)
Guard against splashes from two hurricanes in a storm (6,7)
27581
25919
Paul TEMPLE Church ABC (6)
Vulnerable spot for church (6)
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25931
Paul LAUD Praise ABC (4)
Praise God in speech (4)
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26528
Paul HIPPOPOTAMI Setter's at work, doubled up, backing onto cool, filthy beasts (11)
For African natives, if left imprisoned, could I be described as a funky Asian dictator? (11)
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27357
Paul DIGIN Be stubborn while competing at tug-of-war? (3,2,4,5)
Eat half of plate, then drink (3,2)
25637
26499
Paul SIMPSON See 2
Seconds taken before little devil's atop Edward's missus (7)
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23999
Paul NOMINEE Unable to find coal then? English candidate (7)
One's chosen extract in one novel (7)
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23958
Paul DADAISM Stop welcoming platform for the art of incongruity (7)
Block securing platform for artistic movement (7)
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26734
Paul ANGOSTURA Barking, a headless dog turns with a bark (9)
Barking Argonauts bark (9)
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23285
Paul BARRIE Endless limitation for Scottish author (6)
Author wants hedge trimmed (6)
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22090
Paul TAXI See 9
Half-cut, take before eleven — one of these? (4)
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26040
Paul DEMO March, some springtide month (4)
March bringing a little pandemonium (4)
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25056
Paul RESTRAIN Check hinge drops from above (8)
Break fall, as bridle (8)
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27037
Paul LONDON Duty I had to enter Fleet, say, as hired capitalist? (6,4,6)
See 13
My challenge on Sunday, thraldom, on an' on, painfully! (6,8)
Where Jack meets Frank ... (6,6)
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24383
24682
22079
Paul JUNCTION See 5
Meeting place has unconvincing charm, meeting Jack (8)
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26106
Paul SPAGHETTI Join past a network of roads? (9,8)
See 11
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26446
Paul SPLIT Go__ran Ivan__isevic? (5,11)
Flash 21? (5,6)
Leave port (5)
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23958
Paul PARAFFIN Airmen heading for fog in torment, seeking fuel (8)
Vessel contains nearly all of palm oil (8)
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22573
Paul OVERHEAR Catch where GIs were once on the radio? (8)
Catch a number of balls before he gets a run (8)
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23600
Paul ENTOURAGE Following ten foolishly, we act thus with maturity? (9)
Following doctor out, incense passed round (9)
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26539
Paul EGGY Margaret discards top resembling a souffle (4)
Dressed in yellow and white? (4)
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24274
Paul OOPS Ring, ring … there's more to say: I've been careless! (4)
Nothing works - oh dear! (4)
Nothing works - no use - sorry! (4)
Neither knife nor fork cut up — oh dear! (4)
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24253
22763
26576
Paul TITULAR Torturing leader, ritual appalling in name only (7)
Bird with tail docked going round the bend with name, but no power (7)
25572
23504
Paul ANVIL Nabokov's conclusion inscribed in a blank block (5)
Dye covering very tiny bone (5)
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Paul UNCRITICAL Failing in crucial test initially, lacking judgement (10)
Having no complaints when circulating, endlessly doing so? (10)
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Paul HERESY I give you the ultimate in impiety! (6)
This is why, say, it's impious (6)
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25170
Paul ORANGEFREESTATE Pre-Rainbow Nation province in six-colour rainbow condition? (6,4,5)
Historic 26 15 location's fruitlessness? (6,4,5)
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24383
Paul FLEET Quick run ending in wicket (5)
Flying boats (5)
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24580
Paul SIGMA Author returns to pen good, classical letter (5)
Greek character writing name (Martin?) backwards, minimum of Greek in it (5)
Father and son writing up about first of Grecians — or his character? (5)
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24631
Paul CONVERSATION Reformation grasping at art no more? (12)
See 12
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23728
Paul ICESKATING Sticking a blade nethermost — sliding around, is it? (3,7)
Sport takes off, given topping coverage (3-7)
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Paul EARL Noble almost abandoning extremes (4)
Organ loft oft vacated for nobleman (4)
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Paul LEFT Newspaper in Berlin, a complex centre for logistical activity (4,5)
Politics all over the place? (4,5,3,6)
Put to one side - this one? (4)
Socialist walked out (4)
Port still in the bottle? (4)
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23187
Paul LETHARGIC Slow to allow attack, borders gone, I see (9)
Slow to find the garlic devilish? (9)
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Paul HEREBY Word of proclamation full of flavour, impressing sweetheart (6)
Energy in plant above satisfactory, finally, as a result of this (6)
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Paul BEGINNER Drink an indefinite quantity in lager, as novice (8)
Pray with private for new recruit (8)
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27397
Paul RAGAMUFFIN King - one cooks cake for guttersnipe (10)
Guttersnipe on an Indian scale messin' up (10)
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22891
Paul NASAL Nosy neighbours of central America left (5)
Nosy people into rocket science, fifty (5)
Rocket scientists heading for launch via central feature (5)
25309
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24390
Paul MYTH Girl with a lisp? An unlikely story (4)
Story taking month, not a month less a day (4)
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25759
Paul ANEMONE Flower's somewhat phenomenal ascent (7)
Bloomer getting confused on 7 (7)
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Paul MERE Water, pure and simple (4)
Insignificant pond (4)
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26937
Paul YIELD How much harvested? Give up! (5)
Give all you've got as a farmer (5)
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23887
Paul SHINDIG Bone has to enjoy kneesup (7)
Party language among squabbling fringes (7)
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Paul SURGEON Rush over to see naval doctor (7)
Wave aboard cutter (7)
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25309
Paul MINCER Grinding device one's affected? (6)
One's product is ground caught in digger (6)
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Paul BAGLADY Homeless individual willing to occupy recess (3,4)
Might she be happy with alcove providing shelter? (3,4)
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Paul TOODLEPIP I'm off to old resort on northbound tube (6-3)
Spooner's tail of dog - chow, we hear? (6-3)
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Paul DEER Does river run? (4)
Does dingo eat enormous radishes for starters? (4)
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26863
Paul LANCASTER Misplaced as central English city (9)
Ancestral settlement where Pendle Witches hanged (9)
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Paul NEURON Cell with element of lighting, you are inside (6)
It is impulsive putting currency in the news (6)
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Paul BOTTOM One on the bed be­hind one at the table (6,6)
A total — or partial — ass? (6)
A cheeky Shakespearean role? (6)
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26362
Paul IONIAN Greek relative circling island under the moon (6)
One occupying island with name Odysseus, perhaps? (6)
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27236
Paul GINGERSNAP Biscuit tin in range — pig excited (6,4)
Grannies will go berserk with doctor passing round biscuit (6,4)
24873
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Paul SPOT Pickle lids lifted (4)
Reversible lids to identify (4)
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Paul MEET See 5
Find flesh by the ear (4)
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Paul SATNAV Route finder rested, vehicle sent the wrong way (6)
Point at vehicle going the wrong way, driver needing this? (6)
26247
24253
Paul SWIFT Author quick to get the bird (5)
See 22
Fast writer (5)
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26279
Paul SUPERGLUE Criminal rues leg up, discovering maximum security product? (9)
Strong bonds formed with this guru, sleep disturbed (9)
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Paul PROPOSER In favour of model, one suggests (8)
One moving for one sitting (8)
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Paul SUMO All round sport! (4)
Big sport, nothing to add? (4)
22424
23534
Paul DRESSED See 22 down (7)
502 shillings invested in plant covered the wound (7)
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26440
Paul ANGLE See 7
Fish's point of view (5)
Fish's perspective (5)
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26139
Paul NARCOTIC Bearing cold, accepting ordinary drug (8)
Pole and its location, around circle, numbing (8)
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23483
Paul ROOM Open space brought about for confined one (4)
See 2
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Paul OODLES Lots of pampered pooches heading off (6)
Pots of parlour pooches p*** off! (6)
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Paul CHINA Mate with 1.3 billion people? (5)
Where there's a lot of tea in teacups, perhaps (5)
Punch a delicate thing (5)
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27362
Paul THROB Pound, half of that loot (5)
Beat time, having raised orchestral baton, initially (5)
Pulse demanded when making broth (5)
Beat most of the swindle (5)
Pulse in broth (5)
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22397
21774
21764
Paul TOAST One's proposed to a good man (5)
Salutation at a wedding breakfast, possibly? (5)
See 24
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Paul UPSET Ahead in the tennis match, but not happy (5)
See 1 down
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Paul BOUNCER Heavy ball (7)
Delivery man at the door (7)
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Paul REDUCTION More change expected with this change to introduce? (9)
Introduce fresh drop (9)
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24661
Paul NOFEAR Complete confidence? I don't think so! (2,4)
Nerves of steel? I think not! (2,4)
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27596
Paul AVALANCHE A piece of drapery round top of house's fall from a great height (9)
A piece of material hanging, height included a worrying drop (9)
Snowdrop recalling a red flower, last to turn red (9)
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Paul CLEVERDICK Ticker having undergone heart transplant, composer inspired to become show-off? (6,4)
Irritating intellectual taking nothing from notice about English composer (6,4)
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Paul FRET Menace of the Krays brings worry (4)
Worry one on board? (4)
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Paul STOTINKA Infant feeding pot with a European coin (8)
Baby in decline takes a bit of Sofia's money (8)
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Paul DISOWN Reject is into drink (6)
Ignore broadcast amid racket (6)
Reject is gripped by melancholy (6)
Refuse to acknowledge loud noise bagging pig (6)
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25726
Paul TERMINUS Bird won't finish - end of journey (8)
"You won't get no further" (American expression?) (8)
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24113
Paul ITCH Long throw dismissing opener (4)
Livingstone couldn't stand the heat, which is irritating (4)
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Paul ADROIT Able to tune radio set at last (6)
Able to get radio broadcast on time (6)
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25399
Paul DOCTOR Who, say, is Spike? (6)
See 11
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Paul REALLY Very verily (6)
So you don't say? (6)
Very petite derrière taken in series of shots (6)
How dare you deposit a pound in bank! (6)
Very productive ultimately in meeting (6)
Jolly ambience's ending, entering meeting (6)
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22915
23290
25375
Paul OCHE Eric Bristow speaks of the game behind which he stood (4)
Line drawn in pub, no cheap drinks (4)
After looping the loop, Red Arrows fly from here (4)
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24755
Paul GUSTO Enthusiasm shown for Guardian leader on "Guardian Unlimited" (5)
Blast, zero energy (5)
Relish rush over love (5)
22486
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23866
Paul FLOWER Lady into bloomers back in underwear, contrary outfit embraced by different fellow (6,4)
Those in the red hats initially stuffing turkey in retail establishment (6,4)
Plant G higher then? (6)
River bed its home? (6)
Man bandaging cuts, his wares often thorny? (6,6)
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26763
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24390
27596
Paul ERATO Muse with sovereign detailing something elementary (5)
Muse fast penning letter, finally (5)
24187
26182
Paul PULL See 6
4, so speeding 7 might be asked to? (8)
Advice to self-pitying curtains? (4,8,8)
24187
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24286
Paul HIPPOCRATES The medicine man's beastly carriers? (11)
14's heavy African freight? (11)
24187
26835
Paul ERRANTRY Queen managed to attempt knightly ways (8)
Quest for adventure the Queen managed to attempt (8)
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Paul SCHOOL Serve alcohol in a quandary — might one be 16 or 18? (6-6)
Train of thought? (6)
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Paul TERRARIA Beastly homes beginning to rot during time in short test (8)
Rare rat, I suspect, in glass cages (8)
23716
24107
Paul SPANIEL Possible 1 for article in story (7)
Talk about an obsequious devotee! (7)
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27494
Paul SNOW Might this be broadcast around end of Jan? (4)
Ounce — or oodles with prawn crackers (4,7)
See 26
23716
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26003
Paul FRIAR Day with fighting unit doesn't get my man in order (5)
Mendicant service revolves around religion (5)
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22843
Paul EMCEE 7 knocked over latte, having wiped off toaster? (5)
One introducing English triplets set about introduction for Scotsman? (5)
One presents them briefly with regular parts of scheme (5)
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23343
24024
Paul TENET Principle number eight, gutless (5)
Belief which may be taken up (5)
Rule which may rise and fall (5)
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24569
Paul LOTTO Toilet empty, entering toilet is a gamble (5)
Game tease, say, in John (5)
Draw wasted, having blown lead (5)
A gamble when drunk, losing head (5)
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26804
23450
Paul UPRAISED S, T, V and W condemned, but ________ lifted (8)
University applauded, so lifted (8)
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25073
Paul BEACON Light shade finally captured by artist (6)
It's illuminating to do time? (6)
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Paul ACHE Pain beginning to hurt in one (4)
Hospital maintained by one pound (4)
23900
23356
Paul GIRL Miss heads of German interrogators with rifles and Lugers (4)
See 1
See 10
23900
26858
21732
Paul COTTON Material ridiculous in blue (6)
Work of slaves, damned (6)
Material exaggerated, gatecrashing party (6)
23785
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25888
Paul MITRE Headgear for the joint (5)
Joint gear for one overseas, we hear? (5)
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22275
Paul TETEATETE Handful of articles hard to ignore always in confab (4-1-4)
End of August, then a year in Provence? About time for a chat (4-1-4)
23785
26582
Paul FEDORA Headgear found by choice of four keys (6)
Balls netted by pro, ace it's felt (6)
23785
26734
Paul AMEN Some parliamentary conclusion by minister? (4)
Short-change with word of approval (4)
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23776
Paul OBOE Old violin player, say, a member of the orchestra (4)
Nasty smell in one having spilled guts, something blown (4)
One's blown old plane in half (4)
O, there's only half an aeroplane, blow it! (4)
26901
24943
26003
22951
Paul PARKER 2 great in coat, did you say? (6)
See 15
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24573
Paul EIGHT See 19
Climax won't start to get this across? (5)
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23999
Paul HOOKER Position she's bought for favours (6)
Rugby player on the game? (6)
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Paul NUMBER Shade visible, finally, in dark position (6,5)
See 25
Song that might send you to sleep? (6)
25261
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24113
Paul HARRUMPH Disapprove, putting a right back between the goalposts (8)
Natural boxer cut on the bottom beginning to hurt, giving grunt (8)
25261
26547
Paul BLEAK Swimmer looking miserable (5)
Cold and raw fish (5)
27230
23719
Paul URSA Old city leader in sadistic dictator given gold stars (4,5)
Classically, bear right in America (4)
Bear right entering Trump's country (4)
27230
23356
27357
Paul PENCE Trump's vice, money (5)
Money, a pound given to the church (5)
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21774
Paul TRAIN A bitter lament, I suspect, in Bradshaw's work of fiction? (5,9)
Work out the following group (5)
Exercise right to entertain? (5)
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24657
Paul NOBRAINER Head above dark cloud, perhaps, that requires little thought (2-7)
Head back, returning around home, which is easy (2-7)
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Paul TARPAULIN Behind time, setter caught in rainstorm finds something waterproof (9)
Headgear Jack has me wearing (9)
Saint given 7 Shroud, needing second to change sheet (9)
Jack and I wearing heavy-duty cloth (9)
Jack and myself in waterproof material (9)
Setter at sea, perhaps, wearing something waterproof (9)
26021
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24091
27535
22980
26876
Paul CHAINSAW Succession witnessed cutting hedge technology (8)
Charles carries home a wife - could this cause a messy separation? (5,3)
26021
23866
Paul INSANE Cuckoo swimming through Paris, say? (6)
Nuts, 28's local dip, roughly speaking? (6)
26021
25242
Paul PLATONIC Optical illusion ultimately illusory, not sensual (8)
Mountain climbing something uplifting, purely spiritual (8)
26021
24429
Paul ROGER Jolly chap got it (5)
See 14
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24884
Paul LUSTRE Clouds stir me regularly, then shine (6)
Shine on beyond deadly sin (6)
Passing through desert, sultan brought up distinction (6)
Drive about, showing brilliance (6)
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25759
25073
24113
Paul PILOT High-flier, one in bed ... (5)
Conductor of mass in church, perhaps? (5)
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22037
Paul FLATCAP Working-class image provides opening for predator, according to Spooner (4,3)
Headgear even better (4,3)
Agreement great king casually rejected — on northerner's head be it? (4,3)
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25486
Paul BOILEDEGG Breakfast item that can't be beaten? (6,3)
Breakfast food made greasy, filling tramp after release of gas (6,3)
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Paul COTTAGEPIE Fare traditionally served as ticket held in kind of poetic justice, ultimately (7,3)
Dish having outrageous 19, devout in church (7,3)
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Paul GOLF Sport to sell, as a rugby ball's passed? (4)
Crack cryptic clues for links, say (4,6)
Game to sell up (4)
Beat up, hitting in balls with clubs (4)
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25056
23644
24462
Paul FERRIC Infer Richelieu's irony? (6)
About to go wrong, cleaner lifted iron (6)
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25355
Paul LIGHT Easy match (5)
Situation won't begin to be easy (5)
See 4
See 8
Smoker's request made for dieting (5)
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23468
23049
Paul COUNCIL Elected body which should make a difference? Not entirely. Endless crawlers (retired) (7)
See 19 across
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Paul ALPHABETIC Unreliable chap, albeit with character reference (10)
Place in a mess with habit of every character (10)
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24598
Paul REMODEL More mistakenly guided about having to alter shape once more (7)
Again create film to get government department on board (7)
22865
26765
Paul DRACHMA Spent until 2002 putting extremes of temperature in production (7)
Flip over king, say, and queen, perhaps on a now obsolete coin (7)
22865
25554
Paul TONE See 18
A hundred and five notes with Van Gogh's ear for music? (4,4)
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25726
Paul LETHAL Possibly toxic sanction well short (6)
Very dangerous obstacle, half incomplete (6)
27153
25452
Paul MARTINI Swallow single drink (7)
Drink made one idiot hit back (7)
23953
23092
Paul SCAT Only half critical of jazz (4)
Back-to-front musical jazz improvisation (4)
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22486
Paul NORMALISED Only white wine available around 11 is made as standard (10)
Nation into old lang­­uage, Germany as usual (10)
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Paul ARBITRATOR Runs into some villain or judge (10)
One supporter stands for Judas, but not one judge (10)
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22486
Paul RIGA Capital invested in sugar, I gathered (4)
Fix a European capital (4)
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Paul SMOG Pollution - 24 down! (4)
Air pollution first to suffocate Tiddles (4)
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Paul WEEVIL Insect wings of white and black (6)
See 12
The Queen declares herself nefarious and a crawler (6)
Wife hasn't provided wicked little pest (6)
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Paul NORWAY Country it's absolutely not right to enter (6)
In Germany, a wrong turning reaches destination to its north (6)
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Paul REBUS Getting on public transport is a problem (5)
Puzzle taken on public transport (5)
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Paul TOPHAT Tossing of pennies: heads and tails, heads... and tails! (3,3)
20's adaptations, with title he made up (3,3,5,3,3,5)
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Paul DIRECT Blunt point (6)
Welshman fuddled in speech, outspoken … (6)
European nations cutting scandal, becoming honest (6)
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Paul REINSTALL Checks very difficult to set up again (9)
Again establish checks unlikely (9)
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Paul CELERY Some elephant in call for salad vegetable (6)
24 down tears, with footballer missing header between the sticks (6)
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Paul PROSIT French-26 who raced to welcome independence primarily, cheers (6)
Cheers for model (6)
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Paul NATURAL Pure heart in birth, unaffected (7)
Gifted individual scoring mark (7)
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Paul REDOUBT Defence in question supporting leaders in remorseless empire (7)
In defence, one's built on suspicion (7)
Ruddy British abroad about to retreat (7)
Defence for revolutionary, nothing but revolutionary (7)
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Paul TOYS Initial characters seen in translation of youthful Saroyan plays (4)
Introductions only typical of your Sheridan plays (4)
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Paul ASLEEP Unconscious, potential killer withholding shelter (6)
Man eaten by snake, which can be fast (6)
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Paul EVENTIDE Light now failing, happening before team loses opener (8)
Flat, then something ebbing and flowing late in the day (8)
Close of day happening with clue incomplete (8)
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Paul ANAGRAM Khachaturian's inspiring mount, main reason being so 26, possibly? (7)
Trestle, for example? (7)
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Paul INSET Batting position entered (5)
Little picture for the fashionistas? (5)
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Paul STAFF Workers given stick (5)
Man may be crook (5)
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Paul STAGECOACH Transport for tutor at RADA? (10)
Western drama tutor? (10)
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Paul STOMACH Stand connects to machine part (7)
Satchmo? (7,5)
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Paul SHOO Mum has binoculars - scram! (4)
Something afoot, say? Get away! (4)
Single item of 4, say? Hop it! (4)
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Paul APRIL Taxing time when Ford loses leadership at fifty (5)
Penny in old currency raised at start of financial year (5)
One of twelve pence in currency, reversed (5)
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Paul SPOTTER One could be obsessed with training, bearing Harry (7)
See 24
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Paul JETSAM Black man all washed up? (6)
Set cryptic in press that was thrown out (6)
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Paul POSH Victoria's work about to be given to mum (4)
La-di-da pound shop (4)
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Paul YETI Whiskey with it to create a monster (4)
Is there no one so hairy but I? (4)
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Paul PATENT Obvious case, one dismissed (6)
Rubbish seen round temporary dwelling — the conclusion? Don't copy it (6,7)
Perfectly round number, that's clear (6)
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Paul ETERNAL Bird protected by another without beginning and without end (7)
Undying love from one later breaking up (7)
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Paul NAMEPLATE Person going up quietly in lift sees personalised sign (9)
Ornate enamel apt for sign (9)
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Paul BRAVADO Boastful quality, nice one written around poster (7)
Revolutionary abroad embracing victory swagger (7)
Guts of Octavius robed in underwear and fleece — that's recklessly courageous (7)
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Paul GANDHI Indian leader coming after two close predecessors? (6)
14 (1982), the ninth supporting its predecessors (6)
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Paul BIGAMY It's serious for woman (and two unfortunate men!) (6)
Having more than one's share of troubles in the East End, perhaps? (6)
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Paul BLOODY Flower that's been laid into red bouquet (6,4)
Flaming, as red (6)
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Paul SIMONY Paul's in the record business - "It's a Sin" (6)
I'm among Japanese people recording crime (6)
Sinful trade, penny-pinching if 19 down (6)
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Paul SANITISE Some people sit in a sauna upside down to get clean (8)
Free from filth, it is mad? (8)
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Paul ATTILA A ploughman sounded a menace once (6)
A guiding influence, say, for serial killer (6)
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Paul TROPIC Cancer, for instance, is right in issue (6)
Subject receives sovereign on one of two lines (6)
Harbour on Guernsey, perhaps, set up for a global line (6)
One of two circles, one left to turn around (6)
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Paul WASTE Refuse the middle, say (5)
Rubbish sci-fi film watched after promotion (5)
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Paul STIR Mix porridge here (4)
Fire breaking through cast iron (4)
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Paul DEVOTION Love: it comes up in county as loyalty (8)
County filled with love for sex appeal, turned to faithfulness (8)
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Paul FRITILLARY Cash here in place of order for butterfly (10)
Dig in order to find plant (10)
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Paul OSIRIS Old star not widely accepted as deity (6)
Deity, old style deity (6)
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Paul PANTHER Hot dog filled with hot cat? (7)
Male part under head of pretty cat (7)
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Paul HORSESHOER Farrier starts to ride stallions, every steed wrapped by Father Christmas, perhaps? (10)
Person fitting animal to its anagram? (10)
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Paul DOODAH Thingummy making parties from the left and right sigh (6)
Whatever it is to accomplish, nothing held back (6)
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Paul ASEXUAL A circus performer planting kiss on you as kind of reproduction (7)
Old lover, informal clothes, topless, far from erotic (7)
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Paul COMEDY Shy touring area of Ibiza - that's funny (6)
See 19
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Paul EDMONTON North American city where little devil misses English in school (8)
Never swelling up about head of Mafia in 20 (8)
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Paul WREATH Something to lay, given end of life, laid in anger (6)
Laid to show war heartless and death a non-starter (6)
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Paul HELSINKI Priest stashing pot attending hospital in capital (8)
Gas (um, no) about to decline capital (8)
Where Catalans might wash in the middle of this European city (8)
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Paul BREEZE Air waltz (6)
Piece of cake giving you wind (6)
Piece of cake in a block? (6)
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Paul KILLER See 5
Rebels like to work, workers likely to strike? (6,4)
Queen's with queen, as king more poorly (6)
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Paul LLANO Some diagonal lines drawn up, it's plain to see (5)
Cricket side needs total to rise, that's plain (5)
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Paul SLOPPY Careless to cut into eye (6)
Watery lake, wet banks (6)
Wet around lake - wet! (6)
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Paul TROUNCE Oz following on after opener in test gaining runs, bringing defeat (7)
Lick cat after skin of terrier (7)
Beat gutless tiger, wild cat (7)
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Paul CITADEL Quote about promotion supported by Leninite leader in the Kremlin (7)
Acropolis in deltaic form (7)
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Paul JOLLY Very happy (5)
Seriously convivial (5)
Very merry (5)
Lovely mess with daughter after celebration (5,4)
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Paul HEARKEN Attend to layer protecting English ship (7)
Attend to layer protecting English vessel of old (7)
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Paul BLOTTO Billion lucky numbers wasted (6)
Wasted billion on million-to-one chance (6)
Drunk left in the end, cut short (6)
Heading for boozer, where little chance of winning wasted (6)
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Paul STRUCK Small vehicle involved in accident? (6)
Small vehicle was in a collision (6)
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Paul MORSEL Taste wine, glugging river (6)
Scrap . - . . ? (6)
Solver left a bit (6)
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Paul CARNAL Sensuous ardour's ending in passage (6)
Such bodily desires run through old trade route (6)
Animal runs into watercourse (6)
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Paul LEWIS F1 driver's 'otel in southeast London? (5,8)
Solver's Scottish isle (5)
1 across with gun (5)
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Paul SADDLEBACK Burden having to support the swine (10)
Pig, rebmucne? (10)
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Paul RUBENS Artist and children's author not finishing, caught greeting F1 driver (6,11)
Happen to break rules as an artist (6)
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Paul AWAITING Expecting a fly to tour small island (8)
Anticipating a comic, it having popular features inside (8)
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Paul RING Call back, possum! (8)
Opener gives call before cricket shot (4,4)
Round sound? (4)
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Paul AEROSOL Can spraying look painful on a back? (7)
Spray loose bowels of errant bum (7)
Spray a painful back with cold contents (7)
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Paul USED All concluding sudoku is done and spent (4)
Old leader of the New York Times? (4)
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Paul ONESTEP Dance with love at home to record (3-4)
Dance round home with record (3-4)
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Paul REPLETE 6 heading off returning for meal, almost full (7)
Agent allowed drug? Get stuffed! (7)
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Paul SALSA Dance, its Latin origin central (5)
Sauce primarily, furthermore (nothing less), a dance (5)
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Paul DISHONEST Criminal has to serve one's time (9)
Serve old home, unlike faithful servant? (9)
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Paul RAYLEIGH Essex town with promiscuous girl? Yeah! (8)
23's favourite of 5 importing baccy, finally (8)
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Paul INFRADIG Far out wearing violet-blue, almost demeaning (5,3)
A shade off colour writing in French a Latin term (5,3)
A derringer initially firing shot beneath someone (5,3)
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Paul MUFFLE Cross about "fortissimo", quieten down (6)
Cross about anything but silent silence (6)
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Paul HIDALGO Spanish noble masked in the past, nicking money (7)
Spanish noble happy back in US state, but not initially (7)
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Paul BOLONEY Youngster eats solitary waffle (7)
Bunk where youth has solitary confinement (7)
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Paul DEJAVU A lesser figure in Jude the Obscure - have you read this somewhere before? (4,2)
Cuckoo due to circle island without a sense of familiarity (4,2)
Familiar feeling due to doctor drinking endless coffee (4,2)
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Paul RIFLE Search in Winchester (5)
Weapon that's sweet, taking head off (5)
Upset about head of family one's butted? (5)
Arm uprooting the Spanish tree (5)
Gun, toy blowing head off (5)
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Paul DOWSE Divine, breaking window seal (5)
Divine wind originally in draught (5)
Look for water, finding measure about a quarter (5)
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Paul ABORTIVE Failing to produce the intended result — a bit over, perhaps (8)
Unsuccessful over holding it right back (8)
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Paul UNDER See 21
See 22
Possible beach bums lying so? (5,3,3)
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Paul LETITALLHANGOUT A little rash, yobbo gobbles string up to appear uninhibited (3,2,3,4,3)
Don't remove clothes from the washing line, but from oneself, perhaps? (3,2,3,4,3)
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Paul EXTENSION Annexe's relieved state? (9)
So relaxation now — or something more? (9)
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Paul INSPECT Check fly, perhaps, having caught end of zip (7)
Observe little change in cricket, perhaps (7)
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Paul CALABASH A party captivated by money tree (8)
A party in the money, evergreen (8)
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Paul GEORGE Stuff about English prince or king? (6)
Author writing stuff about Swiss canton in war — God he's extraordinary! (6,7,4)
25 stuff about English (6)
Energy invested in stuff with recent record by old entertainer (6,6)
Automatic character put together by acting musician (6,6)
See 13
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Paul BISMARCK German statesman's doctrine dividing king and nipper after uprising (8)
German leader's forces ascendant flanked by endless transport (8)
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Paul EATS Poet abandoning the top table (4)
Food shortage at sea's contained (4)
Makes ’ot food (4)
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Paul STUD Ladies' man — Agrippa, say? (4)
Boss in brief survey (4)
Boss taking the cake, as man on Muscle Beach? (10)
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Paul NYLON Penned by Delany, Longfellow's material (5)
Material only woven before noon (5)
New length lines that material (5)
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Paul ISOBARS One zooms around black lines on maps (7)
One zooms around Belgian capital, seeing lines on a map (7)
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Paul MAGNETIC Land seen in charming drawing? (8)
Capture in wonderful drawing? (8)
Web content of charm, alluring (8)
Court feature in wonderful drawing? (8)
Able to draw clear in spelling (8)
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Paul TRUNCATE Hearing case, figure in dock (8)
Under discussion, case number cut short (8)
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Paul ANTIQUE Article quite new? Not this (7)
Old article, wood, they say (7)
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Paul CROW What queen has, sacrificing knight for rook (4)
Bird to show off (4)
Bird found in an electric oven? (4)
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Paul FLOG Sell car back (4)
Beat, whacking balls from behind (4)
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Paul YOUR See 25
Having spent a pound, incredibly I pull ye with love and romance - right, now what? (4,5,2,4)
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Paul LOHENGRIN Wagner's Ring? No - not all hell let loose (9)
10 man in extended cycle, missing coda (9)
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Paul ERRORS Slips when heading off naughty children (6)
See 11
Naughty youngsters going topless to show boobs (6)
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Paul TOGO African nation resembling an audience who are receptive to race (2,2,4,3,8)
Nation earmarked for sale? (4)
Country for taking away (4)
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Paul ANTRIM An orderly part of Northern Ireland (6)
A Norway spruce in part of Northern Ireland (6)
... or Irish county (6)
County where soldier's on edge (6)
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Paul SKIRUN Sport screened by covering feature in Chamonix, for example (3,3)
Star quaffing alcoholic drink - it's a slippery slope! (3,3)
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Paul CLUB One in a suit, clobber for the association (4)
Union strike (4)
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Paul BANANA Unstable state in­capable, requiring urban development (6,8)
Fruit not entirely nuts (6)
Potential downfall of family requiring asylum? (6,4)
A fool needs little time to open beer, perhaps, as source of food (6,4)
First of broken articles, might one be split? (6)
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Paul TIRANA European capital I appreciate that encapsulates the nation (6)
Capital in country in the midst of attack (6)
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Paul TWAIN 26 or 9 inspiring a writer (5)
Ultimate in American wit, a funny author (5)
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Paul OLIVIA A Winter's Tale character in the midst of hoax, raging briefly (6)
Shakespearean character removing capital from country (6)
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Paul TREASON Act of betrayal in the end, lost cause (7)
Crime needs time and motive (7)
Leader of terrorists has justification for crime ... (7)
Crime, given time, partner of rhyme (7)
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Paul PIRATE Copy Greek character has to tear up (6)
Offender in the main getting good price (6)
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Paul VIOLA A Winter's Tale character one's played (5)
Character in "Twelfth Night" played? (5)
Highly strung cross-dresser? (5)
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Paul CHOWCHOW Dog food doubled (4-4)
Horse fed to animal, food for dog (4,4)
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Paul DITTO It's essential to hold it together again (5)
Again what should hold it together? (5)
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Paul JACKPOT All to play for, with raise to pocket (7)
Kitty takes fish to cauldron (7)
Lift large belly for the prize (7)
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Paul STUN Bowl over, balls knocked back (4)
Rock loco rolled over (4)
Heads raised in shock (4)
Model in tabloid, causing shock (4)
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Paul DREARY Boring, boring Arsenal's centre behind front two (6)
Cutting round something to bend that's grey (6)
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Paul LOCALDERBY Close game which is different or called "close" (5,5)
Endless nuts on tree by game of rivalry (5,5)
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Paul WIGWAM Personal cover generous? Not right, so brave to be under it? (6)
State male's attached to rug for house on reservation (6)
Cover for brave slaphead's accessory, cosy but not right (6)
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Paul TERRAPIN 4 finds one fish in catch hauled over (8)
Reptile quietly dividing land (8)
Reptile and one fish in net hauled up (8)
Quiet inland swimmer (8)
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Paul ASYLUM Might those seeking this have a problem accommodating "Daily Mail's conclusions", ultimately? (6)
Safety is simple: no drug for smoker (6)
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Paul TORTOISE 4's wrong sound with head tucked away (8)
Sweet thing embracing love is a crawler (8)
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Paul IGNITE In fleeting instant, pointing to the sky for light (6)
Strike a light, council meeting isn't getting held up (6)
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Paul REVEREND Vicar's right and always on target (8)
With sailor's termination, pine perhaps about death for colourful character on board? (8,5)
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Paul CLEVER Quick introduction to centrifugal force (6)
Able to get a handle on calculus, initially (6)
Quick constable's first to join force (6)
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Paul RETREAT Leave handle again? (7)
Again deal with withdrawal (7)
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Paul REDRESS Reserves stuffing Manchester United, perhaps? Correct (7)
Right desires, kinky one shunned, right (7)
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Paul CARPENTER President claims writer saw his tool? (9)
Egyptologist eating swan and chips (9)
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Paul TUTU Skirt or tie, loosely speaking (4)
Yanks cut short skirt (4)
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Paul SCRAWLER Small spider, perhaps — one with spidery writing? (8)
Son, one on all fours for doctor writing prescription, typically? (8)
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Paul OVER Dog without lead finding some balls (4)
See 24
Period of cricket where back-up non-starter (4)
See 23
See 10
See 20
9 wickets among 9 or 10, perhaps? (10)
Not entirely open, so closed (4)
See 13
See 24
Place too high a price on the speed of deliveries? (8)
See 7
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Paul DAMASK Stop to request fabric (6)
Rose has outdated hairdo to disguise (6)
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Paul CRAYON Chapter requiring material for children's writer (6)
Item in wax, premier in candle material (6)
Line written about that writer (6)
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Paul LYCEUM Theatre ends in turmoil, play tragic, undertake impromptu sitcom (6)
My clue to rock concerts here (6)
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Paul TROUSERS Garment has two lines - they wake you up (8)
See 28
See 22 down
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Paul IVAN Terrible leader, I lead (4)
Terrible chap in bed, topless (4)
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Paul ROUND Message for all to endorse in plump Christmas bird (5,5)
Monk's 0/12? (5,8)
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Paul PLANET Alien after map to find Earth, perhaps? (6)
Earth, say, provides energy to feed bush, perhaps (6)
Earth has little time on the surface (6)
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Paul FALL Drop nothing? (4)
Seasonal slump? (4)
See 10
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Paul SCAM Passage from Tosca, mainly fiddle (4)
Fraud no PCs will back (4)
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Paul DECOR Design takes month, with gold (5)
Company in English city dropping by to offer interior design (5)
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Paul ROLLERBLINDS Silver 5 across, perhaps, joins about 50 shades (6,6)
Car left secured by straps, which cover the windows (6,6)
Posh car drives very fast with shading devices (6,6)
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Paul DEAD Easy clue - "Free meat?" (4,8)
See 25
See 25
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Paul ESTRANGE Doctor set compass to find distance (8)
Separate and set off for the mountains (8)
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Paul INACTION Inertia indeed? (8)
Single? Then I cannot, when working, rest (8)
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Paul ABASH Humiliate with a thump (5)
A party given to cause embarrassment (5)
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Paul FLABBY Overweight insect embodying a pair of insects, might you say? (6)
Loose liver's heading into wonderful times (6)
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Paul SOTHERE That will teach you maths, other examples to some extent (2,5)
First two of seven different punches — that will teach you! (2,5)
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Paul ROUT Embarrassing defeat, as swimmer drops head (4)
Scholar's rear given senseless thrashing (4)
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Paul EXTRACTORFAN A sucker, one who is no longer in love with farming? (9,3)
Sucker, one no longer in love with farm worker? (9,3)
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Paul OREGANO Nothing orange about this plant! (7)
Old Shakespearean wino denied victory — this to add flavour? (7)
Cooking ingredient, exquisite starter put in mouth: say, duck (7)
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Paul COUNTER Totter at the bar? (7)
Opposing the thought, they say? (7)
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Paul CUSTODY Confinement which sounds yellow? (7)
Detention somewhat like a trifle, say? (7)
Detention sounding saucy? (7)
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Paul POLYESTER Fabric cut up not long ago, a third off (9)
Material girls in conversation? (9)
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Paul SOUP Bird's nest, perhaps, and hence its location? (4)
See 3
Pot up nose: true? False! (4,6)
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Paul RAFTER Supporter, revolutionary behind outstanding newspaper (6)
Beam first on roof then (6)
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Paul ACTION Battle to get individual into west London area (6)
Prisoner bottling it up after a battle (6)
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Paul SCENARIO Situation where no race is fixed (8)
Situation as nice or nasty (8)
Doctor in case or situation (8)
Border dropped in scheme before old country backs plot (8)
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Paul HOOTENANNY Party a scream, with Mary Poppins on Ecstasy (10)
Laugh at end of tune by Mary Poppins, folk singing (10)
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Paul MAIDEN See 26
Miss extra, then no runs (6,4)
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Paul PIANO One's played with boy in river (5)
This has keys to open taxi, evenly distributed (5)
One may be upright, but one's hammered? (5)
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Paul CALL See 31
See 21 (4)
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Paul ABBA Group which may be on the up? (4)
The father of pop? (4)
Group rising and falling (4)
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Paul COLORADO A party's undertone (7) reaching 7 river (8)
Above zero, oxygen and radium in frozen state (8)
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Paul ETAL And the rest still in bed, cryptically? (2,2)
And the others still expected to return (2,2)
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Paul ARTDECO Style of red coat modelled (3,4)
Style of trade adapted for business (3,4)
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Paul STUCKUP Bill might be so hoity-toity (5-2)
Bill may be so conceited (5-2)
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Paul FELLINI Director hit the water with last of Bacardi (7)
Film director dropped in upright character (7)
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Paul CHUBBY Round a hundred, old man (6)
Partner joining principal in company with a generous corporation (6)
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Paul SENTENCE Punishment that's capital to a point (8)
Words passed? (8)
A basic of written exam? Pass it! (8)
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Paul SANDWICH Open course or open snack, perhaps? (8)
See 2
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Paul BOXING Sport "Times" featured in spring report (6)
As is a tree in five-star sporting event? (6,5)
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Paul SLOT See 16
Small fortune in hole (4)
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Paul OKRA Fine drizzle not popular for vegetable (4)
Vegetable fine with radish, wanting plate (4)
Doubly right, a vegetable (4)
Found in book, rare edible plant (4)
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26225
25199
Paul CUBED Lifted by the third power cut (5)
As 1 is to 1 copper bottom (5)
24305
24935
Paul FACE 18 feature of kisser (4)
F1 features here (4)
See 19
Cosmetic surgery - might this get you laid? (4-4)
See 22
See 1 down
See 21
See 24
22727
24407
23743
23040
23115
24072
24759
23965
Paul PERIOD Age span (6)
See 13
22727
25228
Paul LOTUSEATER One blissfully unaware as roulette wheels ... (5-5)
One drugged in myth, some years on consuming flower to save time (5,5)
Hedonist, after crossing river, gathering thoughts, initially (5-5)
22727
25177
26417
Paul STINKY Rotten atmosphere around vessel (6)
Container in bird's domain, humming (6)
26429
27308
Paul CANINE Setter, perhaps, seeking a number under a hundred (6)
100 a square number for setter, perhaps? (6)
Chihuahua, for example, a little Mexican in effect (6)
24826
26284
27494
Paul PEEP Here, private views prisoner stealing military vehicle, heading off with mum (4,4)
Look for little sound (4)
Pervert hopes to occupy seat for Tom's entertainment? (4,4)
26429
22862
25218
Paul BEERGUT Hangover resulting from heavy drinking (4,3)
Drinker's hangover? (4,3)
23463
25009
Paul GESTATION How long might she be expecting, say, having turned up at Victoria? (9)
How long might one be expecting process to go, a president introducing one? (9,6)
23463
25228
Paul TRAILER Advertising vehicle? (7)
Alas, the three R's, it's difficult for ill-educated Americans (7,5)
23463
25123
Paul NIGH Imminent knocking back of hard liquor (4)
Near thing topped off (4)
Hard liquor up close (4)
23463
22855
25678
Paul SCORE Painful to grasp a hundred and twenty (5)
Leader of stout heart to achieve goal (5)
23463
26139
Paul BAMBOO Chinese shoots tail off deer with two rounds (6)
In leaving child, love hollow stuff (6)
25613
27284
Paul HUMDRUM Pedestrian has drone to beat (7)
Monotonous drone on instrument (7)
25613
22406
Paul BRIDE See 3
Single life about to be lost, she stands in front of a train (5)
25613
23743
Paul HOLIDAY Leave old hat in the grass (7)
See 12
25613
24573
Paul TOPER Drinker on drugs, recovered (5)
Find new home for plant, climbing and lush (5)
25613
24043
Paul PANAMA Country where God has executed priest? (6)
Headgear providing all-round view, or not (6)
Land on one's head? (6)
Country where god has topped priest (6)
A chart covering North America looking north — country further south? (6)
Smoke overhead? (6)
25613
23785
24197
27037
26949
25127
Paul DOESKIN Hide flower, one inside another (7)
Hide waste around Yorkshire river (7)
23428
27308
Paul EXETER City, once safe, blowing top (6)
Old gnarled tree in city (6)
23428
22968
Paul HOTFOOT Hastily cooked sole etc? (7)
Stolen? Pay quickly (7)
Result of walking over burning coals quickly? (7)
23428
24507
23187
Paul INGOT Bar entered the wrong way round? (5)
Contrarily entered the bar? (5)
Bar entered the wrong way? (5)
23428
22037
23852
Paul BOOZEUP Bacchanalian activity where leak taken in appropriate place, standing (5-2)
Old god not entirely into dance, a wasted evening? (5-2)
23428
26284
Paul TYCOON Yes, business swallowed up by heavyweight magnate (6)
Conclusion of capitalist that secures business for mogul (6)
23428
24043
Paul EXTRA More artillerymen on leave after Italy surrendered (5)
Spare time right during cutback (5)
Old painting reflected more (5)
More cross, train not in, completing last in puzzle (5)
Further Essex traffic jams (5)
Further, far from a star (5)
Entering vortex, travelling further (5)
… more of which old, almost entirely conventional (5)
23428
22836
24661
25559
25512
24473
26876
25807
Paul NITRE Element switched on compound (5)
Fool about, seeing gunpowder ingredient (5)
Explosive ingredient added to biriani, treacherous (5)
23428
24598
26576
Paul CUTTYSARK Injured boxer not on old ship — this one? (5,4)
Tangle of tack and rusty old ship (5,4)
Old vessel, ship under contract, originally transporting yarn swiftly (5,4)
27337
25750
27002
Paul STREET See 20
Insist, say, Araucaria's sharp - his work being creative by the way (6,6)
24668
23852
Paul UPSTREAM Spin puts paper against the general flow (8)
Finished with school group, as struggling school may go? (8)
24668
24507
Paul TEXAS Job cut to protect former state (5)
Some lad with the cunning to bank unspecified amount in poker (5,4,2)
25289
26991
Paul INEBRIATE English couple Britain treated as drunk (9)
Start losing it, having consumed eight beers rapidly for starters, as drunk (9)
25289
26458
Paul ENDING See 16
2 - 23 = close (6)
25289
24895
Paul ASBO What's tagged on hoodlums, like a bad smell (4)
Order to be civil, it having restricted youth? (4)
Police order opening Pandora's box (4)
25289
27273
23943
Paul SLEIGHT Deception where I'm invisible in slim figure (7)
English taken in by minor deception (7)
25289
23600
Paul BEGIN Initiate former Israeli PM (5)
Dawn's bum and hip (5)
21698
26721
Paul MASTIFF Dogsbody trailing mum (7)
Possible 1 at giver of life, one dead (7)
21698
23716
Paul ERUDITE Learned English getting vulgar about it (7)
Unfortunately, dieter's eaten last of gateau, it's learned (7)
21698
27581
Paul LARVA Red-hot flower's sound for a caterpillar (5)
Cricketer is about five, so form not yet developed (5)
21698
21774
Paul HOLE See 23
See 17
24978
25127
Paul TITHE Tax man after fool (5)
Taxman goes after bird (5)
Tax contributing to development, it helps (5)
24978
26362
26763
Paul ENROL Sign up name in learning to be upstanding (5)
Corporate fraudsters not entirely left to sign on! (5)
24721
23976
Paul EYESORE "Vidi" in speech and sight (7)
Scar absolutely obvious initially, right within focus of seer? (7)
23919
27566
Paul BRIM Edge past top of bails, or edge to bowler? (4)
Edge under top of boater, perhaps? (4)
23919
24413
Paul STYE A problem for one looking into cost yearly (4)
Filthy thing close to eye (4)
You after vacated seat? This for a viewing restriction (4)
Small, yet troublesome, irritation (4)
23612
24399
25881
23260
Paul GUARDIAN During song, daughter breaks arm for us (8)
Here, potential lovers take various girls out ad nauseam (8,9)
23919
25807
Paul DESSERT Possible fool with hair receding (7)
Fool, perhaps, locked up? (7)
23919
23356
Paul TREE Growth disheartening Irish town (4)
Figure dropping hot box, perhaps (4)
Plane perhaps hijacked by buccaneer, turning back (4)
See 11
See 25
23565
24877
27290
24210
23811
Paul ATTEST Declare most substantial capital squandered (6)
Observing cricketers declare (6)
So positionally top-class crickets declare (6)
23565
23785
24755
Paul RAREBIT Dish with special taste (7)
Not entirely Blue Period that takes a grilling? (7)
Cuisine's blue period? (7)
Welsh food, peculiar taste (7)
23565
24043
24569
26582
Paul CHESTNUT 8 heard a million times? (8)
Brown, an old joke (8)
23565
26846
Paul TAROT Cards bitter-sweet, including The Circle (5)
Arsenal's first to be taken in by red cards (5)
25596
22275
Paul SPEED Designated partners primarily desperate for a quickie potential romance? (5,6)
Career sees children pocketing penny (5)
25596
22818
Paul HYDROGEN Extremes in heavy drinker, overpowering even, producing gas (8)
One on the table? (8)
26384
25039
Paul EDGE Advantage in landed gentry (4)
Battle, but no hill side (4)
Advantage held by landed gentry (4)
25596
23148
26440
Paul ICECAPS Cold peaks, flipping ___ cold one (7)
Room 101 turns into freezing landscapes (7)
25596
23280
Paul CHOP Sack of meat (4)
Hack gets the sack (4)
22610
22862
Paul CUBA Stick around island bar without a 8 (4,5)
Island one's promoting to a higher power, might you say? (4)
22610
25360
Paul HARROW In the field, break up from school (6)
A ground-breaking school? (6)
22610
24018
Paul PROTEST Complaint of pain in the neck about to deteriorate (7)
Object a nuisance about to break down (7)
22610
23504
Paul COCKTAIL K (8)
K (with 3) (8)
22610
23518
Paul PLACE Delicate material under 1 across (5)
See 9
27218
25588
Paul AITCH First letter on hunger? (5)
One of Hugh's extremities given a tickle (5)
27218
25613
Paul PIGEON Good gone bad, one fancied? (6)
If poet has long to compose, haiku heard here? (6,4)
See 23
27218
24763
26284
Paul MOLLY Fish for pussy (5)
Fish in weed (5)
24265
26207
Paul SNOTTY Supercilious, not like swine? (6)
Conceited, not living with pigs? (6)
27218
25960
Paul PRESENT Anchor at hand (7)
Here time unrivalled? (7)
Host appears 4 (7)
27218
23958
24895
Paul ORCA Huge beast thirty seconds away from island? (4)
Hulking beast squeezed into motor caravan (4)
Huge beast knocks shopping centre off island (4)
Black and white beast turning up in zebra crossing (4)
27337
25625
25369
26602
Paul DOGOODER One's always helping to improve, using very bad grammar? (2-6)
Despised philanthropist has to improve, when grammatically failing? (2-6)
27337
26738
Paul SPARERIB Cut of meat, free bait (5,3)
Slight tease, bit of a porker (5,3)
27337
24037
Paul EXECRATE Loathe flower box (8)
Loathe how much some directors get paid? (8)
27337
27494
Paul SCREW Do turn (5)
See 9
Stitch up with thread? (5)
Stitch up something with a thread (5)
27337
24353
22862
26804
Paul INVEST Deposit lolly down underwear? (6)
Buy shares, perhaps, though seen to have lost shirt? (6)
25948
23929
Paul SHANNON Quiet girl on river (7)
Silence soon enveloping northern river (7)
24407
26901
Paul SAND Green finally absorbed by blue to become greyish-yellow (4)
Land, safe ground for one shelled on the beach? (4,4)
25948
27632
Paul MAORI I ramble when flipping over tongue (5)
I ramble, rolling tongue (5)
Antipodean's choice between parent and setter? (5)
I wander around as antipodean (5)
25948
26260
26182
23450
Paul DECIBEL Sound unit former Russian soldier sent back to claim Sark etc (7)
Sound unit has to be in Israel after a month (7)
25948
23852
Paul KNOCK Irish rap? (5)
Slam-bang? (5)
23620
26080
Paul AGENDA Discussion of sex is beneath a programme (6)
Plan a class for the audience (6)
A report of sex in diary (6)
23620
26225
26528
Paul CAREER Dash off one's life's work (6)
Calling for speed (6)
23894
22665
Paul ROONEY See 23
Scorer in reality gutted, 0-1 (6)
23894
27387
Paul BASKET Kind of case where risk overshadows challenge (6)
Imagine holding pose, showing box (6)
25835
24997
Paul PAUL I change nappies as 11 (4,6)
Whoever wrote this dog's dinner must be round the bend! (4)
Care taken with lad up for bullying, as newspaper editor (4,5)
23894
22424
26163
Paul LISZT Noted man, last in series (5)
Finally, ball is placed on spot (but not the centre) for scorer (5)
22895
27081
Paul CHOPCHOP Fast food doubled (4,4)
Cuts immediately (4-4)
22895
24187
Paul MANGANESE Neon in its natural state, element initially inferior to fellow element (9)
Element covering most of elephant god in hair (9)
Among the pride of lions, problem turning to catch gazelle's tail for some element (9)
25990
23296
25895
Paul ELDRITCH Weird doctor yearning after smelly guts (8)
Spooky desire to follow novice eaten by Red Rum (8)
25990
22980
Paul EUROZONE Nations spending the same money, Continental road to climb, critical stuff going over our heads? (8)
France's way up on Commonwealth nation, one in France's area (8)
25818
25481
Paul FRITTER Waste which takes a battering? (7)
Squander fried food (7)
23127
23606
Paul IBIS I put on gravy, but not to bird (4)
Bird losing way going west is a wader (4)
Bird is following another half way back (4)
23127
23835
24024
Paul ALIBI Defence of California resort unbounded by Italy (5)
Defence shown by boxer with giant cut (5)
Primarily, accused party may need one? (5)
23127
26602
24943
Paul BEIRUT Middle East city where live wire cuts all borders off (6)
Middle Eastern city that is built up with dry environment (6)
26117
23674
Paul COALGAS Plant containing plant fuel (4,3)
Main thing entering island is fuel (4,3)
26117
23953
Paul TRUMAN President Clinton primarily a poor poet and author (6,6)
Writer attributing habit to president (6,6)
23170
25895
Paul MAYO Irish sauce? (4)
Tree getting round county (4)
23620
25486
Paul TRACHEA Girl virtually man given a tube (7)
Tube vehicle backed into one article and another (7)
23170
23015
Paul DOORMAT Downtrodden wimp? (7)
A trodden-on jellyfish? (7)
23170
26576
Paul NOTHALF Certainly anything but small beer (3,4)
Less than my fair share? I couldn't agree more! (3,4)
23548
26106
Paul SOLARCELL Carol moves in to promote energy converter (5,4)
Coarse three plates designed as feature of spacecraft (5,4)
23548
23343
Paul TWANG Archer's sound accent (5)
Accepting point, bite tongue through the nose? (5)
Result of plucking turkeys with axes — nasty gashed heads (5)
23548
23067
26279
Paul BASILICAN Compound that's hard to find in restriction of the Church (9)
Shinto leader in state of release with positive affirmation of the church (9)
White powder pocketed by outlaw from a Christian church (9)
23548
27074
26937
Paul TRIPLESEC Liqueur turning reptiles cold (6,3)
3 becomes 9? Then the magic ends (6,3)
Assorted receipts, about fifty for drink (6,3)
23548
26792
27081
Paul ARENA Bowl last of chinamen into turf (5)
Field entered by sportsmen, ultimately? (5)
Place rings close to golden ring (5)
A time to back the stadium (5)
Zone around pole, ring (5)
Scene of conflict encapsulated by Hurricane rapidly taking off (5)
23548
23976
25941
24775
25181
26991
Paul LETTUCE See 4
23 for Grant? Cut up a quarter (7)
25494
22747
Paul MARINADE Steep incline, nearly always downhill for starters, horse on the outside (8)
Girl snatches boy up, which is saucy (8)
25494
23887
Paul TUBE Bank, say, most efficient at breaking out in depravity (4,7)
See 8
25494
23582
Paul AIRBORNE Strain something to contend with, keeping solver's end up (8)
A sort of robin redbreast's heading east, flying (8)
English composer claiming Irish stink, going up (8)
25494
24465
24429
Paul TROWEL River filling drier gardening tool (6)
Drier around river bed worker (6)
Tool in hand, phone line's cut (6)
25494
23367
26582
Paul FETE Party time, charge around (4)
Party payment Tory leader's pocketed (4)
25494
24465
Paul MOCCASIN Reptile, one going on foot? (8)
4's shoe (8)
26533
22879
Paul CUSTOMER Patron wants snooker player to pocket most balls (8)
Right person always producing sacred word in general (8)
26533
25931
Paul MAFIA A car endlessly following leader of monstrous criminal organisation (5)
Mother and father in America originally a secretive family (5)
26533
26765
Paul COCK Mistake not getting up for early bird? (4)
Male spy left unseen (4)
Raise male (4)
Tilt item with hands, dropping left (4)
26533
23336
27581
24997
Paul PROBATIONARY Reformed Tory a pain around nick, describing testing on release (12)
Such a testing period building an airport by 1st October (12)
26533
24826
Paul CHIANTISHIRE Greek character with enemies to take on in Tuscany (12)
I inherit cash, moving to area of Tuscany with other expats (12)
26533
22951
Paul OSLO Freezing temperature thus encapsulating capital, ultimately, in European city (4)
European city, not seldom but regularly visited (4)
26533
25242
Paul BOLT See 9
Quickly eat duck in sandwich (4)
Run away, seeing wolf (4)
24627
23866
25588
Paul EVENSONG Possible chance on good service (8)
Uncanonised author given good service (8)
24627
24836
Paul ANON Writer can't be found soon (4)
Priest with head missing - you can''t tell who it was (4)
No name under article? (4)
24627
23728
24107
Paul ITCHIEST It's given to individual in case most irritating (8)
One Greek character in exam is most irritable (8)
24627
22903
Paul BIGNAME Star beaming all over the place (3,4)
Star beaming flares up (3,4)
24627
27387
Paul TRENDY Intend to keep right before end of motorway … (6)
Bound to fill shot with it (6)
26889
26840
Paul STUMPED Uncertain which way to turn for 22 across (7)
Out at sea (7)
26889
27122
Paul GOURMAND Valet stuffs fruit for epicure (8)
Groaning, our man definitely has eaten! (8)
26889
23596
Paul ATHOME In articles about poems, odd bits missed (2,4)
Dumas character almost takes me in (2,4)
In a book, gas inhaled (2,4)
26889
24413
24861
Paul ASSASSIN One taking someone out, seeing Wally and Charlie in (8)
One's paid to take out another two nitwits with it (8)
When our secret troops are bad, one kills (8)
26889
27115
22862
Paul BOWLED 22 across, bird resting? (6)
Way out in front, was ahead! (6)
26889
26469
Paul ACER Tree Cheshire cat partially climbs (4)
Tree, one providing great service? (4)
26889
23260
Paul DATED Saw out (5)
Old-fashioned saw (5)
26889
26051
Paul WAYOUT Weber's first, A minor (unfinished) — it's avant-garde (3-3)
Eccentric solver hiding in Buddhist temple (3-3)
26889
24413
Paul HOCK Wine to show a bit of leg (4)
Drink for some horse (4)
23235
26265
Paul UPSHOT Result, given lob? (6)
Finished attempt to get result (6)
Result of lob? (6)
23235
26709
25056
Paul CELERITY Star lacking core providing speed (8)
Expedition to see David Beckham, for example, with centre parting? (8)
23235
26901
Paul ASTI Wine too old, unlimited (4)
Drink requiring 15 25 stomach? (4)
23235
25170
Paul ONION Bulb working with something charged (5)
Orbiting around Jupiter, perhaps, new vegetable (5)
23 continually around one (5)
23235
25360
22747
Paul LACROSSE Even parts of clue contain how to enter this sport (8)
Game where shape of 3's move overbearing? (8)
Game boy wearing sexy lingerie? (8)
23235
23040
24107
Paul BRASILIA Two cups and their false contents no con - small size becomes capital (8)
Supporter on top of inert stuff that's less Conservative, reaching a capital city (8)
23235
25309
Paul TISANE Infusion — put it back together (6)
Drink — put it back together (6)
Tea in tea's gone to pot (6)
26631
24710
23127
Paul SITAR Dog or worm is up an instrument (5)
Flipping scallywag is a music maker (5)
26086
26901
Paul POPCORN Snack, Spooner's filth of the filth? (7)
Spooner sees "Starsky and Hutch Investigate Lustful Lucy", a cinema favourite (7)
26086
23170
Paul TURIN Shroud city featuring shrouds (5)
European city where one breaks wind (5)
26086
24091
Paul ABACUS Article on scuba divers, one reckons (6)
A carousing god missing church? You'd count on it! (6)
23391
24462
Paul DUFF Pudding failed (4)
Bad sweet (4)
Dud pud (4)
27170
23943
24399
Paul BARCODE Fish in plain lines at the supermarket? (3,4)
Some Tesco-read bands to decipher? (3,4)
27014
26876
Paul LIMA Some capital, I'm assuming (4)
Capital city a distance of 3,960 feet back (4)
South American city, some capital I'm assuming (4)
Kilimanjaro, from which to see capital city (4)
Not entirely green, a South American capital (4)
27014
23158
25324
25895
26440
Paul LOOP Game counters in ring (4)
Kitty flips, seeing ring (4)
27014
25549
Paul FLAG Jack's weary (4)
Weary signal (4)
Colours fade (4)
Colours fade (4)
27014
26656
26709
22377
Paul REACH Make a decision about a working class type with bad credit (5,1,7)
Come to an open stretch of water (5)
24265
26080
Paul ORATORIO Large-scale work, or a small-scale piece about nothing (8)
Great work, as old relation steals gold (8)
26171
24037
Paul IGUANODON Papers full of crap on dinosaur (9)
In eating droppings, function as dinosaur (9)
26171
27027
Paul ASTEROID A bodybuilder's heavenly body (8)
A substance injected perhaps, one shooting up? (8)
A builder of body, heavenly one (8)
While editor flabbergasted, ET leaving space rocket? (8)
26171
26840
23811
25218
Paul THEATRE Unreal drama suggesting hater of teeth? (7,2,3,6)
Some latent heat required in place of action (7)
25399
23852
Paul BOUQUET Fight, having boxed that Spanish nose! (7)
Cheer J loudly, but then ____, for the flowers (7)
26296
26064
Paul ARIZONA A house unseen on skyline over a US state (7)
State of region almost in tune (7)
26296
23187
Paul DISH Lovely taste of food is here (4)
One's served beefcake (4)
Gorgeous person, of course (4)
26296
27236
23572
Paul NEWYORK Publication for whom monkey writes cryptic (3,4,5)
Where Queens find one way to avoid a bust up with Kings (3,4)
25709
23331
Paul SEMITONE X up one, from B to C, say (8)
Jew holds on for an interval (8)
24836
26182
Paul PINK Prick six in 24 (4)
See 25
27590
27632
Paul CONE Shape square for white bishop? (4)
101 under 99? (4)
99 in this — or two more? (4)
27590
23336
26225
Paul UNRIPE Pee in urine, worryingly 16 across (6)
Prune, I gathered, not ready to eat (6)
27590
26913
Paul GROUNDED Good description of a corporation perhaps, firmly established (8)
Sensible, not 13 (8)
27590
23743
Paul BLACK Jet seven in 24 (5)
See 15
Gone to the dogs, walk behind cat like Felix? (5,3,5)
27590
24043
24935
Paul DOWN 9 shed overlooked by hill (8)
Total blue, Conservative (9)
Sister, half deaf, entering wrong word for Australia (4,5)
13 as this clue? (4)
See 9 (4)
See 22
... blue sort of clue (4)
27590
24763
24607
23827
22016
23811
22985
Paul ORAL Top right by mouth (4)
Test for a lover to embrace (4)
Test of popular opinion after upset (4)
27590
27457
27433
Paul CAST See 6
Acts? (4,6)
See 6
Totally reliable friend endlessly quaffing drink (4-4)
Certain to find a prison in prisoner (4-4)
27590
24229
23887
26152
25170
Paul BROWN Coffee four in 24 (5)
Colour in which one's knitted cardigan, finally (5)
Top politician's back as PM (5)
See 1
Dead good source of fibre (5,5)
27590
24333
27248
22763
25056
Paul BLUE Dirty five in 24 (4)
Rainy day mood, as the sky isn't? (4)
Flag when down, then fade (4,5)
Dirty colour (4)
27590
23827
25097
23907
Paul ARAMAIC Germany and Thailand have abandoned a theatrical old language (7)
A charge account keeps Iraqi leader, as some Syrians would say (7)
26781
23356
Paul WICHITA Close to Moscow I note, a US city (7)
Kansas City, I note, in Washington (7)
26781
25309
Paul PARALLEL Discipline shown by the whole island cutting fish (8,4)
Similar slowing in spring, reversed (8)
Engineers admitting everyone in China destined never to meet (8)
26781
26572
27632
Paul STILL Discipline suffering in part of the orchestra (5,5)
Not going anywhere yet (5)
26781
22708
Paul LOTHARIO Libertine 1 : Harlot 0 (abandoned) (8)
Topless goddess captivating Romeo in perfect Don Juan (8)
Romeo's fate that's boundless where Christ stands tall (8)
21830
27248
25360
Paul FEARLESS Brave and strong, not entirely like Van Gogh (8)
Unblinking female lacking features on the head? (8)
21830
26686
Paul INCH You'll get not very far in Finchley (4)
Move slowly at the altar, perhaps? (4)
21830
24555
Paul SCRAMBLE To hurry for a plane, race on a motorbike (8)
Gas about, talk incoherently and make message unintelligible (8)
21830
22985
Paul SONG Air put in tyres on Ghia (4)
Number of prison gates (4)
25016
25512
Paul CANYON This could be "Grand", as could be that (6)
Hollow lack of specifics within party (6)
25016
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Paul SPERMWHALE Huge sea creature seen as we help, desperately, to protect marines (5,5)
Hairstyle (women's) set in stone loosely as a deep thing (5,5)
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Paul NARCOLEPTIC Composition of 18 regularly dropping off (11)
One's likely to drop off Eric Clapton after taking a spin (11)
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26611
Paul WINDSOR As tied at a 26 5? (7,4)
Two Barbaras making a pile for Elizabeth? (7,6)
Twists, or kind of 15 (7)
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23356
Paul OCTOPUS Sea creature finding surface caught in fix, heading off (7)
See 5
23266
25369
Paul COFFEE Brown going to pot (6)
Item of furniture's pedal wrapped in wire (6,5)
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Paul AGGRO Trouble in Bundestag growing (5)
Belligerent acts from German leader invading a nether region not popular (5)
23266
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Paul CHEROOT Man that's great in bed given cigar (7)
Smoke emerging from champion in bed (7)
The sack for a young person stealing favourite cigar (7)
Red bottom producing smoke (7)
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Paul OMELETTE European capital lacking leadership over European directive ultim­ately, one's panned (8)
Old fight to grab two teas, say, for a light meal (8)
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24507
Paul SKOPJE Choose between blue and black all detailed in capital city (6)
Capital quiet, after endless cheers on Japanese borders (6)
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27290
Paul SOME 11's male priest, boy in the black stuff (4,4,2,3)
Part that's just my sort of thing! (4)
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25336
Paul STETSON Let it remain the issue — on your head be it! (7)
Headgear printer's mark's on (7)
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23785
Paul POLO Game of the Royal Mint? (4)
Sweet game (4)
See 25
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Paul ECLAIR Even bits of pencil show something long and thin (6)
Non-zero calorie confection? (6)
Into food, almost everyone going back for cake (6)
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Paul DOGSBODY Essence of a setter, perhaps, to be menial (8)
Office junior, having died, taken on by God, so in a tizzy (8)
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22951
Paul ROAST Slam meat in the oven? (5)
Have a go at dinner (5)
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Paul LOUSE Insect ineffective after head transplant (5)
See 24 down
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Paul THEMALL See 1
Once you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen Buckingham Palace's approach (3,4)
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Paul AUDITOR Waste rejected by car inspector (7)
Checker of car rust retired (7)
Christian hoarding treasure primarily after gold, as money expert (7)
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Paul THETA Foreign letter in the midst of detail (5)
Article accompanying thank you letter from Corfu (5)
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Paul BOTTOMSUP Tops down, then, bringing cheers (7,2)
Pubs' motto, possibly? (7,2)
Your health is of least importance? Drink! (7,2)
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26913
Paul REIGN Sound to come down, as a rule (5)
Good to be in control — for its duration? (5)
Pronouced fall, as a rule (5)
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Paul SCRUMPY Drink, namely sex, not half! (7)
Strong drink in free-for-all at artless get-together (7)
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22665
Paul LIMEADE Drink — another in lounge? (7)
One drink or another discovered in lounge (7)
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23596
Paul PORTER One carrying a drink (6)
See 9
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Paul IGNORAMUS "Nyet" not yet accepted by Russian author, having not begun "The Idiot" (9)
Amusing or stupid? One's the latter (9)
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24204
Paul BEAU Animal biting ’umongous elephant's head in adventure story (4,5)
To the audience, bend over darling (4)
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Paul BUNGALOW Stop a bird (tail first) that's 13 (8)
Residence in block, a squat (8)
Describing a sex party, not half crude in house (8)
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25888
Paul POPE Innocent, possibly, as a satirist (4)
Poet finds novelist burying his head (4)
Linesman sees another holding his head (4)
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23582
Paul STAY Don't go for support (4)
Rope of execution? (4)
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Paul NEE Unmarried name of Jane Eyre (3)
Maiden name here, all may conclude (3)
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27037
Paul GUINEAFOWL Leader in Gerrard has messed up in a woeful game (6,4)
Money offered by female bird for another (6,4)
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Paul EMBALMED Mummy is admitting this compiler to bedlam (mad) (8)
Lenin was taking party with me, after revolution, over the sea (8)
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25009
Paul NINETY Figure in the negative side raised to get another (6)
Not all of century, ten I need back? (6)
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Paul SPUTUM Vile stuff entered into problem (6)
Unpleasant stuff deposited in an amount of money (6)
Write in amount which is ejected from the mouth (6)
23434
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24383
Paul MELODY Benefit to be rejected within month, gutted, showing strain (6)
Blend containing oxygen, last of dry air (6)
23434
25336
Paul STURDY Reliable and right to take into consideration (6)
Articles removed from one of 7 that's solid (6)
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26074
Paul CHOPIN Polish composer's cold invitation to hitchhiker (6)
Composer before Liszt sounding note for Sainsbury's? (6)
Composer uses middle note, so if you need a lift... (6)
Feature about work, one of his taking a minute? (6)
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22275
25554
Paul HELP Support from 15 (4)
Man put on record — one from the ’60s (4)
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Paul ENDUE Give quality to some fifteen duets (5)
Freaky nude given drug to add character (5)
24531
23255
Paul RUSH Grass or speed (4)
Plant 5 2 (4)
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23457
Paul CHEERIO Final word, taking a penny off inexpensive English port (7)
Hail on moon, mind how you go (7)
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27547
Paul SIMON Actor's interpretation of Lear, no less, sublime (5,7,5)
Observation of mating bull in market as judge of talent (5,6)
Paul's stage opening — there's my cue! (5)
No girl, not entirely — the reverse, a boy (5)
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24948
26207
Paul SKIN Surface broke, though not entirely (4)
Largest organ broke, farthest tip coming off (4)
See 12 (4)
See 27
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22665
26835
Paul WINNER Film director having received Oscar (6)
Women's secret hero (6)
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Paul LASTMINUTE At which cobblers, like elves, rushed (4-6)
Keep meticulous, though it's hurried (4-6)
Eleventh hour must entail chaos! (10)
Frantic having to survive, far from great (4-6)
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Paul RIESLING Wine from river, that is, to throw out (8)
Wine and cheese topped with drink (8)
Wine right, that is, to chuck (8)
Wine dry, though lips not - that is the drink (8)
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Paul DIMSUM Some Chinese subtract three from five to leave six, perhaps? (3,3)
Stupid amount for Chinese dish (3,3)
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24668
Paul TYPESETTER Compositor must be kind to get gelatine (10)
One in the printing trade yet to be embarrassed about page on the Sun? (10)
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Paul SOLVENT In the black, whence the sun comes out? (7)
Debt free, which is not to be sniffed at! (7)
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24078
Paul LUMBAGO Smoker given sack for nothing but the affliction (7)
Pain cutting ear, then doctor back (7)
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26781
Paul PRIMATE Paul's maintained by drivel, going ape (7)
Gorilla seen with a crook? (7)
Church leader bound to punch head (7)
22741
23463
25427
Paul ICELOLLY One given stick acquiring diamonds 23 (3,5)
Diamonds and money available in the cooler (3,5)
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22610
Paul BOGOTA Country reflected in outskirts of Brasilia, South American capital (6)
Capital understood to be snatched by "Crusher" (6)
John books a South American destination (6)
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26528
Paul LADDER One designed to climb — or run (6)
Don't open bag — run! (6)
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26913
Paul FLYING Archer committing perjury, still held in secure place — or not? (6,8)
Sweet evidence of bull in china shop? (6,6)
See 11
Unknown craft not to be trusted breaking surface at sea (6,6)
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26539
25986
Paul HOPELESS Desperate when out of bounds to secure birdie, ultimately (8)
Unfavourable review of "Road to" movie starring Bing Crosby only? (8)
Desperate, unlike the "Road To" films? (8)
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27074
Paul CUTTER Censorship? (6)
Sailing vessel, clipper (6)
See 2
Vessel cold, say (6)
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26195
23255
Paul FOWL Reportedly filthy bird (4)
Fellow member of parliament gets the bird (4)
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27308
Paul HAIR Musical a let-down for enjoyment? (4)
Design of Hitler, say, combed across the forehead, perhaps? (9)
Musical sequence describing minor interval? (8)
Musical of various styles? (4)
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22079
24113
Paul ORNATE Elaborate talk about ultimate in decoration (6)
Fancy 9 without borders out of control (6)
Speak about point that's embellished (6)
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22665
Paul TASTE 20 with propriety (5)
Sophistication close to worthless in home of the 19 down 23 (5)
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Paul THAI National game to be discussed (4)
Asian gets to hear it regularly (4)
Asian couple is talked about (4)
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Paul LICK Jazz phrase's beat (4)
Lap speed (4)
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Paul MIDWICKET Paul's backing Richard to catch wife with alien in position that's not silly? (9)
Sporting position (of Icke?) (3-6)
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Paul PERM Mass of wavy hair, so vital swimmer has head shaved (4)
Combination locks? (4)
Combination locks, late ’70s style? (4)
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Paul ORIGINAL First love given drink in Iranian currency (8)
First test impresses one catcher (8)
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Paul SANMARINO Small country mansion built around the centre of Kilmarnock (3,6)
A ninja, might you say, in Chinese republic (3,6)
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Paul LUCRE Filthy money held up by Poirot? (5)
Customer initially going in to draw money (5)
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Paul LEGACY One's left limb quick, heading off (6)
What's left of delicate fabric, say, pocketed (6)
What's left, say, delicate outlines (6)
24818
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24292
Paul GOOSEFLESH "Oh, feels so good", sent shivers down one's spine (5,5)
Evidence of excitement, as energy feels so incredibly hot (10)
23391
26876
Paul WHIPLASH Jam jar jar? (8)
Joint left in clean type of injury (8)
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22573
Paul HEEL Complete bounder from Oxford? (4)
Scoundrel afoot? (4)
One can't be trusted to follow an order (4)
One's despicable list (4)
Lean part of the foot (4)
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27002
22964
Paul LIED Song delivered invention (4)
Song gave voice to fiction (4)
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Paul CHESS It employs men on board red ship (5)
Musical 24 (5)
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Paul PLIERS Those working with tool (6)
Tool for Australian cricketers, say? (6)
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Paul RECAP On top, go over again (5)
On top, go over once more (5)
Back the horse to go over again (5)
Horse on hind legs to go over again (5)
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23582
Paul ERSATZ Fake it in the name of frequency, though less hot (6)
2 tears, the 26th 2 (6)
Substitute tears round chicane? (6)
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23343
Paul RAMSHACKLE What may tether sheep proves shaky (10)
Within dilapidated realm, Shed appears so? (10)
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22037
Paul SECOND Back in a tick (6)
Relative is irrelevant to discussion (once removed) (6,6)
See 2
Flash is silver (6)
Silverback? (6)
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27044
26260
23811
Paul MEANIE Malicious type given bad name, that is (6)
False name, that is, for villain (6)
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Paul HUMERI Initially brought from river on island, bones (6)
Bones pong, boy having lost foot (6)
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Paul ADAGIO Among extremists in archipelago I wander northwards slowly (6)
Saying unfinished 10 slowly (6)
Movement getting a soldier into trouble (6)
Tried one's ’and at gobbling one slowly (6)
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24873
Paul STREAK Totally exposed, run end of spear into cut (6)
Take off, with all taken off (6)
Run to show all right when beset by cut (6)
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22985
Paul MILIBAND L — obsolete party and I'm flipping leading it! (8)
I'm backed by the party, and — only one brother can win (8)
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Paul ARIA Uplifting tune after a song (4)
Given note for tuning up, then tune up for song (4)
A little wind from the rear, producing tune (4)
24 a 24 — on the contrary (4)
A song turning up — here? (4)
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24580
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25194
Paul CRIMEWAVE Much offending staff about Paul's prayer to follow (5,4)
One given bird, gripped by desire for string of offences (5,4)
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Paul WINKLEOUT Carefully extract bat and lion, then behead Shed! (6,3)
Cook in wok with odd bits of louse and last of yeast extract (6,3)
25016
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Paul KINNOCK L batting during innings (7)
See 7
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Paul RHINO One so thick-skinned audibly mocking foreign drama (5)
One-horn creation (5)
26046
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Paul BUSTARD Friend trapping principal creature (7)
Sprout inspiring celebrated bird (7)
See 23
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24210
Paul PHRASE Saying wears thin, when said (6)
Passage of music from composition in E sharp (6)
Literary group gets stressed reading aloud? (6)
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27500
Paul IFFY Second, not top, so uncertain (4)
Missing the first, second is second-rate (4)
Second (not leader), second-rate (4)
Suspicious bag unopened (4)
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22968
Paul RAINCOAT Stereotypical Mancunian garb for Croatian resort? (8)
Artist has designed action that's perfect for a British summer? (8)
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Paul BEES See 16
See 11
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Paul ROUSSEAU Philosopher finds our complex about American waters (8)
Painter erases top of bride's outfit (8)
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Paul RETRO Piece from editor terrible, sent back from way back (5)
Period where beer without head knocked back (5)
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Paul SWAY Power twists from behind (4)
Wave's power (4)
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Paul CONFETTI Paper over couple's indiscretions at first, after often squirming in court (8)
A handful going up after the match? (8)
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Paul RUBBERY End of four months in the red, becoming flexible (7)
Plot to dispose of mum, as tough as old boots? (7)
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Paul GULL Scavenger's trick (4)
Bird's fleece (4)
Catch bird (4)
24721
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22665
Paul INFANTILE Silly, wearing cooler hat (9)
Wearing cooler hat, not so sophisticated (9)
Where documents found to conceal soldier meriting a smacked bottom? (9)
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23596
Paul APLENTY Fixed penalty to spare (7)
Penalty shot to spare (7)
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Paul WASHBOARD Cleaning equipment was black, kept in store (9)
Proved difficult to conceal stink with instrumental 21ing device? (9)
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Paul PESTO Bugger duck sauce! (5)
Sauce of patriot finally investing in foreign currency (5)
Sauce bore olives, for a start (5)
Slug, say, with duck sauce (5)
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Paul PHENOMENA Quiet man, he struggling to get to grips with uprising one wonders? (9)
Wonders if scrap heap contains new sign (9)
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Paul REASON Logic not referring to a daughter then? (6)
See 18
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Paul NEON Gas explosion with fuse, both ends lit (4)
Relative to 3 in 1 1? (4)
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Paul GRASP Hold breath, drawing in last of air (5)
Get to take a breath, inspiring last of air (5)
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Paul ORPHAN Oliver Twist, perhaps, in many instances in 1 down (6)
How regularly might the Queen describe one alone in childhood? (6)
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Paul AGHAST Shocked at inhaling hydrogen in its normal state (6)
Shocked to see old ovens retaining hot temperature (6)
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Paul WINGSPAN "Victory" — focus of flagship vessel to find a measure of knots, say? (8)
A measure in knots (8)
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Paul ESAU Hairy man occupying the sauna (4)
In the Bible, Saul sold his birthright (4)
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Paul OUTDO Better party alfresco? (5)
Obsolete function is better (5)
Beat unconscious — bash! (5)
Beat cheat that's passed away (5)
Beat unconscious over trick (5)
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Paul BROTHER One in order runs into trouble (7)
Relative torpor ultim­ately probing knickers (7)
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Paul SASH Band of thieves, a shower (4)
Cutting ribbons, a sheer band of material (4)
Threaded through trousers, a short 2 (4)
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23755
Paul EGGCUP One sustaining what's squeezed from layer? (3,3)
Accommodation for soldiers' target area? (3,3)
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Paul SCOTCHMIST Wreck passed over in sound in drizzle (6,4)
Ben overlooks such a presence as block overlooked, say (6,4)
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Paul SUPERCARGO Drink thus passed round vehicle for ship's officer (10)
Procure gas at sea for crew member (10)
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Paul CLOSEUP Shot has to drop into golf hole (5-2)
No long shot should go out of knockout competition? (5-2)
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Paul EXCLAMATIONMARK Seafood that's dead? Then transport to main ship! (11,4)
Rocky Marciano and me talk about where the treasure's hidden! (11,4)
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Paul PUBLIC Known leaders in baseball league, one entering competition after an upset (6)
Having turned up, leaders in blue lingerie instantly focus (7) to force government initiative (6,10)
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Paul SHEBEEN Has that lady visited an illicit bar? (7)
Illegal drinking establishment for queen and knight? (7)
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Paul FAILURE After scratching of head, nothing penned by composer is a disappointment (7)
See 22 across
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Paul STONED Out of it, put to death (6)
High as a cherry? (6)
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Paul LEICESTER Lice high on combination of acid and alcohol in cheese (9)
Producer of huge shock is electric — and yet shocking! (9,4)
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Paul NADIR She abandons playwright after a write-up, an all-time low (5)
Dare in strip lifting Irish bottom (5)
Depth from which she leaves Irish playwright to rise (5)
Free article from the bottom, the very bottom (5)
Low point from adaptation of "The King and I" (5)
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26343
23596
25039
Paul CARNAGE Much bloodshed as one composer almost crushed by another (7)
Blood bath, though horse protected? (7)
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Paul SHARIF Late actor has shifted tree to the left (6)
Not entirely keen on providing actor (6)
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Paul THORN Ultimately flat, instrument that's sharp (5)
Point at heart of electrics, instrument blown (5)
Point, mid-south or north (5)
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22747
Paul ALWAYS See 3
20's sailing boat capsizing in middle of Wash (6)
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Paul INDECENT In fall, southern leaves blue (8)
In coming 22, no son appears 13 (8)
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Paul SORTOF Not exactly partial to mints or toffees (4,2)
Not exactly like that, rise to one's feet at every entrance (4,2)
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Paul IRIS Flower of seven colours? (4)
Single teacher's backing required to get control of pupil? (4)
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Paul UNTIDY Unfortunately, nudity is out of order (6)
Disunity is not out of order, messy (6)
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Paul PRIMROSE Flower - a particular one? (8)
Particular horse awfully sick in 25 (8,4)
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Paul ACETATE Salt provides great modern art (7)
Expert paintings here in compound (7)
Salt expert, the sugar daddy? (7)
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24113
Paul WYVERN Mythical beast finds a number in flower navy (6)
Mythical flier, wacky with vulture and raven wings (6)
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Paul SNAPDRAGON Flower that matches harridan (10)
Plant shrew beneath crack (10)
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Paul SPIRACLE Breathing space required to make complex replicas (8)
Parcel is forced in vent (8)
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26949
Paul GLADIOLI Flowers' content, one with crude oil (8)
I must go behind boy, one wearing short yellow bloomers (8)
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Paul ISIS Flower, but not 'e bro! (4)
Goddess has life, if you 16 (4)
Relative introduces herself as goddess (4)
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23866
Paul DANUBE Flower, European, containing odd bits of blue receding (6)
End cut from waste pipe filling European river (6)
Local heading off to cut European flower (6)
23707
24602
23391
Paul ODER Flower with sound bouquet (4)
River takes poem to river (4)
23707
24755
Paul REARRANGE Switch back selection (9)
Selection of peaks on the bottom to shift round (9)
27337
26225
Paul STROBE Flasher finds way to overcome the habit (6)
Flasher's way to dress (6)
25387
22903
Paul CLEAVAGE Narcotic bagged by toilet in prison, split (8)
Top of chest, part receiving admiring glances, for starters (8)
Valley where short holiday taken in prison (8)
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Paul NAIVE Green water rising (5)
Knowing little, one impressed by church body (5)
Simple backwater (5)
Green brought over into blue via navy (5)
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26207
Paul ESTONIA Country with an East End Charlton, Iraq, oddly? (7)
Independence ultimately ain't so bad for the country (7)
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Paul EDAM In red: a mild cheese (4)
One's mildly tasteful and, though somewhat aged, amazing! (4)
Cheese: "12-ed and ___"? (4)
25971
22919
24555
Paul STORMY A noted 21? (6,7)
Arlen's "The Tempest" (6,7)
25971
24598
Paul BYEBYE I'm going past organ carrying book (3-3)
Sound of two swallows parting (3-3)
25971
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Paul OFTTIMES Old newspapers for old daily, perhaps? (8)
Ring newspapers regularly (8)
25971
26357
Paul THAILAND Country with possible 21: slee __ snow? (8)
Country hospital in the end needing joiner (8)
Follow round hotel and holiday destination (8)
25971
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24321
Paul UPSETTING Tragic, winning my game? (9)
Finished my work, so hurtful (9)
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Paul PROVISO Stipulation for and against one's opinion, at first (7)
Condition of Roman sheep penned by expert (7)
26662
23958
Paul TWEENAGER Twelve-year-old, say, short bird astride foal? (9)
During winless season, foal at Ayr, perhaps, becoming juvenile (9)
26662
25618
Paul APPLE Left to feed dog, perhaps, breaking in pieces for pudding (5,4)
Fruit tree polled containing pea, say (5)
Favourite fruit (5)
See 15 (5)
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23504
22275
Paul NYLONS Hose only used between poles (6)
Partners inspiring only silly leggings (6)
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24364
Paul AMMETER Current tester came across fracture, finally, in broken arm (7)
Current measurer a short distance above tree, adjusted (7)
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25588
Paul ATPEACE Temperature found in simian, one dead (2,5)
A pet shot, one dead (2,5)
Replace tape with superb content (2,5)
25469
25387
26804
Paul GEDDIT Good old penny in change — isn't that funny? (6)
Somewhat in decline, in effect I'd degenerated, do you understand? (6)
25469
26937
Paul TART See 25
An easy dessert? (4)
Sweet - or not? (4)
25469
24364
24292
Paul REDFLAG Spooner's departed newspaper — Standard for The Socialist? (3,4)
Gerald Ford initially upset with the standard of socialism (3,4)
Standard of the Socialist Worker escaped the Daily Mail, according to Spooner (3,4)
Standard wine label (3,4)
25469
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24204
26135
Paul GORBLIMEY I'm surprised to see old Russian premier casually embracing green (9)
I'm surprised to see politician with a large strawberry scoffing fruit (9)
Man with giant strawberry on his head eats fruit - well I never! (9)
Green hugged by Russian leader once, bless my soul (9)
26375
25835
22915
27308
Paul BANGALORE Report on a body of knowledge somewhere in 23 (9)
Indian city's report to US politician not good (9)
26375
22818
Paul UNFAIR Dirty place for entertainment, roof blowing off (6)
Partial brunette, then? (6)
Wrong exposition in New York? (6)
26375
25864
26547
Paul INFIDEL Where Cubans were asked to place their trust, I don't believe (7)
One doesn't believe near the wicket Derbyshire opener should shift (7)
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23468
Paul PRUNE Fruit somewhere in 23, about right (5)
Cut fruit (5)
Cut fruit (5)
26375
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23504
Paul MENU List first of names between us. say (4)
Table reference you ’n' I reversed? (4)
26375
24826
Paul ADRIFT Why Saatchi left Saatchi alone? (6)
What caused Saatchi & Saatchi to split, so apart? (6)
See 16 across
24240
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Paul SANTIAGO Against reforms, old South American city (8)
Endless bearer of gifts demanding Shakespearean villain's capital (8)
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Paul CORONA French horn gets on with a trumpet (6)
Nothing between the ears, given a crown (6)
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Paul EXIST Live figure almost snatching another back (5)
Be old before one's time (5)
Cardinal virtue finally turning up, little time to live (5)
I'd say "women are for cooking and ironing", get decapitated, but live (5)
Be old 9 (5)
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Paul EGRET Bird, one of Sinatra's few, decapitated (5)
Winger to rue missing header (5)
Bird eaten up by poltergeist (5)
Bird, say, on top of tree (5)
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Paul OMNIBUS Book writer to break up wrestling (7)
Large volume of traffic? (7)
Refuse collector in battle of the big boys brought up major 23 (7)
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Paul SHERBET Drink flavouring plant among group (7)
Effervescent powder hardened around mint, perhaps (7)
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Paul ISLAMIC Embracing pietism at last, is "secular" religious? (7)
One's priest not entirely in charge, though religious (7)
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Paul MEEK Timid male, I'm frightened! (4)
Submissive man evidently embarrassing kids, initially (4)
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Paul TEAL Shade quite a little bit (4)
Food and drink, lake, for duck (4)
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Paul ALLAY Combine to restrain a temper (5)
Quiet table switching political allegiance twice? (5)
Partner stealing a cushion (5)
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Paul ONUS Responsibility of crossword setters? (4)
Responsibility round dawn? (4)
Responsibility not yours, then? (4)
Responsibility brings extra money, but not at first (4)
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Paul JIGSAW Tool pieced together? (6)
Some steps taken, figured out puzzle (6)
Talk about legend in one's puzzle! (6)
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Paul ACADEMIC Learned not to be considered (8)
A rat leading its relatives the last first, it's learned (8)
Hypothetical man of letters (8)
Irrelevant theorist (8)
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24113
Paul WARREN Boy, there are many rabbits! (6)
Where rabbits mad about unlimited sex, he loved many beauties (6,6)
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Paul NICE Heavy rain, perfect bowling conditions? (4,7,3,5)
Quote from 15 novel incestuous, yet I eye no "cooee!" (4,2,3,3,2,3,3,4)
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Paul ESCORT Sounds like a company car (6)
Lead key or bolt, ultimately (6)
Guide rope finally put in place, ton secured (6)
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Paul MUSLIN Rising duck problem becomes material (6)
Material that's no problem to take up (6)
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Paul BEEF Two thirds weak reversed to get brawn (4)
See 5
Wellington's grievance? (4)
One required to trudge through honey, perhaps, eating starter in fragrant dish? (4,10)
4, note, for meat (4)
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Paul BASSOON About to become bachelors, blow it! (7)
Dork opening gift that's not for suckers! (7)
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Paul RATED Highly praised, or not? (5)
Netting first of three, expensive back scored (5)
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Paul PIERCE Penetrate, putting tip of cutter inside a bit (6)
Run through compo-sition encapsulating Rachmaninoff's First (6)
Stab with tip of dagger in weapon (6)
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Paul TELESALES Undesirable calling supporters to swig fifty drinks (9)
Professional calling, else fashioned in lies? (9)
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Paul SATANIC Evil answer described by devilish antics (7)
Canonisations without pickled onions, devilish (7)
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Paul BOWLER One's on top for a quickie, if fast (6)
Headgear -- might one be appealing? (6)
See 1
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Paul BLESSING See 2
Grace heading for Boris and Doris (8)
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Paul ROYALFLUSH Hand that's sort of blue gets to turn red (5,5)
Action taken by queen vacating throne that's on the cards (5,5)
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Paul ONYX Stone snatched back by foxy noblewoman (4)
Beefy type crosses state to find gem (4)
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Paul TOMATO Shade of red has to begin turning into red (6)
Red male, little bit lacking in tail (6)
23 inside of a robot? (6)
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Paul OPAL Stone round and white, virtually (4)
Stone circles rolled over (4)
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Paul AMOEBA A doctor with English degree, low life (6)
A second president recalled as brainless life form (6)
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Paul POLONECK Top mark only received (4,4)
Jumper's game requiring nerve (4,4)
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Paul INDUSTRIAL Guardian spies (no lie) out to steal Times leader — that's corporate skulduggery (10,9)
Where some mites taking refuge set up business (10)
Commercial for the River Test (10)
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Paul TAPIOCA Olympic officials, having tucked into Spanish food, almost finished pudding (7)
Pudding ingredient a little firm, I touch, having risen (7)
Pudding, a firm one with butter passed round (7)
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Paul HIGHJUMP Start off first in event (4,4)
Event in trouble for it? (4,4)
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Paul SPIRIT See 6
See 22
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Paul EXECUTION Performance killing act (9)
One's innings brought to an end after this delivery (9)
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Paul PENINSULA Complex in Naples welcoming university in Calabria, say? (9)
Shilling, figure taken up in Botswanan money for strip of land (9)
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Paul DECOCT Two months to boil down (6)
To extract the essence takes months (6)
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Paul CONSIDERATE Kind that's legally able to score in the box (11)
Kind of desecration? (11)
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Paul FELT Material sensed (4)
Material tested for texture (4)
See 20 across
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Paul RUNNERSUP Bean soup, nothing less, for seconds? (7-2)
Second team taking drink by river (7-2)
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Paul CINEMA One of 5 down's ideas, a Roman pic for comp­osition (6,8)
The pictures came in reels (6)
Pictures I see on end of religious petition, sent back (6)
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Paul CONCLAVE Group meeting bending over to welcome Lutheran leader (8)
Inner circle curving inward around line (8)
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Paul WICKED Good and bad (6)
Came together to catch Satan headless, as Satan is (6)
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Paul EVENS Chance rugby game won't start (5)
Some odds never to back? (5)
Chance in rugby game to get head ripped off (5)
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Paul VERDICT Composer on the case of correct decision (7)
Noted man being taken to court, this the result? (7)
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Paul VERMONTER Rats dropping in, tenor distraught, one in a state? (9)
"Minister backing mentor": New Statesman (9)
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Paul UNAWARES Universally accepted answer, a funny way to be caught (8)
Without knowing, white unicorn's heading up to god (8)
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Paul CREW Company gloated (4)
Team gloated (4)
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Paul KING Top guy, Ali departs African capital having shut up Foreman, finally (4)
Men eating last of lobster, seafood (4,5)
They're close, close to getting top man (4)
See 16 down
Family's regal tragedy (4,4)
See 16 down
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Paul SADIST Bad man said to reform good one? (6)
Tormentor, a devil ensnared by his foe? (6)
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Paul WRAP See 19
Cover hand up, bandaging end of finger (4)
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Paul PAGETURNER Exciting book, "The Musician's Aide" (4-6)
Contact artist for exciting work (4-6)
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Paul RUBBERGLOVES Polish composer is smitten with surgeon's aid (6,6)
Polish composer has a thing for a couple covered in washing-up liquid? (6,6)
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Paul CLIQUE Exclusive group needing a measure of intelligence to crack one of these (6)
Coterie — measure of intelligence restricted by one of these? (6)
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Paul IMPALA Paul's friend, a horny beast? (6)
4 destroys itself with phosphorus instead of nitrogen (6)
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Paul PRINCIPAL The first moral we're told (9)
5 across moral, say? (9)
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Paul NEWMAN Paul, domestically enlightened? (6)
5 across, caring and sensitive chap? (6)
See 15
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Paul TENNIS First service and where not to put it when returned suggests this game (6)
Game, or six of them, holding local up (6)
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Paul ALPHABET See 21
Letters mixed up in this anagram of "Paul has to be the foremost of pillocks!" (8,4)
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Paul TESTATOR Will writer check schedule that's arisen? (8)
Time bequeathal detailed, or... you won't become one? (8)
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Paul SPANKING Excellent punishment (8)
Wonderful, naughty pastime? (8)
Brisk corporal punishment (8)
Punishment making you smart? (8)
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Paul BEGGAR Basic food in drinking establishment for 2 (6)
One asking Paddington, say, to eat horse (6)
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Paul AGARAGAR Setter noted patterns in reverse (4-4)
Twice scale up culture medium (4-4)
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Paul SNAIL 21 7's creation, time which goes slowly? (5,8)
Carol's about to catch vehicle up in curious event (5,6)
Sloth, part Brazilian, sleeping upside down (5)
28's food item taking seconds to secure (5)
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Paul PORRIDGE See 4
Breakfast 1? (8)
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Paul GRIT Sand in guts (4)
Abrasive particles in backbone (4)
Bits of stone balls (4)
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Paul MODESTY Reserve accommodation for animals, by the way (7)
Humility the way with beastly home (7)
Doctor meeting fate lacking in reserve (7)
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Paul STATUE Figure everyone can see boarding express (6)
Take action about rubbish work of art (6)
Work that's still universal in territory (6)
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Paul BELUGA Having to live with hump, a whale (6)
Whale's ear boxed by princess, briefly (6)
Whale hump nursed by princess (6)
Huge creature's ear bitten by grizzly, end ripped off (6)
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Paul ICECREAM See 18
I yell as you hear a child's demand? (3,5)
A treat for which I yell out loud (3,5)
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Paul REBECCA Novel about German tennis player recited (7)
Novel instrument ends in celesta (7)
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Paul OFFA Sound proposal for old king (4)
Gone, a king long ago (4)
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Paul BOWWOW Setter, perhaps, a big hit in the East End? (3-3)
Sensation of the East End, Barking, is it? (3-3)
Dog in front, I'm impressed! (3-3)
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Paul SCISSORS Shearer's possession, the overhead kick (8)
Cutting technique for old jumper? (8)
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Paul TRAINING Instruction leaflet ultimately wet (8)
See 12
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Paul TIGER Crustaceans in spring water all at sea (5,6)
Formidable opponent on the 26 21? (5)
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Paul LOIN Railway from Birmingham reportedly to be cut (4)
Username and password no good for private area (4)
Cut rail route from Birmingham? (4)
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Paul WIDOWSPEAK Spider, if black, say, a feature of Dracula? (10)
V-shaped locks opening, not new, say (6,4)
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Paul VIDEONASTY One day TV is to be free of offensive recording (5,5)
Does vanity put right unpleasant picture? (5,5)
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Paul OFTHE See 18 (5)
See 22 (5)
See 19
See 12
See 17
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Paul VIRGINIA Wade, perhaps in Surrey water (8)
See 24
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Paul PLAICE Fish - perch, say (6)
Swimmer climbing mountain rocks (6)
Fish put in one's ear (6)
Fish, one established? (6)
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Paul CONSONANT Certainly not a kid, boy soldier (9)
One isn't a worker behind party issue (9)
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Paul RANGE Field grazing area (5)
Grazing land called pasture, ultimately (5)
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Paul UNIT Only one item, you fool (4)
The whole thing can turn around (4)
It's the whole thing, you fool! (4)
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Paul FLANNEL Sweet talk given to the cleaner (7)
Queen in decline without a cleaner (7)
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Paul ARNOLD Composer's short and wrinkly, as composer (6)
English composer finding another "Unfinished" antiquated (6)
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Paul BRAHMS Composer half under the table? (6)
Half-drunk barman? (6)
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Paul ATROPINE Poison whipped into pear (8)
Sort of protein attached to a poison (8)
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Paul WAGNER Composer's pledge to protect name (6)
German composer's English uprising dividing what divided us? (6)
Risk tackling northern scorer (6)
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Paul BARTOK Composer: unit of his work given to most important piece (6)
Simpson, OJ's successor who's composed (6)
Composer offering a bit of music to king (6)
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Paul SUNSET 12 down's 77 warmer places on expedition (6,5)
Provocative evening performance somewhere in Hollywood (6,5)
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Paul BINGO In which one is the observer of Grace? (5)
House getting cast aside on Monopoly square (5)
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Paul FRISKY See 16
Full of beans, loud and dangerous (6)
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Paul GETTING See 16 down
Elderly, compatible to some extent (7,2,1,3)
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Paul STRIP See 20 down
10 off ribbon (5)
See 19
Sack the band (5)
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Paul BUGGY Vehicle infected? (5)
Vehicle that's diseased, you might say? (5)
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Paul CHICKEN 12 down's 52, old couple beyond sophisticated Cumbrian town drinking Bordeaux, say? (7,8)
See 17
6 showing yellow wee (7,6)
Yellow meat (7)
Grain, or 28 (7,4)
Yellow fleece, layer upon layer? (7,4)
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Paul NITROGEN Having recalled iron in the end, I start to remember another metal element (8)
Explosion of neon right after leakage of hydrogen gas (8)
Element that is keeping caveman in the news? (8)
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Paul WOODY Director of some yarn about day at sea (5,5)
US songwriter, guy who tried, when suffering, to inspire love (5,7)
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Paul BERTHA Big girl out of 1 across (6)
Bed for a big girl (6)
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Paul ALAMO It's memorable, though somewhat short of fashionable (5)
Texan should remember to remove ends from sausage with love (5)
Mission accomplished, like another military operation on all fronts (5)
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Paul WHAT Thaw out, eh? (4)
Hear wife's homily to sot that couldn't order, as "last orders" was hours ago (4,4,2,4,2,3,4,4,4)
Engineer, did you say? Please repeat! (4)
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Paul ERROR One's out to scalp little monkey (5)
Three rights, one heartless, make a wrong (5)
Naughty child goes topless, displaying boob (5)
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Paul BRAWL Bull gutted about bloody fight (5)
Dance in row (5)
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Paul AFAR Unlimited wildlife expedition in a distant place (4)
A grange almost seen in the distance (4)
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Paul PONTOON Ace and king in bridge? (7)
Game ending in soup over and over again (7)
Game (not fantastic) put in waste bin finally (7)
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Paul LATIN Some say it's dead and buried - about time! (5)
Some modern Italian? On the contrary (5)
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Paul ORCHARD Monster formidable in place of 12s, perhaps (7)
Lodging in poor road, I will abandon rich pickings here? (7)
Ugly thing, thorny area with trees (7)
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Paul MIDDLE One's disrespectfully raised one who's not 18 to embrace cheat, heading to the 22 (6,6)
Location of hero, a moderate? (6,2,3,4)
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Paul URBAN Built-up pope (5)
City pontiff (5)
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Paul ALOHA A greeting in Spain? On the contrary, one in Hawaii (5)
Hello — a greeting interpreted the wrong way (5)
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Paul TRUSSED By the sound of it, credit secured (7)
Tied up with financial administration on the phone? (7)
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Paul TURKEY Failed state? (6)
Country not celebrating Christmas? (6)
Dance with comrade beyond a disaster? (6,4)
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Paul SAMOYED Flash on you, blue collars for dog (7)
Dog will be barking some day (7)
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Paul WACKO Crazy king in Texas city (5)
King in Texas city finds cuckoo (5)
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Paul OTHELLO Play, collection of books and magazine (7)
Play which might feature Adam and Eve relaxing at home with their two beautiful children? (7)
After books, I'm here for play (7)
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Paul IDEALLY I waste time cuddling sweetheart in the best possible way (7)
I don't hurry squeezing sweetheart in a perfect world (7)
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Paul DASH Style in T-shirt and Y-fronts, perhaps? (4)
Speed with style (4)
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Paul SHADOW Opposition tricked into broadcast (6)
Senior politician, disaster now with him after balls-up? (6,8)
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Paul UNISON Small wedding veils in harmony (6)
Agreement is working under alliance of nations (6)
Concert hasn't been cancelled in support of international organis­ation (6)
Harmony is the point in marriage (6)
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Paul CREOSOTE Oil broken-down scooter with last of lube (8)
Legendary bull's home pumped with oxygen thus, as preservative (8)
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Paul CHIC Smart young thing dropping back (4)
See 24
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Paul SNOG Kiss record flipped over in the middle (4)
It's no good taking part in an intimate embrace (4)
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Paul MIKADO Write up a novel, then fashion the subject of a comic opera (6)
King in the end turned over, work for emperor (6)
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Paul PARLIAMENT A number of owls climbing post to access the chick feeder? (10)
Diet has the expected result, one overcome by expression of sorrow (10)
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Paul BOTSWANA Nation first to tag bird among feathers round neck (8)
Time 4 constricted by 4 in Africa (8)
Country where bachelor carries books on Shakespeare (8)
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Paul TOOT Honk from both ends (4)
Driver's signal going either way (4)
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Paul BASENJI Dog that's nosy, just inquisitive, heads after bottom (7)
Dog's bottom seen in twisting to catch jay, we hear (7)
Dog, wretched name James, scratching bottom (7)
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Paul EVANS See 25
English transport for Welshman (5)
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Paul ITEM Couple came together, one facing the ceiling? (4)
Time to manoeuvre to gain entry (4)
Something I force backwards (4)
Some news, a bit of excitement (4)
Retired police inspector's heading unit (4)
A couple in the end misbehaving, all kicking off (4)
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Paul IGLOO Packed house in Liverpool given up (5)
Entrance blocked to vast throne room in northern residence (5)
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Paul EISENHOWER Work out where one is a military leader (10)
Where noise is unsettling, in general (10)
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Paul REDUCE Colour purplish brown won't begin to be cut (6)
Cut cherry, juicier with odd bits removed (6)
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Paul ASHES A woman's remains (5)
Result of fire, bum full of gas (5)
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Paul SPACEBAR Counter, on top of which room key (5,3)
Box containing one key, a long key (5,3)
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Paul TEACADDY Trapped by bear, a tiger briefly leaves container (3,5)
For Spooner, essential father leaves here (3,5)
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Paul CASH US singer-songwriter's notes, perhaps? (4)
For starters, sponsor at cryptica.co.uk — how about donating this? (4)
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Paul FAIR Pretty light (4)
Just light (4)
See 23 (4)
Cast adrift are legal dealings (4,5)
Hair may be fine (4)
Shooting ducks, perhaps a reasonable target? (4,4)
Just for entertainment (4)
Party organiser's pretty funny — a reasonable chance (4,5,2,3,4)
Just OK (4)
The way of 21, not not cricket? (4)
Lovely show (4)
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Paul ICIER I drink when disheartened, as more aloof (5)
More wintry when one's cold? That is right (5)
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Paul TABASCO Pill getting cold in a very hot sauce (7)
French shop stocking head of squid over duck sauce (7)
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Paul SLAM See 3
Criticise sporting achievement (4)
Criticise achievement at cards (4)
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Paul FRENCH See 16
Expletive to be pardoned could be "knickers" (6)
Possible headline describing the day Joan of Arc had her chips? (6,5)
Finnish, we hear, from these languages? (6,6)
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Paul FEELING See 10
Dance capturing English couple's emotion (7)
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Paul LITTLE Tricky small title? (6,4)
See 1 down
Minor left among offspring, having bottom wiped (6)
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26602
Paul OLDEWORLDE Quaint poem containing line with water on grass or lake (4,6)
One dedicated to retaining the pound argued about pound being quaint (4-6)
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Paul WHALING This slaughter's controversial, for crying out loud? (7)
The Japanese keep doing it, for crying out loud! (7)
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Paul ATISHOO Sound of hooter, it has gone off with two rings (7)
A blast this, room shelled in sound of mild explosion (7)
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Paul WHEEZE Inhaler for this? That's a good idea (6)
Breathe with difficulty, that's the trick (6)
Unfortunate windy sound on loo, girl may be heard? (6)
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Paul ISTHMUS Resolve this problem over a narrow strip of land (7)
One's so taken about male strip (7)
One's major route splits so it's narrow (7)
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24682
Paul DERMATITIS Parent beset by dirtiest sort of skin condition (10)
Problem on the surface rolling up red carpet? That's right! (10)
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Paul NOWHERE Two presents cannot be found (7)
Christmas present in obscurity (7)
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Paul GROUCHO 16 wants beef and duck (7)
Curry unfinished, a lot eaten but no starter, leaving marks we hear (7)
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Paul HARVEY Cocktail sausage cooked: why rave about everything before it? (6,10)
Sellers of sherry and sausages almost completed sausage 8! (6,10)
… which follows a very inebriated wife into vestibule for a drink (6,10)
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Paul BETWEENTHE Cocktail wrapped in paper (7,3,6)
Drink in bed (7,3,6)
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Paul CREAMTEA Macerate bananas, scones and jam etc (5,3)
Ultimately cynicism in fashion, a typically British affair (5,3)
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Paul NUDITY Natural condition in horse that's mounted, shame non-starter (6)
Exposure, as opposed to either 9 14, 17 26, 23, 1, 2 24 or 22 15, we hear? (6)
Having backed horse, shame non-starter given total exposure (6)
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Paul EXEUNT River boat not launching, they all leave the stage (6)
Old tune blasted out as they leave the stage (6)
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Paul HATHAWAY Will lover melt heart of snake in the grass? (8)
She has a certain charm, as Shakespeare would say (8)
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Paul ACTEDOUT Demonstrated as cadet suggested? (5,3)
Mimed to a T, cued badly (5,3)
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Paul SOWONESWILDOATS Have fun exciting two lasses in wood? (3,4,4,4)
Break wind to woo lasses, then spread it about a bit (3,4,4,4)
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Paul PIRRIP Dickens character going back and forth (6)
Tear back and forth as Dickensian protagonist (6)
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Paul BLUECHEESE Vulgar, a notable stinker (4,6)
Depressed, getting bad luck when hard, which stinks (4,6)
Vulgar VIP's veiny victuals (4,6)
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25103
Paul SKIP Bound to be captain (4)
Throw rubbish in it, or miss (4)
Miss the captain (4)
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Paul ENHANCE Elevator notice: "Hippopotami Allowed? Never!" Consequently elevator starts to lift (7)
Raise each nine, not one inappropriately (7)
Better to spray henna on coarse skin (7)
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26876
Paul OUTPOST Letters processed, but settlement far off (7)
Letters dealt with, you might say, in remote settlement (7)
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Paul PSST Listen, there's more to say, by the way (4)
Final note way over here! (4)
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Paul GRAVE To be lying here, it's serious! (5)
Stiff in one's hole? (11)
Using 22 across 26, I'm not quick if my name's on it! (10)
Serious plot (5)
See 14
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Paul HIBACHI Barbie featured in "Hello" with famous musician for one (7)
Japanese cooker hot with vital energy, one degree higher (7)
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Paul PISTOL I start to panic over something drawn on the turn, duelling weapon? (6)
Gun first seized by force, not half! (6)
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Paul AIRBRUSH Bit of a fox on song as features editor (8)
One wearing women's clothing turning up, then hurry to conceal defects (8)
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Paul HANGOVER House arrests good for headbanger? (8)
Housebound granny's initial regret after a few sherries? (8)
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Paul CHESTERTON Following case, the Guardian's in Paris backing writer (10)
Box clever in the end, entering school as writer (10)
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Paul STAG Deer with short leg (4)
Man taking up arms (4)
4 with arms raised (4)
Second name for male (4)
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Paul ABOARD A poet penning nothing on a ship (6)
A poet entertaining circle on a ship (6)
A council carried in the main (6)
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Paul CAMP Temporary settlement affected (4)
Comeuppance for Theresa May and a Conservative party (4)
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Paul AGUE Ill defined? Ill-defined a non-starter (4)
Fit for party leader? The leader has been deposed (4)
Fit bloke shortly entering hospital department? (4)
Illness difficult to diagnose with head chopped off (4)
Ex-Tory leader losing head in fit (4)
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Paul RATE Give a rocket speed (4)
See 25
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Paul DROP A taste of relegation (4)
Cut a dash (4)
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Paul AMOUR Love finds itself in a drink knocked back (5)
University in foreign capital, contrary affair (5)
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Paul JUNEAU The capital of a US state? Have you any idea, roughly speaking? (6)
So to speak, are you familiar with Alaska's capital? (6)
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Paul GRAPHITE Fruit containing smashed mineral (8)
Lead in pencil I gather erroneous — this the stuff? (8)
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Paul CUCKOO Bird taken out to lunch? (6)
One flying round the bend (6)
See 25
Mad flier (6)
Barmy notice that may be 17? (6,5)
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Paul ADVICE Commercial weakness elicits recommendation (6)
Notice depravity in suggestion (6)
Hint of Saatchi and Saatchi product, depravity (6)
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Paul DAHLIA Flower in trouble had to be pulled up (6)
Bucket creator, one with a flower (6)
Creator of elephants with elongated legs admitting height a bloomer (6)
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Paul ERRAND Slip and run it (6)
Blunder with job (6)
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Paul LATE Dead and the rest raised (4)
Gone, though still to come? (4)
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Paul KITE Flier in park I tested (4)
High-flyer in gear change, finally (4)
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Paul PANDA Secretary's individual letters, one in black and white? (5)
Secretary's letters in 17 19 down (5)
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Paul CASANOVA Spain so regularly occupies its wine lover (8)
Generous sperm donor ’as preserved eggs (8)
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Paul PERFUME Smell appears strong during drink, in by-product of drinking (7)
Smell strong in spirit, plugging leak (7)
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Paul SEWAGE Waste comic picture frames? (6)
Amount of money earned in the City? That stinks! (6)
Waste time on tack (6)
Waste picture, framing comic (6)
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Paul FROG French try to stand up one they've made legless? (4)
See 23
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Paul ANXIETY Exit in a tizzy amid a bit of concern (7)
Distress seen, whoever seizes revolving exit (7)
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Paul STICKLER One noting details finds shilling on Ken Dodd? (8)
Label outlining conclusion of anal pedant (8)
Perfectionist, model ultimately wearing label (8)
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Paul SNUG Pub room where those with barrels rolling (4)
Arms up, tucked up (4)
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Paul TISSUE Paper towels initially put out (6)
Last of plant matter, organic material (6)
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Paul BOOB Mistake that may be reversed? (4)
Error on the Tube, perhaps? (4)
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Paul SEALINGWAX What may bring the roof down for the audience gets closer for a writer? (7,3)
Preparation for documents once Spooner's transporting luggage (7,3)
London borough (West) cuts instrument for joiner (7,3)
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Paul ARMPIT Hollow sculpture, perhaps, encapsulating a reflection of the early afternoon? (6)
A non-U low-down location - it is a depressed area (6)
Might it prove hairy having to equip mine? (6)
Hollow suggestion male artist brought up (6)
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Paul WHISTLE Tricky game? The French blow it (7)
See 3
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Paul EMENDED Pieces entered indeed wrongly should be edited (7)
Changed 'em over (7)
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Paul DRAFT Sketch with loud oath put about (5)
Right to puncture preposterous plan (5)
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Paul NANKEEN Elderly relative cutting cloth (7)
Senior lady cutting fabric (7)
Grandad not bothered, but ___: it's material (7)
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Paul MOTOWN Run down by a car: about to get a record of Detroit? (6)
Backing singer Jones has personal musical style (6)
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Paul STANDUP Don't show comic entertainment on stage (5-2)
Leave a date waiting to become erect (5,2)
Model also interrupting drink, don't show for date (5,2)
Opinion raised - don't take one seriously! (5-2)
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Paul ANGORA Welsh or Irish town missing introduction to a yarn (6)
Possible 1 in African country given change of direction (6)
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Paul MOTHERHOOD Maternity experience reveals feelings about different hospital (10)
What keeps mum awake at night? Second husband in sulk (10)
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Paul NODDY Children's favourite teacher turns up with empty diary (5)
Children's character funny, in a state (5)
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Paul FEWEST Partners to ram into newspaper at least (6)
Four, minus our two points, equals the bottom number (6)
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Paul SNEAKER One moving stealthily on foot in America (7)
Creeper, one going on foot (7)
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Paul ASTER Gaul, having lost 9, makes bloomer (5)
One's blooming rates out of order! (5)
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Paul PLANTAIN Insect filling type of chocolate banana (8)
Insect penetrating what sounds like 27 fruit (8)
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Paul USER The Guardian and the Queen are sort of friendly? (4)
Druggie into Jailhouse Rock (4)
Druggie's democratic or republican monarch? (4)
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Paul SCAREDYCAT Chicken appeared tender stuffed into tree, needing no more temperature (7-3)
A mouse of a pussy? (7-3)
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Paul VERSACE Partner of vice, church designer (7)
Fashion icon, with some poetry, catching a cold (7)
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Paul INDIA Taking into account every capital, if New Delhi is anyone's, it's mine! (5)
Country is now delivering immensely accomplished leaders (5)
Land essential to find, I assume (5)
Large percentage of mankind I assume here? (5)
Country needing Gandhi right away (5)
Nation in plan to lose weight (5)
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Paul STRAIGHT Neat hand (8)
Honest hand? (8)
Frank, no mixer (8)
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Paul BALLERINA British, then French, go in with a woman of elegance (9)
Party coming up, I learn moves to become a dancer (9)
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Paul FIRE Sort of escape from sack (4)
US emergency vehicle's worry with individual trapped, fight ensuing (4,5)
Incendiary device, Spooner's 25 15? (4,7)
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Paul TAVERN Local clergyman turns up in brown (6)
13 holds Cluedo's Green up in the "Green Man", perhaps (6)
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Paul TAMBOURINE One's shaken given leak from ANC's 9? (10)
Former ANC president, wee thing shaken (10)
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Paul IDES Time for someone stabbed in the back to accept end of tenure! (4)
'oles up when Caesar was passing? (4)
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Paul NEUROSIS Some 1,000,000 I sense providing anxiety (8)
Emotional disorder ending in Britain with relative in Brussels? (8)
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Paul OBSCENE Rude boy nearly sent back for tantrum (7)
Dirty old Italian well blocked with odd bits of sock (7)
Pornographic sequence filmed away from the studio? (7)
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Paul DISRAELI Guide's statement reversed about one's king and prime minister (8)
A certain Benjamin's daughter, Netanyahu, perhaps (8)
Democratic leader, national leader once (8)
Old statesman is taking regular slices of bread into shop (8)
Begin as he was under leadership of Danish PM (8)
Germany needs a national prime minister (8)
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Paul PATE Nut spread (4)
Head for the starter (4)
Nut spread (4)
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Paul GELATO Try to conceal lie, coming over as sweet (6)
A stocking-filler turning to ice (6)
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Paul PAWN Feel pain, ultimately, as a man (4)
Little man's tool (4)
The man from UNCLE? (4)
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Paul CRACKPOT Opening vessel, one's unhinged (8)
Impractical brain-warping couple? (8)
Snooker champion might possibly be described as a nutter (8)
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Paul OLIVE OBE for tree! (5)
Tree yielding oil prim­arily, as it happens (5)
Second in poll, potentially shocking for green (5)
Duck has to be green (5)
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Paul ELAPSE Pass please, if unsure (6)
Pass couple at rear of chancel going on to end of church (6)
Pass by instead crossing a pawn (6)
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Paul DRYDEN 7's retreat unlike pub? (6)
Poet's boring to study (6)
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Paul LACORUNA US city company managed to overcome a Spanish city (2,6)
Port ruining our canal (2,6)
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Paul MOTION 7 in whom there's 9 (6)
See 21
Poet in whom poetry? (6)
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Paul OCARINA Aaron Copland's first composition involves one instrument (7)
Award pointless in a musical instrument (7)
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Paul POETRY American who wrote score for work of 7 (6)
US author has to hear literary work (6)
Writer has to test his work? (6)
Writer gets to attempt creative writing (6)
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Paul REGISTEREDNURSE Surgeries' tender, qualified as medical worker (10,5)
Worker often seen wearing blue, red, green and russet, I suspect (10,5)
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Paul ORIFICE Hole provided between gold and diamonds (7)
Hole that's round when poking food (7)
Zero food required, provided plugs hole (7)
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Paul ORANGE See 23
What's round and called "tangerine", ultimately? (6)
House in the shade (6)
House has old cooker (6)
Fruit, simian ecstasy (6)
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Paul CASTELLAN Keeper of a fortress, having tinned beer? (9)
Keeper of fortification filling tin with lager (9)
Keep governor with tinned lager? (9)
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Paul CRIMEANWAR Air crewman prepared for action once (7,3)
Conflict right — let me explain: wife interfering with estate, possibly? (7,3)
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Paul GORGEOUS See 17
See 8
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Paul TEAFORTWO Old number eight's heel on loose footwear (3,3,3)
Weak lifts around a strong building, taking old, old air (3,3,3)
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Paul AMUSED Victoria was not Posh Spice initially (synthetically made exterior) (6)
PM still available? Victoria was not (6)
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Paul ELECTION What's put up right to left where right, left and centre put up? (8)
Process involving choice when leaderless (8)
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Paul MIST Autumn weather yearned for, say (4)
Veil passed over by the ears (4)
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Paul SONINLAW Relative with child in Spain entering non-English principality sent back (3-2-3)
Relative observes second showing at Hollywood? Western? (3-2-3)
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Paul ADRIATIC Detail both a weed and a parasite in sea (8)
Sea a tad icy in reality, starts out cold (8)
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Paul LOOSE Free waste, nothing bagged (5)
Promiscuous monk, you say? Don't trust him (5,6)
Abandoned ship's first to enter West Country town (5)
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Paul LOWDOWN Contemptible information (3-4)
Sordid details (7)
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Paul ZANIEST An individual smothered in relish, most comical (7)
Liquorice flavouring (seedless) in relish, most nutty (7)
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Paul HOUSE Orange, say, ending on purplish flower (5)
Place for bingo (5)
Star sign's exclamation at lottery win (5)
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Paul SEAWALL Main barrier to close with legislation upheld (3,4)
Main restriction virtually absent in trade (3,4)
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Paul CYST Rotten bag - remove it from urban thoroughfare (4)
Growth starts to tell, seeing your carnations coming up (4)
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Paul LEEWAY Margin of error in general practice (6)
Place to host up-and-coming little play (6)
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Paul SHOETREE Fantastic to see her fitter for Oxford? (8)
So there's misshapen toe in brogue — try this? (4,4)
Stretcher made of sandalwood? (8)
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Paul RATTAT Knock what the discerning vermin wouldn't buy? (3-3)
Cad to refuse evidence of 17s? (3-3)
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Paul TRAPPIST Quiet man requesting first of tankards, don't gulp it all up? (8)
Mouth most unfortunately opening a shade — though his shut? (8,4)
One promising to keep mum permanently in gin, drunk by the sound of it? (8)
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Paul ABLESEAMAN From the south, identifies 26's isle, welcoming in a sailor (4,6)
As a male, be all at sea with name for sailor (4,6)
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Paul SNAP Go to pieces in card game (4)
Crack shot (4)
Break in game (4)
Game - lose it (4)
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Paul CRIBBAGE Card game with bone (not one), behind bone in arrangement of those bones? (8)
Game reserve is breeding buffalo, originally in captivity? (8)
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Paul SPONSOR Carrying poles, trail back (7)
Game allies in trail to get back (7)
Second team invested in poxy finance (7)
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Paul YUCATAN Did you hear, I'm repulsed by the sight of a sunbather in Mexican state? (7)
Mexican state currency protecting the queen, say (7)
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Paul OCCUPY Fill vessel among others containing yummy starters (6)
Fill old vessel in cemetery that's empty (6)
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Paul LINNET Bird thrashing about (6)
Bird's fifty goals scored? (6)
Bird's heavy defeat overturned (6)
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Paul BODICE Those spotted behind bushes, office heads in women's clothing (6)
A lack of items spotted on black undergarment (6)
Part of a dress cut into pieces — that's beyond a stinker! (6)
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Paul RESERVE A further time, deliver book (7)
Book store (7)
Hold on to propriety (7)
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Paul INCENSE The smell of anger? (7)
Provoke with smoke (7)
Anger which is fuming? (7)
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Paul CARBON Element withdrawing support in party (6)
One driven to have hip operations given worrying discharge (6,9)
Beefy type I'd seen by the beach kept in mind, but no source of inspiration (6,7)
Element, caught in the old feminist style, when retreating (6)
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Paul SIDEON Relative to face Edison invention (4-2)
Invention of Edison taken from a 90° angle (4-2)
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Paul FREE Support turns in lower capital (8)
Available, some beer freshly served up (4)
Maverick offering drinks on the house? (4,6)
"Release the Whitechapel Three" ... (4)
Complimentary, as a run-down battery, say? (4,2,6)
£0.00 charge — about right? (4)
Bohemian Welshman, tear arising in suit (4,6)
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Paul TOWN See 15 and 19
Won't put right settlement (4)
Settlement to beat North/South divides (8)
Go to it unsparingly, with nowt taken out (4)
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Paul PASSIM Throughout lap, I'm following (6)
Skip a page turned over, referred to many times (6)
Overtake on motorway, reversing here and there (6)
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Paul MORNINGTON Bewildering terms not concerning its players? (10,8)
Fixed terms not concerning this 2 17 (10,8)
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Paul IRISH Setter may be hard at the end of the rainbow (5)
Murdoch to her last, as she was born? (5)
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Paul UNDERPANTS Where member held vacant seat, nun and padre distraught (10)
Garment breathes too little if worn out? (10)
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Paul ABSTAIN Refuse sat festering in a refuse container (7)
Don't vote with a black mark (7)
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Paul TOPKNOT Bow in Peking oddly during minor blast (7)
Bird underneath cup lifted in style overhead (7)
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Paul EUCALYPTI Examples of antipodean growth in European Union state: awful pity (9)
Trees from English city arranged with Paul (9)
English city Paul built for Australian natives (9)
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Paul ARTISAN Craftsman's prejudiced when penniless (7)
Craftsman leaning one way, cap off (7)
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Paul FAGGOTS Meatballs acquired among Embassy's wares (7)
Meatballs bought in packs of twenty? (7)
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Paul ICESHEETS Cheesiest confection has frozen layers (3,6)
Frozen layers, which may be cheesiest (3,6)
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Paul MONSTER Massive body of mum on steroids (7)
See 17
Tremendous battle, lost cause, never ends (7)
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Paul WHOPPING Press here, say, for 6 down (8)
Big hitting (8)
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Paul IMPATIENCE This compiler's game, which is not virtuous? (10)
Frustration, as Bunthorne's bride introduces herself (10)
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Paul TYPHUS So carrying male chromosome, pressure on to find disease (6)
Disease like that restricts young people for starters (6)
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Paul COLOSSAL 6 down's disappearance into the black stuff (8)
Great pass, catcher on the turn (8)
Great sacrifice in Thatcher's bête noire? (8)
Mammoth found death among the black stuff (8)
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Paul CORNEA Wow! Not entirely trim, but bit of a looker (6)
Bit of a looker — worse puns are so pronounced (6)
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Paul CAPOTE Author has books in head (6)
See 3
See 27
Cloak in luggage to pack up (6)
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Paul TIER Cat gutted, which is rank (4)
One joining the bank (4)
13 drop down the face, piece of cake? (4)
Row in which cat's gutted (4)
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Paul ECHO Mirror essential to the choreography (4)
Each hoop, but only every other ring (4)
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Paul WIMP Wuss, political singer of Jerusalem (4)
Read in this how I'm pusillanimous! (4)
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Paul LEPER Knock over reject who's shunned (5)
One advised to look, first rejecting a rejected person (5)
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Paul RABBI Religious teacher docking tail of animal (5)
Religious official, Potter's Pete? (5)
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Paul MANHATTAN Hand on lid on brown cocktail (9)
Cocktail that's mixed in later, though not finished (9)
Isle that could be an alcoholic drink (9)
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Paul GLOOMY Dark gymslips covering the ladies, perhaps? (6)
Number one from George, John and Paul's dismal (6)
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Paul BUCK Dollar leap (4)
US car, one abandoned, ridiculously cheap for an American? (4)
Resist male (4)
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Paul LEGO Set up zero bricks (4)
Heartless, release bricks (4)
Bricks I placed under base of wall (4)
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Paul TOECAP Part of a boot to step around (6)
Part of boot required to step backwards (6)
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Paul AIRPORT JFK, perhaps, bearing left (7)
See 1
Character left for holiday destination (7)
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Paul MINUTE A hand points to it, as virtually imperceptible (6)
Speechless carrying in dwarf (6)
See 24
Little more than a few 19s (6)
Chopin's Dwarf? Disney's, we hear (6,5)
Time light years away, stars appear so? (6)
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Paul TABLEWINE Drink expert bound with string (5,4)
Drink wasted in cutting distribution of tea (5,4)
Standard tipple squandered, one put in neat rum (5,4)
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Paul TONGA Islands with some halfwit on ganja (5)
Tango dancing in Polynesia? (5)
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Paul LOCKJAW Rugby player's given talk, which is painful (7)
...or hair on chin (7)
Spooner describes what comes out of the Scottish Parliament as a disease (7)
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Paul CONCIERGE No time for devious, egocentric caretaker (9)
One entering contracted agreement, gate's opening and closing for doorkeeper (9)
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Paul THANKYOU Short trip round square pocketed as grateful recognition (5,3)
Emotional Oscar winner's requirement in churning out briefest of acceptance speeches? (5,3)
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Paul THESAURI References can be seen by everyone wearing the Asian garment (8)
With article to address in India, it's said, securing university reference books (8)
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Paul ISLE Man, say, offering yarn with no introduction (4)
Man possibly lives, if removed from life (4)
Around lake, river from swell disconnected land (4)
To say it's landlocked is somewhat misleading? (4)
Separate land blocking entrance to passage (4)
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Paul ESSENCE Community head: e's sent round for basic thing (7)
Teacher regularly catching head turning, concentrate (7)
Conservative extremes attached to German city in principle (7)
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Paul IODINE I like, regularly, to embrace God (6)
Gourmet's comment about oxygen, as element (6)
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Paul EDDY Current craze, mad fad thankfully ends (4)
Spin the head off the donkey (4)
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Paul WINECELLAR With half-scrubbed cleaner recycling bottles left for bottle bank? (4,6)
Loudly complain, rep plonked contents here? (4,6)
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Paul PEPPERONI Sausage that's very soft embraced by cooking pioneer (9)
Topping spirit shown by leaders of Argentina and Italy (9)
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Paul PADDOCK Field cut alongside home (7)
Crop to the east of flat field (7)
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Paul LIMPET Devil beset by hindrance, a sucker (6)
Weak character from outer space, a Klingon, as 13? (6)
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Paul GOUACHE Posh part of India's smothered with red paint (7)
Paint cheese without semicircle, half of cheese (7)
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Paul HOODOO Hex and its heading with nine semicircles? (6)
Gangster ducks bad luck (6)
Misfortune of criminal rings (6)
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Paul NONSENSE Stupidity, as partners stop briefly to punch hooter (8)
Nothing goes into seven quarters? I disagree! (8)
A number of points about love's absurdity (8)
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Paul ENLIST Over the way, priest welcoming new recruit (6)
Join up final parts of the television series (6)
Join up lines around triangle at first (6)
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Paul BRANDO See 25 (6)
See 2 (6)
Actor Bardot's odd characters? (6)
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Paul BELT See 24
See 9
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Paul SISKIN Finch with female relative and others (6)
Bird with runner sliding into iniquity (6)
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Paul POSSUM Aussie native sees Ashes rival clasping vessel, foremost of urns (6)
Aussie native takes vessel with uranium to inject into sporting rival? (6)
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Paul ODESSA Port, after lid removed, passed round the wrong way (6)
Port - it's offered after tributes (6)
Port some passed on the wrong way (6)
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Paul NERVES Anxiety shown by figure returning to collect mother, finally (6)
Number about to enter river, getting cold feet (6)
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Paul INCA Ancient vessel avoiding the banks (4)
Old South American driving endlessly? (4)
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Paul ODOURLESS 23's line in poem, "The Ship", inoffensive (9)
Fresh euros sold out (9)
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Paul SNIFTER Tipple offered as Batman finally snared by the Riddler? (7)
Leads written up about paper that's shot (7)
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Paul HOURGLASS Porker scoffing curry regularly, girl with such a timely figure? (9)
Sort of rough woman describing a desirable figure (9)
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Paul KAYO Old Tibetan native knocked over, bringing end to fight (4)
Punched by right hand of Dempsey, strong thing felled — end of fight! (4)
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Paul SECRETE Bury on southeast island (7)
Empty space on island to hide (7)
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Paul SUCCOTASH Dish of the type mentioned earlier, including fishy tacos (9)
Like to eat something for a baby, like stew (9)
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Paul MERINO Speller missing out "L" given lowest mark - 8 thing (6)
Sheep farmer in ovine shackles (6)
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Paul SWELL Super-balloon (5)
Wonderful to expand (5)
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Paul HEATHROW Departures from here, where arrivals expect to be late if leader changes (8)
Old Tory contention, where migrants may be entering Britain (8)
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Paul COXSWAIN Copper stealing kiss was mistaken for crew member (8)
Neighbour to stroke cow is an eccentric accepting kiss (8)
Ten was poorly invested in money for boater (8)
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Paul OSAMA Who's after Bush, given the Second Amendment? His running mate's secured northern state; so who's Bush after? (5,3,5)
Into which Xhosa marquetry has been laden, roughly speaking (5)
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Paul RAMBO Macho character having to stuff bouquet under arm (5)
Muscular hero has hit on reason to take bath? (5)
Male bodybuilder ostensibly starts to become a he-man (5)
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Paul SAWHORSE Observed drug deal resting on this? (8)
As retired woman bought, investing shilling, deal secured on it? (8)
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Paul BANANAS Fruity work of 23 10 (7)
... or in hands (7)
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Paul NECKTIE Make out match for formal wear (7)
Formal requirement to kiss, given relationship (7)
One done up like a kipper? (7)
Hanger-on collared, having kissed the first person to speak? (7)
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Paul ADHERE Tortured head on stick (6)
Pickled head on stick (6)
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Paul FORTYTWO Government department overseeing redeployment of Tory wet, gutless figure (5-3)
Strong position taken over wife accessing flexible toy, as Adams' comprehensive solution (5-3)
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Paul EYEWASH "English trees" provides solution (7)
A solution that's nonsense? (7)
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Paul OESOPHAGI Tubes replacing spaghetti with hoops instead of squares (9)
"May I have your attention" admits false hope with gas pipes (9)
Tubes out of shape, I go beyond circle (9)
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Paul THEFT Bankers' daily crime? (5)
Taking issue with shares figures? (5)
Taking something of the land, leaving area (5)
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Paul LIBIDO Urge one to divide parties (6)
Might this drive you when single to gatecrash parties? (6)
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Paul SPINELESS 5 like crabs, worms and insects, say? (9)
Chicken partially boned? (9)
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Paul RENAL Name set in concrete of waste processor (5)
Path right back from an organ (5)
Describing organs way up under base of liver (5)
Attached to an organ, right way up (5)
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Paul PRIMULA Circling the border, there's me dropping a plant (7)
Flower border occupies me, with minor adjustment? (7)
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Paul RACING See 2
Being a contender, Bill boxing? (6)
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Paul HIATUS Break in success touring capital in Africa and America (6)
Break hearts in this way, splitting trousers (6)
America on strike over a rift (6)
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Paul EGGHEAD Boffin Bill after something composed of yellow and white, gas (7)
Einstein's old oath about butter somewhat lost (7)
Mastermind finds something laid by cape (7)
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Paul WIND Turn and go up 1 across (9)
House virtually collapsing, knackered roofs, one lifted in the breeze (8)
See 12
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Paul RABBIT Multiple breeder has to go on incessantly (6)
Meaty conversation? (6)
See 14
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Paul FENDER Session on guitar a minor hit on the road in America (6-6)
Infer object is a fireside frame (6)
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Paul CHEVALIER Brave soldier shunned amid shout of encouragement for knight (9)
French singer, singer keeping alive, surprisingly (9)
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Paul UNCOOL Square warm then? (6)
Pawnbroker endlessly keeping rings out (6)
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Paul PLATOON Group of men taking philosopher on (7)
Founder of the Academy broadcasting 14 (1986) (7)
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Paul CIRCLE … or another, with bad speller introducing L (6)
O for a group of friends, perhaps? (6)
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Paul PUMICE Mini half off, in the pink as scrubber (6)
Scrubber turns up with quiet types (6)
Scrubber blushing deeply, I'm held face down (6)
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Paul NEWCASTLE Recently married man, outfit in black and white (9,6)
Freshman in the city (9)
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Paul BEVY Group of girls drink (4)
A lot of girls drink! (4)
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Paul NEAT Cool without water etc (4)
Smart to listen to Holy Spirit? (4)
Straight into 9, a 3 (4)
Unwatered cattle (4)
... minus 550, or lower? (4)
Straight part of routine a triumph (4)
Straight for the bull (4)
Cool without a splash? (4)
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Paul ARMAGEDDON A dictator finally gone mad, end of world catastrophically? (10)
"_______ outta here!" It's war! (10)
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Paul HOTAIR Wind thatch around books (3,3)
Musical books contained bunkum (3,3)
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Paul MAJOR Important, as PM once was (5)
Sticky situation backing non-extremist Tory PM (5)
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Paul ALIEN Possible description of one in Mali, Englishman? (5)
Being possibly two-faced, four-eyed, spotty and legless makes a boy upset (5)
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Paul POINT Indicate reason (5)
Direct to a specific location (5)
See 7
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Paul HUMOUR See 8
Liquid spirits (6)
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Paul NIJINSKY Dancer, curse not quite lifted, elected to put on blue (8)
Dancer Jack, in spinning, held high? (8)
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Paul ARMY Host certainly not leggy? (4)
Vast number mad, losing head (4)
Topless mad host (4)
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Paul FLAMINGO Red duck, which is neither red nor a duck (8)
Bird wants hot love (8)
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Paul NEVER Certainly not close to autumn, the night before last in summer (5)
Struggling after heavy meal? Nice? No! Turn to dietary wisdom from … (5,3,4,4,3,3,4)
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Paul IMMODEST Major way up, two ways forward (8)
Bold fashion seen through swirling mist (8)
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Paul TYPO Mistake reporting Italian river in Bangkok? (4)
Once called the universal doner, reportedly a mistake (4)
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Paul EGG See 18
Encourage - say "good" (3)
Start of life the big bang, all conclude (3)
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Paul SINISTER Left in dark (8)
Evil in punching nun (8)
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Paul MANIFESTO Pre-election promises make some faint (9)
More jobs, less tax, better services - same (if not radical) (9)
Chairman maintains order of finest declaration (9)
Provided accepted by House, chairman welcomes published statement of intent (9)
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Paul FIREDOG Remove setter from job, as would stand to be outspoken? (7)
Stand by the flames, one flaming in the mist (7)
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Paul ELEMENT Fire, perhaps, as heater (7)
Water, perhaps, that's in a kettle (7)
Factor when last in race, fast catching me (7)
Part water, perhaps? (7)
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Paul MATURE See 20 (6)
Victor acting like a grown-up? (6)
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Paul ASHORE A pommel horse on terra firma (6)
A mule, say, carrying king on the beach (6)
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Paul OVULATION Woman's release brings show of approval around middle of July (9)
I appreciate that, darling, nothing turns one on - it happens once a month! (9)
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Paul NUDIBRANCH Back horse with one limb, "Sea Slug" (10)
Sea slug with one brown back limb (10)
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Paul BUMFLUFF Sight of adolescent boy's face, unfortunate mistake! (8)
Useless gaffe that's faced by pubertal boys? (8)
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Paul COMIC Funny issue of clown losing rear end touring motorway (5)
Joker somewhat caustic, I'm occasionally contrary (5)
Kindness ultimately lacking in vast wit (5)
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Paul BUTTERUP Flatter bottom, straight back! (6,2)
Having lost semicircular shape, flower is flatter (6,2)
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Paul DOUBLEJOINTED Given large drink and a spliff, journalist can twist your arm? (6-7)
Luddite, one with job in peril, surprisingly flexible? (6-7)
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Paul JAZZ Stuff and nonsense noted? (4)
Irregular notes, given European agreement, sound in the House of Lords? (4)
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Paul SWEATPANTS Gear to change as went past (10)
Attire for an athlete wasn't a step out of place (10)
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Paul CHARLTON Athletic man's weight behind gun lobby? (8,6)
Nos 5 and 9 - team (8)
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Paul OAST Oven grill's surface wiped (4)
Cook won't open oven (4)
Oven meal, but no starter (4)
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Paul CLEAVE Stick to crack (6)
Remain faithful in divorce (6)
Split second in Scotland, then split! (6)
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Paul ABITTHICK Somewhat like 1 down? That's too much (1,3,5)
Not quite clever enough — or too much? (1,3,5)
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Paul SKIMPY Suggesting not much on television, bad boy interrupts (6)
Brief novel penned by fifth columnist (6)
Short girl eaten by mole (6)
Perhaps Bond girl accepted her outfit should be so? (6)
Inadequate to see Philby infiltrating himself? (6)
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Paul MALEFIC False claim about electoral fraud starts to get nasty (7)
File corrupted in computer — that's pernicious (7)
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Paul SCALE See 11
See 18
See 1
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Paul CEREBRUM Forward thinker wants to cover Midlands city with wax? (8)
Cold beer, duff drink for the brain (8)
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Paul SCOTSMAN Intent look most represented in Mac (8)
Burns most mixture in pan (8)
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Paul DONKEY Fool reciting 11 and 25 after this in book? (6)
See 1 across
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Paul MANDARIN Fruit in millions of mouths (8)
Segmented language? (8)
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Paul BIRDIE Albatross or eagle? Yes and no (6)
... as a parrot, perhaps (6)
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Paul TRANSEPT Month after one thrown from vehicle, find wing in church (8)
Tern gets past flapping wing (8)
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Paul BEHIND See 15
See 19
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Paul MUMMY Preserved body, something to keep well! (5)
Relatively speaking, one's kept under wraps (5)
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Paul GRANGE Managed raising farm produce around the farmhouse (6)
Farm managed to divide farm produce the wrong way (6)
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Paul CUPPA Old man after a drop of cream with high tea (5)
Brew some magic up, Pasquale! (5)
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Paul BRANDY Kind granny's ultimate drink (6)
Warming drink that's black and hot (6)
Warmer? B*** hot! (6)
Seasonal fare connecting Blitzen's head with rutting stag? (6,6)
Mark Antony's extreme spirit (6)
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Paul USURER He demands much interest where American river runs (6)
Shark offering menu without humans more reliable (6)
One demanding much interest in university, more reliable (6)
He may be a loan shark ___ but is it me who's less certain? (6)
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Paul TWIG Finally get a bit of wood (4)
See 19
Understand it's sticky? (4)
Suddenly get something sticky? (4)
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Paul REV Vicar's cycle (3)
Flipping, flipping short clergyman (3)
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Paul LAMPOONS Satirical pieces producing whack on nose sent back (8)
Ridicules a politician with nothing on amid libidinous extremes (8)
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Paul HOTSPUR See 15
Hard, Proust, funny old comic (7)
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Paul TIMBER Watch, entering black wood (6)
European river drowning many trees (6)
Feller's call to take leadership from merchant bankers in Bank (6)
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Paul NOEL Season with dash of rocambole once turned over (4)
Christmas prize giver, gutted (4)
Present time for heartless book (4)
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Paul SIRIUS Initiation of screen goddess captivates you, seeing 16 across (6)
13's creation - star seemingly eclipsed? (6,5)
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Paul USELESS Save more pants! (7)
Former tennis champion in America, inept (7)
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Paul CASTRATED Players given value — done (9)
Actors awarded stars? Done! (9)
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Paul SPACESUIT In which Armstrong inspired, opening hearts, perhaps (9)
NASA equipment's opening action (9)
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Paul HARLOTRY Love for sale, a great deal secured by prince (8)
Unprincipled behaviour of women, prince snaffling them all (8)
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Paul TOKYO Play about king having nothing as capital (5)
Country's capital city its old capital has moved to (5)
Capital overly protecting the state (5)
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Paul HALF Break in end of paragraph where N-Z found to include L (4,4)
Clue about little boy, quiet little chap? (4-4)
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Paul RAKISH Dashing from shark at sea, one getting caught (6)
Dissolute king half consumed by evidence of herpes? (6)
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Paul ODDBALL Weirdo gets the occasional dance (7)
Stuttering Labour Party returned misfit (7)
Freak has the occasional party (7)
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Paul ESCAPISM English trick holding drink up, fantastic diversion (8)
Fantasy with English piano is carried by fiddle (8)
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Paul SWAHILI Tongue is holding fruit up with half of lips (7)
Howl biting hard into middle of lopsided tongue (7)
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Paul SAILORSUIT Popeye with claim on Donald Duck? (6,4)
Nautical fashion nice girl's love on the quarterdeck? (6,4)
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Paul ANNUAL Skim book containing name for another book (6)
Void binding for a book (6)
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Paul DEEJAY Music player giving flower to bird (6)
Bird going after runner, hit player (6)
Music player taking bird alongside river (6)
River bird hit player (6)
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Paul ITALICISED What idealistic is — as it's fanciful? (10)
Idealistic not right — but leaning that way? (10)
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Paul GREASY Gorilla biting bottom of Britney Spears going ape in cafe (6,5)
Fatty piece of cake found under girl, oddly (6)
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Paul HAVE Unfortunately, trebly hard after forty, so I've to be considering alternative priorities (4,5,4,2,3)
Play totally dominant role, as might a cannibal at breakfast time? (4,7,2,5)
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Paul HOTWATER Resorting to the war, there's trouble getting into it (3,5)
Unpleasant person in gardener, perhaps, in trouble when in this? (3,5)
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Paul DELI Shop somewhere in 23, say? (4)
I was in the van, going up to the shop (4)
Indian city formerly said to provide food (4)
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Paul LIEDOWN Take it easy, if copyright of song is yours! (3,4)
With private on song, go to bed (3,4)
Rest of song now wrong (3,4)
Concede song not plagiarised? (3,4)
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Paul TUBING Pipes to discard in small vessel (6)
Yank about to dispose of pipes (6)
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Paul RIPSAW Six-footer, Irish, lifted tool (6)
Tool putting inscription on tombstone, a motto (6)
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Paul INDY 500 minute laps? Time must come off for motor race (4)
Popular daily, vacuous newspaper in short? (4)
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Paul TONIGHT See 10
Hot drink raised in a bit of whisky this evening (7)
See 24 across
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Paul HILL See 2
See 5 (4)
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Paul ERGO Thus a little progress on the climb (4)
So the hideous thing's erect (4)
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Paul ELFIN The Spanish and French end could be spritely? (5)
In Spain, the goal appears delicate (5)
Charming and delicate female seen in reflection of river (5)
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Paul TRAP See 1
Gin finds the mouth (4)
Go up, 22 20 (4)
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Paul WHIST Small amount required to secure second 24 (5)
A little bit needed to secure second game (5)
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Paul IDLER Every so often, find old queen for drone (5)
Sloth offering some squirrel dinner, as sloth sleeps? (5)
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Paul SHOPLIFTER Petty criminal pilfers hot rolls (10)
Criminal, one moving quickly to catch police out having hidden diamonds (10)
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Paul TWENTY Score demanded in this game (6,9)
Figure covered in paint went yellow (6)
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Paul ARTHUR Monarch — a king for a day (6)
Right this day in New York initially, a new, extraordinary 9 inventor (6,5)
King, king after a day (6)
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Paul CHINCHILLA Animal having possible reason for fur coat in the country (10)
4 cold in the country (10)
Feature cool on a rodent (10)
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Paul ACE One is cracking (3)
One is cracking (3)
Don't begin step one (3)
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Paul NOISETTE One group breaking record that's nutty (8)
Piece of meat stuffing baguettes, I once recalled (8)
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Paul ROUX Scrummy game involving love and kiss a basis for sauce (4)
Thickening mixture the way for French speakers (4)
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Paul CALENDAR Extreme characters in cooler maintaining bitter and twisted schedule (8)
Schedule has to advance ambition primarily, being driven? (8)
One's days are numbered (8)
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Paul OVERSIGHT Public houses lament unintentional failure (9)
Lament appearing in public, a mistake (9)
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Paul POGOSTICK On which bouncer with endless drug has to leave club (4,5)
Very good work coming up that's right for a bouncer (4,5)
Bouncer, moment after bribe taken up secreting pass (4,5)
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Paul VERBOSITY So brevity different! (9)
Manager should be cut short in truth for logorrhoea (9)
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Paul EFFLUENCE Flower border carrying disease beyond back of house (9)
Blind partner and uncle dancing merengue ultimately is filth (9)
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Paul CHOW Possible 1 for food (4)
Food, hot beef sandwiches (4)
Dog's dinner? (4)
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Paul NINJA For starters, naturally I'm nimble — Japanese assassin? (5)
Attackers thrown in jail, having been apprehended (5)
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Paul WEED Wimp relieved himself? (4)
Wet pot (4)
Wacky baccy went down the toilet? (4)
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Paul MOTORCAR Wild cormorant abandons north for roadrunner? (5,3)
Banger and second 22 across mashed (8)
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Paul KNIVES See 18 (6)
See 1
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Paul CLOSESET Idiot concealing brains but not heart, almost touching (5-3)
Fool admitting London area seen twice, not far apart (5-3)
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Paul WALK In stereo, Eisenhower in Hollywood, song by 23 24 (4,4,1,3)
See 9
Hesitate claiming Lennox's first boxing victory as an easy win (8)
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Paul ATOM One can tell automatically oxygen involved - it's basic (4)
Basic thing categorically followed by no? (4)
Particle categorically stopping short of nitrogen? (4)
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Paul PEDIGREE Exercise like dance detailed in background (8)
Crack big, but not black, with deeper descent (8)
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Paul HOTPOTATO Photo developed thanks to delicate matter (3,6)
Action regularly applied to dish creating problem for juggler? (3,6)
Contentious issue with which to juggle? (3,6)
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Paul SHEEPDIP Ticks off after this run-through? (5-3)
It's said to get you cleaner (5,3)
In which to immerse the beasts of Spooner's ocean liner? (5,3)
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Paul TOENAIL One mad dog outside that may need clipping? (7)
Zero in ten has to suffer for one in ten (7)
Extremity, one formed inside another (7)
Body part - one developed in extremity (7)
See 14
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Paul OKAYED "Gossip" about to enter dictionary, approved (6)
Funny Peter appearing in dictionary, it's granted (6)
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Paul HELLCAT Witch sees Liberal couple possessed by virtual witch (7)
Call the fishy fishwife (7)
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Paul KIBOSH Put it on to stop most of family nonsense (6)
Stop child wiping bottom on bunk (6)
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Paul PERCH Where bird found fish (5)
Fish with bird on top (5)
What a bird might do to get fish (5)
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Paul ANDIRON Stand in very warm place and decrease through heat? (7)
Stand in location that's hot and smooth (7)
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Paul SAPPHIRE County comprising a very soft stone (8)
Stone — rock perhaps describing one (8)
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Paul LEOTARD End up in fat gymnast's garment (7)
Foot part raised, carried in fat gymnast's stretcher (7)
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Paul FIRST I spill the beans, choked by surprisingly artful prisoners (5,6,8)
The rock of "rock, paper, scissors" keeps right on top (5)
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Paul POTPOURRI Amount of tea to serve, right? One scented it is (9)
Mixed bag having to serve in pit, or otherwise (9)
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Paul THREAD Unfinished article interpreted as yarn (6)
Pass through the Strand (6)
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Paul SHOT Stab, an injection (4)
Picture effort (4)
Athlete took out 9 21 (4-6)
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Paul SWORDPLAY Second double entendre, perhaps, suggests going for a slash? (9)
Fencing — ’s my sport? (9)
Ultimate in pretentiousness, crossword setter's art, the finesse of a swashbuckler (9)
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Paul FALAFEL Drop round eatery that's not starting to produce Middle Eastern food (7)
Middle East food, some not entirely in season in Georgia (7)
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Paul PICNIC Reportedly, open prison for dining out (6)
Piece of cake, perhaps, to restrict food container (6,6)
A piece of cake for eating outdoors (6)
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Paul TACKLE Get stuck into animals from behind (6)
See 12
Deal with content of briefs (6)
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Paul STABLE Light-headed individual fit, unlikely to topple over? (6)
Racehorses certainly not foaming at the mouth? (6)
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Paul BURP Rejection of local housing right wind-up! (4)
Wind-up gun? (4)
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Paul TYPE As such, the sum of all parts limited (8)
Sort features which publisher chooses (8)
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Paul TORRENT Right in letting sign, perhaps, gush (7)
Stream or river to cross (7)
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Paul AVAST A big stop! (5)
A great stop! (5)
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Paul TUBA Potato sound in the orchestra (4)
Island nation needs change of leader, blow it! (4)
Join up to make brass (4)
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Paul NAPHTHA An inverted scale that almost indicates "volatile substance" (7)
Oil pile reaches height that's laughable (7)
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Paul PEACOCK Bird to use beak set about Old Bill first (7)
Bird establishing a business in what hen does (7)
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Paul LOLITA Books in bundle missing the last book (6)
Teaser that's funny, I thank you! (6)
Book that made me laugh reaching middle of epitaph (6)
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Paul MAKO Knife initially piercing Chinese red shark (4)
Held up by hook, a monster shark (4)
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Paul DAKAR Capital of Denmark, alias that of Russia and that of Senegal (5)
Naturalist without success tours a capital in Khartoum, an African city (5)
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Paul PEWIT Bird given something to take for sex appeal (5)
Flier — something to take with it (5)
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Paul DISUSE Figure out filling to stop decay (6)
Neglect to finish touring Dixie? (6)
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Paul MEATLESS Vegetarian diet under microscope, initially (8)
Vegetarian's order is terribly late in canteen (8)
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Paul PASTRAMI Italian food about right: I'm back for more food (8)
Seasoned beef as "Armpit Stew" (8)
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Paul MACADAM Road surface touched a river from behind (7)
The Queen spoken to, having squashed rat that's driven over (7)
Round the bend a river ebbing, seeking stones on the way (7)
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Paul CONSUMMATE Couple under a hundred above sum total (10)
Very much able to cement a relationship (10)
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Paul POKERFACED Expressionless seeing something red hot, tipped over coffee (5-5)
Peek of card rendered with an appropriate countenance? (5-5)
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Paul INNUENDO Single nun's wobbly bottom love, nudge nudge, wink wink (8)
Local nude manipulated the heart of you, to give you one? (8)
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Paul NOMAD One not putting down roots, no bananas (5)
One travelling long distances will be hardly hopping! (5)
Rover never barking (5)
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Paul KORAN Puzzling question about right for sacred text (5)
Passage from paperback or another good book (5)
Unanswerable question about religious leader in holy book (5)
With punchy ending, published good book (5)
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Paul NECK Make out isthmus (4)
18 feature of kiss (4)
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Paul DINGALING Female into eating fool (4-1-4)
Girl gripped by consumption sound as a bell? (4-1-4)
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Paul INTRINSIC Preparation of ricin isn't essential (9)
Popular deception almost taking in partners, one appearing genuine (9)
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Paul OPENER Specialist with bat or jemmy, perhaps? (6)
One going in first to get key (6)
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Paul FOOL Sweet sucker (4)
Trifle with dessert (4)
Record producer finally cuts four discs in same keys, which can't fail (9)
Sweet ass (4)
Take in dessert (4)
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Paul IRAN I fled 26 neighbour (4)
Scaredy-cat's admission to the country (4)
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Paul PLUMB Second fruit? Exactly (5)
In sound, the perfect thing is to test depth (5)
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Paul ADAMSALE Where you might have bought your mother a non-alcoholic drink (5,3)
Where, perhaps, to buy a barrier for water (5,3)
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Paul THOROUGH Comprehensive school's centre in depression (8)
Total, however, approximate (8)
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Paul CARPEDIEM Little money invested in Medicare, unfortunately, so live for today! (5,4)
Record moving up into top 1,000 — It's Now Or Never (5,4)
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Paul TARSI Number of ankle parts is, one might tell, rising (5)
Iodine applied to sailors' bones (5)
Groups of bones in this ratio passed to the left (5)
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Paul BONE See 12
Hard thing to get live screening working (4)
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Paul MICHAEL See 7
Paul's set up drink, then game wrapped in fruit, but no starter for 26 9 (7,7)
Right man who had miracle transformation? (7,6)
Leading Tory: "I have come last in poll, schooling ultimately a fiasco" (7,4)
Person admitting failing, hence turning round (7,8)
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Paul UTTER Unqualified, say (5)
Say it's complete (5)
Blurt out rank (5)
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Paul VAMPIREBAT Siren's given Fury stick, the sucker! (7,3)
Creature of the night wants it, pinching bare bum on femme fatale (7,3)
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Paul JULIET See 6
Playgirl's fiction project passed round (6)
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Paul MOHAWK Bird after doctor, seeing severe cut (6)
Brave doctor attends aggressive person (6)
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Paul TRYSTING Way to infiltrate difficult meeting in secret (8)
Policeman supports judge in meeting (8)
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Paul MUSCAT Wine, given a little time on song? One put away (6)
Port wine (6)
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Paul BUDGIE Creature, one in shift (6)
Shift dressing single bird (6)
Move to cage one as a pet (6)
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Paul SUNBEAM Bit of light paper superior to wood (7)
Ray has a problem scoffing vegetable end first (7)
Ray — setter needing support (7)
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Paul MUESLI Devout prayer not quite about English breakfast food (6)
Fine stuff not entirely describing English breakfast (6)
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Paul FARRAGO Mishmash newspaper found in Portuguese city (7)
Old coachman carrying artist, shambles (7)
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Paul STORMIEST Sort items out, as most rough (9)
Sort items out, most foul (9)
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Paul ROWER Holder of a bladed item, one in dispute? (5)
One of eight, perhaps, quarrelsome type? (5)
One shouting furiously for sportsman (5)
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Paul ANGLER One patiently sitting at the riverside left in rage (6)
He might employ a spinner with passion, bagging Lancashire's opener (6)
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Paul IOWA British isle superior to a US state (4)
US state capitals of Indiana and Oregon wielding authority (4)
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Paul BERLUSCONI Madoff, for example, consumed by endless capital, as controversial multi-millionaire (10)
Right-wing Italian queen eaten by wild lion cubs (10)
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Paul APSE Part of church to fall down (lower half) (4)
Slip without leader into recess (4)
Copy walls in southern part of church (4)
Part of church, perhaps eastern part (4)
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Paul AFLOAT A feature of a carnival on the sea (6)
G's neighbour secures nothing in business (6)
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Paul CRAVAT A load of wine on credit, which is necked? (6)
Ludicrous car tax - this hanging round your neck? (6)
Formal accessory with sparkler about right, close to jacket (6)
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Paul TANGIBLE When out of order, bleating evident (8)
Real monster, gorgon finally repelled in legend (8)
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Paul ONTHEMEND Recovering at the far side, about a thousand (2,3,4)
Arch, perhaps, to correct — getting better (2,3,4)
Improving on subject, need less stuffing (2,3,4)
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Paul ICEBREAKER Ship opening line (3-7)
Ship opening line (10)
Vessel a joke with new acquaintance? (10)
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Paul KNUCKLES Might the solution be cracked by uncles and kings? (8)
Is diligent as a 13? (8,4)
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Paul LITERATI Liberal repetition not on for well-educated types (8)
US measure it, beginning to accelerate in recession, people learned (8)
Great readers left with repetition? That's not on (8)
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Paul TURBOJET Aircraft where work routine switched and translated (8)
Work routine going up, strange being in plane (8)
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Paul SALLY Crack attack (5)
See 18
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Paul BRAHMA Composer not entirely a god (6)
Composer not entirely a Creator (6)
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Paul PAIR 2 cut by the ear (4)
2 - 1 to enter score, of course (4)
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Paul NUTS Barking heads (4)
Unhinged fasteners (4)
Crackers — what are they for? (4)
Mad? They must be cracked! (4)
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Paul MALI Somalian's country (4)
African nation enclosed by another? (4)
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Paul WEIRDO Crank has to perform with water regulator (6)
Eccentric widower removing top before swimming (6)
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Paul TWEE Precious time, minute (4)
Precious little time to go (4)
Root removed from flower, too dainty (4)
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Paul TONGUE Fiddle with necktie enough not to be taken seriously (6,2,5)
For example, Russian mouth organ (6)
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Paul GROTTO Must set about river, which is underground (6)
Circling river, arrived at cave (6)
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Paul OPART Old component for modern works (2,3)
Round component's modern style (2,3)
Old quarter, newer design (2,3)
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Paul LONICERA Look more attractive with a flowering plant (8)
Picked by Michelangelo, nice rare plant (8)
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Paul WHEELIE Balancing act — sewiously? (7)
Little story about hard balancing act (7)
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Paul FINGER See 7
See 19
See 8
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Paul SAFFRON 23's Kelly perhaps taking grass or spliff ultimately, strong, while standing on head (7,6)
31 of second insult incomplete (7)
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Paul THEREAT Menace should carry ecstasy then (7)
Last of brigade in danger at that time (7)
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Paul ALMOND Seed of a fruit lacking moisture finally died (6)
Seed that's old removed from a loch (6)
Lack of leadership in Scottish politician, a nut (6)
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Paul DENARII Roman coins red, an odd couple (7)
One country starts to excavate, digging up old coins (7)
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Paul INCUBUS Demonic spirit in political opponents, one detailed (7)
Trendy young reporter on the Guardian is a demon (7)
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Paul TIGERWOODS Wild thing joining clubs as a swinger? (5,5)
21 9, formidable competitor with his tools (5,5)
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Paul PUBLISH Put out by the language at the inn, you might say? (7)
Press maintains conductor of weapons inspections unfinished, then be damned (7)
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Paul BRIGHT Shining with intellect (6)
Cheerful 21? (6,3,6)
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Paul STIGMA Unpleasant person regressing into kinky behaviour, a mark of disgrace (6)
Dump resident on old lady - shame (6)
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Paul APPAL Shock one of me out loud (5)
A northern Scandinavian uprising causes shock (5)
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Paul ANYOLDIRON Composition of London air Cockney ultimately inspired? (3,3,4)
Golfer's unspecific requirement from caddie in song (3,3,4)
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Paul NARCOTISE Excite reactions - or not? (9)
Make dull creations lively (9)
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Paul NEWMOON Unfortunately, women willing to get a monthly occurrence (3,4)
Dancing women performing, heavenly sight (3,4)
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Paul ECLAT Yarn spun around about shows style (5)
Uplifting story including chapter for brilliant show (5)
Dash into hospital, cellulite on the up (5)
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Paul TRAINEE Plane perhaps carrying first of applicants in for The Apprentice (7)
Fall in support for student (7)
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Paul SWEETEN Enormous bottom on cute figure? Sugar! (7)
Placate small, small figure (7)
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Paul TWIST Dickensian pervert (5)
Dance with Rick (5)
Dance with a surprising end (5)
Dance that's literarily unexpected (5)
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Paul WATER Fighting to curb tide, I'd lost — to this? (5)
See 24
Pipe takes a period of time to fill cart (5,4)
See 1
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Paul GROUPIE Awful rogue bedding good fan (7)
One following star in the sky in foreign region, endlessly (7)
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Paul POPPIES Fizzy drink with pork and apple, perhaps, as drug source (7)
Source for drugs pious among Pius etc (7)
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Paul CHARLIE Brown mug (7)
Man of 10, Wally, given coat, say (7,6)
Mind-blowing lines and slick film for US actor (7,5)
See 10
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Paul IRON 6 27 for the unmarried Maggie, possibly? (4,6)
See 9
See 15
Smoother tool for swingers (4)
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Paul LEFTBRAIN Logical thinker abandoned sheikhdom — Noah! (4,5)
Analyser put paper cups in wiggly line (4,5)
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Paul ERODE ’e was up to wear down (5)
Slowly go to pieces on drug (was on horse) (5)
Finally, gastronome was up for crumble (5)
In the end, vote was carried — break down! (5)
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Paul OSCAR Blade Runner film award is the peak, pope claims (5,9)
Man of 10 soon improvised around layers? (5,8)
Award unblemished? (5)
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Paul OFFPISTE It suggests I step on virgin snow (3-5)
Street covered in rotten food, aside from the majority going downhill (3-5)
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Paul GASTROPUB Modern eatery's good Mars bar? (9)
Upset about wine, it gets sent back in place of posh nosh (6-3)
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Paul PORTFOLIO Spooner's battled against disease, such a case (9)
Uplifting painting of chief about right for artist's work (9)
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Paul OUNCE Cat for far less than a pound (5)
Old fool defaced cat (5)
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Paul BREAST Fear ultimately contained by animal, though bit of a chicken (6)
Some turkey, last of supper gobbled by pig (6)
Runs into savage, which so soothed by music? (6)
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Paul EMERALD Nice sea in district of southeast England, not wide, but green (7)
Challenge me to get up carrying fifty stone (7)
Stone building remade with last of steel (7)
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26991
Paul CLERIHEW Verse minister cut and cut again (8)
Verse 150 where I improvised (8)
Short man of the cloth cut a few sharp lines? (8)
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Paul PUERTORICO Ornate picture frames or nothing in US territory (6,4)
Criminal that is corrupt supported by old Caribbean commonwealth (6,4)
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Paul APOLOGIA A game one has first to accept, with good justification (8)
A game starts to get interesting attacking defence (8)
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Paul PASS I don't know success (4)
See 28
Inelegantly swan dips to cause bubbles to surface? (4,4)
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Paul MANX 24th chap detailed? (4)
Possible 1, dude, that's wrong (4)
Islanders detailed? (4)
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Paul COWPAT Threaten to touch a steamer? (6)
Waste of some stock, wide and soft jacket pockets (6)
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Paul NOSE No excuse carving initials in yellow snow (4,5)
See 21
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Paul SHANDY Honeysuckle primarily in yellowish drink (6)
Drink with small grains in, swallowing hard (6)
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Paul HOSTAGE One unwillingly held underwear with mark inside (7)
Someone held socks with name inside (7)
Pawn, male only entertained by tool (7)
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Paul SISAL Fibre in cereals is a lot (5)
Rope fibre is secured by sailor, then cut (5)
Spinner's maiden restricting single shows fibre (5)
Fibre found in legumes is a lot (5)
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Paul NOUGAT On rising I appreciate that weapon's loaded with nothing sweet (6)
Sweet name, posh one, almost rejected (6)
Not wrapping something sweet, wrapper discarded for sweet (6)
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Paul NITWIT One fool (or two overlapping?) (6)
Fool finds himself after half 9 (6)
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Paul THERMAL Time for Mahler composition, one currently uplifting? (7)
Current king in approach to palace, scratching bottom (7)
London thoroughfare endlessly skirting river current (7)
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Paul MUMBAI Somewhere in 23, something that might tempt a parent endlessly? (6)
Parent left to vacate Asian island for Asian city (6)
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Paul STEVE 17's horse carrying small figure, old bird (5,5)
Actor, 19 down 23 7, 1999 (5,7)
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Paul SOLICIT To sell one's body is very much within the law (7)
Well, just ask! (7)
Very proper request (7)
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Paul LAMBADA Priest hosts wicked dance (7)
Dance a Greek character passed round (7)
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Paul MURDERER Criminal on horseback? (8)
One who hits turning on object hit with little hesitation (8)
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Paul VIETNAMESE Nationality of Soviet names established (10)
Asian government council? Not so! Title's English (10)
Asian film stars in contest (10)
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Paul BRAINSURGEON Mind one's work falls, coming into bloom (5,7)
A lifesaver, as bloom catches showers (5,7)
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Paul ALFRESCO 'eadlight caught liegeman going back inside - or not? (8)
Orc with fleas should be put out, not in the house (8)
Outside broadcast so clear about frequency (8)
Outside company of great king, daughter snubbed (8)
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Paul ANTI What's designed to stabilise an Austrian state, right behind Libya, oddly (4-4,3)
Adversary in Satan, ticklish (4)
Opponent wanting to play a part (4)
Against being held in quarantine (4)
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Paul LARGO Broadly similar, gold cups (5)
Broad collar, gold catches (5)
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Paul ASUSUAL Write about American city, American America just like you'd expect (2,5)
Normally solver and setter nonchalant about being topless (2,5)
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Paul SQUASH Crush fruit drink (6)
One's taken to court to crush illegal activity (6,6)
Fruit jam (6)
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Paul HAGGIS Traditional dish where man's to eat a horse (6)
Dish bagged, as witches having bottom pinched (6)
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Paul LOCUST Position for model, a stripper (6)
Ravenous beast at sea swallows copper (6)
Position taken by terrorist leader, which brings devastation (6)
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Paul ATYPICAL Unusual capital city ultimately abandoned (8)
Capital city finally beaten, not corresponding (8)
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Paul THESAURUS Reference that chap's found in house (9)
Book of words based on the old reptile's tail (9)
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Paul EPIDEMIC Sickening traveller Moore in "Odyssey", perhaps (8)
Spreading disease of huge proportions, half caught (8)
Plague half contained in saga (8)
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Paul CHAT Bird's conversation (4)
Bird jaw (4)
Bird observes its predator swallowing hard (4)
Bird, yak or rabbit? (4)
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Paul APOTHECARY A drug man - Grant that's what he was (10)
Old drug dealer offers a drug to man, Grant (10)
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Paul XMAS Kiss while holding mistletoe, only the first time it happens? (4)
Member of a jazz band going west, motorway's blocked for the holiday (4)
Regularly appearing, exam days when school's out (4)
Grand pocketed by jazz band member, returning for the holiday season (4)
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Paul NOONTIDE Change number on back, 12 (8)
12, all Mary Celeste's crew? Not entirely orderly on board (8)
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Paul SUDOKU A distraction of questionable kudos anyone can see (6)
Upstanding partners in supposed special relationship about to complete puzzle (6)
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Paul ANALOGUE Fit dresses on a model's back, designed for a similar model (8)
Measurer of quantity along a bent ruler, even parts only (8)
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Paul SWEATY Embroidered, yet was covered in beads? (6)
Joggers get so horribly wet, say (6)
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Paul MAYBE Perhaps by getting in the paper, "leader ousted" written up (5)
See 14
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Paul EVERYTHING "Hey, the pesto I eat!" Twiggy envious o'er fantastic endorsement for Italian cookery, attributed to 19 9 (10,3,3,1,3,2,9)
What the very thin girl eats — to get fat? (10)
Cooker, hob, dishwasher, washing machine, fridge freezer etc etc? (10,3,3,7,4)
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Paul AMIR Saddam - Iraq's Arabic leader in hiding? (4)
Once the highest position for an Afghan was a space station (4)
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Paul SEWING Inject 2 with energy using a needle (6)
One into a range of needle points good - at this? (6)
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Paul STRIPCLUB Wood, say, behind runway, where everything will be revealed (5,4)
Sleazy establishment where tongue passed over one in suit (5,4)
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Paul ARTIST Bacon, say, last of meat eaten by short lady, perhaps? (6)
Bacon, perhaps, with bitter lacking head at first (6)
Creative type has to pose by himself, standing on top of table (6)
Freud, perhaps, has time to fill in nobleman (detailed) (6)
See 2
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Paul GROMMET Cat returning to cross river, came across eyelet (7)
Ring the companion of an inventor, we hear? (7)
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Paul TUMBLER Glass one may be dropping? (7)
Gymnast, one filled with spirit (7)
One turning over glass (7)
A flipping flat-bottomed vessel? (7)
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Paul EVEREST Superlatively eternal peak? (7)
Most inclined to avoid peak, this one on border of 26 (7)
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Paul CANOPY Sky put article in text of news story (6)
Image over an awning (6)
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Paul GRUMBLING A whingeing complaint referred to? (9)
Mild complaint, as part of book appearing whiny? (9,8)
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Paul DATE Engagement ring ripped from rampant toad, marriage's ending? (4)
Appointment has authority with a divorced man ... (4)
See fruit (4)
Map marking entailed plotting new course (8)
Fruitful rendezvous? (4)
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Paul MONK 2 great in prayer (4)
See 1
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Paul BREAM Swimmer in mottled 1 down (5)
Fish in river running through wood? (5)
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Paul BERMUDA Silent revolutionary ruler installed on a colony (7)
Insults thrown after end of four months on a British Overseas Territory (7)
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Paul DOIN Party elected to kill (2,2)
Murder racket, ring implicated (2,2)
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Paul LEMONY Sharp needle — no need for it, day surgery's ending (6)
Day piercing scream almost turned sour (6)
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Paul AGRA Six abandoning support for members somewhere in 23 (4)
Asian city of fragrancy (4)
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Paul POTTER See 11
Waste time giving little money to animal (6)
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Paul RELAPSE Slip back, last to slumber, not sound asleep (7)
’E's looking more sickly after an upset, in return of illness (7)
Setback as initiative primarily missing from revolutionary framework (7)
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Paul PINT Measure of some wallop in taverns (4)
See 7
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Paul EDITED Breaking the name of the resigned Labour leadership, it changed (6)
Probing of Milibands by computers, censored (6)
It's indeed amended (6)
Prepared for issue, seeing world of computers indeed incomprehensible (6)
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Paul FORSAKEN Japanese vessel may be heading to Newcastle, abandoned (8)
In favour of drink, quarter abandoned (8)
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Paul PYJAMAS Pretty vacuous stuff, as in a pair of habits (7)
See 23
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Paul OLIVER Musical piece for clarinet was finished by having one bar too many? (6,4)
14 (1968), traditional fare, but bacon only? (6)
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Paul GRANDPIANO One's played God swiping last of Martini in knees-up for seniors? (5,5)
Concert item with constant organ improvisation going round (5,5)
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Paul ALPACA Wool top pulled up in the manner of pockets (6)
On the mountain, a camel? To a certain extent (6)
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Paul VIAGRA Drug travelling through older relative not reaching the end (6)
Indian city under the last George and the other assistant (6)
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Paul HYENA Cap in hand over foreign money, a beast picking over carcasses (5)
Beast with desire in its brief call? (5)
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Paul TROT Nip round back of boozer, showing some pace (4)
Move to the left? (4)
Communist movement? (4)
See 26
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Paul EVENT Something going on smooth tabletop (5)
Occurrence where detainee finally gets let out (5)
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Paul CHOLERA Gap in line standing for disease (7)
Line that's curved up around mouth, say — there's disease (7)
What's produced by injection into stuff, endless disease (7)
One successfully putting into Manx cat disease (7)
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Paul INOFF Snooker's foul chic, past its sell-by date? (2-3)
"Home and Away" is a diversion going to pot (2-3)
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Paul HOMELY Plain would be otherwise, if hot were cold (6)
Plain comfortable (6)
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Paul FAST Don't eat so quickly (4)
Don't eat seconds in lard (4)
Securely locked in meat safe, towards the ceiling (4)
Forty days in a second? (4)
Don't eat hat for a quickie (4,6)
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Paul MAYHEM These days on the border there's chaos (6)
Chaos, with one of twelve on the brink (6)
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Paul JERKIN Schmuck wearing jacket (6)
Schmuck wearing jacket (6)
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Paul AGORA Previously ending in disaster, a foreign market here? (5)
Old place for shopping bag, or all boxes (5)
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Paul NEGUS Spiced drink, say, drunk by setter, not going down (5)
Between partners at the table, knock back 'umongous drink (5)
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Paul BISHOPRIC See company of writers cornering market in Irish (9)
See Irish confining what may be closed into pen (9)
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Paul SYSTOLE Pussycat's heart lifted, detecting some heartbeat (7)
Second before day's end took a heartbeat (7)
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Paul LAPP Northerner's gods have one, it's said (4)
Drink picked up for Father Christmas, possibly? (4)
Northern Scandinavian gods have one, it's said (4)
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Paul NEATH Welsh town requests orderly for hospital (5)
Cool, hot below (5)
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Paul REPRODUCTION Vital process cut, expert gathered (12)
Breeding expert in decline (12)
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Paul IMMATURE Green track over in west, east of motorway going west (8)
As a baby, Victor introduces himself? (8)
Paul's dull flower, green (8)
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Paul RACE See 24
Run one! (4)
See 24
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Paul DOUBLE Social security in social security (social security in social security) (6)
Facial feature two inches out? (6,4)
Huge blow, when gloomy for the most part, blew over the top (6,6)
U-U-U-U like some meat? That's a huge blow! (6,6)
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Paul PLAYER 5 of G in peaked cap and coat (6)
One competing (at golf?) (6)
Actor making sound of peahen? (6)
Participant - in 21! (6)
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Paul FAREAST Where China Sea becomes choppy in the wind (3,4)
Japan etc quick to bandage damaged ear (3,4)
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Paul RAPPORT Bond hit the booze (7)
Understanding the blame, one side in the main (7)
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26991
Paul OPTIC Through which spirits pass from ancient Egypt, leaderless (5)
Sort of nerve through which spirit? (5)
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23127
Paul SCORCH Burn nearly 20 in front of church (6)
They snap up heroin and speed (6)
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Paul TIRADE Italy gripped by business lecture (6)
One entering business lecture (6)
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24895
Paul EDDA Epic works from the much admired Dante (4)
Norse collection needed, say, regularly (4)
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Paul TOWER Extend towards heaven as breakdown vehicle? (5)
Adjustable borer and widget for adjustable spanner? (5,6)
See 27
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Paul TURN See 23
Go for change (4)
See 10
Go for a spin (4)
Surprise to arrive at a literary festival? (4-2,3,3,5)
Recipe for upside down cake (8)
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23887
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22708
Paul BUDDHIST Zola novel this religious (8)
Zola has corrupted this spiritual type (8)
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24364
Paul LASSIE Scottish girl, fool in romance (6)
Instruction to dog to bite fool — dog acting? (6)
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24775
Paul DWELL Live comfortably by end of road (5)
Live, having died in good health (5)
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Paul BARGRAPH Catch up, then strike hard in proportional representation (3,5)
Diagram showing the average to take to the left, gaining height (3,5)
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24755
Paul MASAI Tongue a degree pronounced, cut (5)
Language parent spoke endlessly (5)
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25726
Paul NIECE Pleasant accommodating Oriental relative (5)
Relative English written in French resort (5)
Relative seen from behind in codpiece, inconsolable (5)
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27170
Paul REAR Under the sea, four bottoms — or one? (4)
Raise seat (4)
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25486
Paul GRENADINE Drink from varied range, then eat (9)
It's pinned to hold in fabric (9)
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26481
Paul TEALEAF Criminal given bird without hearing, blowing top (3,4)
Tiny thing bagged for a nicker? (3,4)
24682
26091
Paul GENITALIA Information on foreign country's intimate parts (9)
Facts on nation, as they say, cobblers, say (9)
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Paul BIRD Say English composer meets American composer in walk through London (8)
See 1 across
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26064
Paul BREATHE 15's dip to seize prey, wings torn off (7)
About to go in wash, underwater one can't do it (7)
25559
24657
Paul SKIPPER Run, as one jumping (7)
24 across could be described by 15, if bend replaced ring? (7)
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22763
Paul SETTING My work is going down at the end of the day (7)
Writing crosswords is getting hard (7)
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25702
Paul PRINCESS Royal gaining publicity with menfolk: each is mixed up in relatively unpleasant crime (8,7,2,4)
Tenth in line with flipping nice spanners (8,4)
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25678
Paul EVERT Old tennis champion is upset (5)
Football side, not cricket side, to turn inside out (5)
Football team, not cricket side, turn out (5)
Turn out as tennis player, once (5)
Turn out to see Navratilova's old rival? (5)
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25408
Paul SHOPPING See 4
One leg in the air, donning knickers in public places (8,5)
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27500
Paul FINE Outstanding payment for an offence (4)
Great penalty (4)
Fair charge (4)
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Paul BYPLAY Secondary action attributed to freedom of movement (6)
Attributed to political extremists always, lesser action (6)
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26876
Paul INSTEAD As a substitute, one sent off before promotion (7)
Rather stained pants (7)
Net said to be fishy, however (7)
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25355
Paul DRESSER Furniture item, one in theatre? (7)
Theatre worker part of the furniture? (7)
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23080
Paul KANGAROO See 23
Boxer with no time for fancy steps smothering a right, punching conclusive blow (8)
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23755
Paul UNREAD Obscure Auden repertoire initially remaining on the bookshelf? (6)
Far from bloody outstanding article — deservedly so? (6)
26375
26469
Paul CHELSEA Car twice the size primarily let loose round the back of Portobello? (7,7)
A man short, stuffed by other team (7)
25818
26446
Paul PRIM Fifth off 2 or 3 perhaps, to be formal (4)
Formal choice seen shortly (4)
26313
23170
Paul EAGLE Bird which once landed on the moon? (5)
Bird hunter decapitated (5)
Tiger's prey, a rare bird? (5)
21650
24520
23999
Paul SHEETS See 24
See 3
See 4
21650
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26429
Paul LOVE Together, a more European affection? (4)
Sweet nothing, passion about right (4,5)
Black eye initially violet, forming bruise on skin (4,4)
See 21
26139
25881
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24018
Paul MONKEYBUSINESS Suspect behaviour seen riding basic transport home surrounded by chaos (6,8)
Hanky-panky king breaking bank, say? (6,8)
22895
27055
Paul JENSON Formula One driver's car still reaches a hundred (6,6)
F1 driver's reported car switch (6,6)
22181
24407
Paul GIANT One soldier and another 22 (5)
Very great soldiers (5)
24735
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Paul EXPRESS Hacks no more, say (7)
See 7 down
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24259
Paul WALLBANGER See 26
See 22 down (10)
See 24
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25073
Paul EMPYREAN Celebrity making a comeback, grabbing bed with body that's heavenly (8)
From heaven, English pyramid average? (8)
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23040
Paul HERRING See 22
Fish off course passing close to beach (7)
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24661
Paul STRAND To leave someone helpless is the London way (6)
Abandon the thread (6)
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23450
Paul CHILLY Cold mountains so? (6)
Siberian nation outspoken? (6)
25222
26734
Paul TIME Is project I'm expanding so? (4-9)
See 2
See 23
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23271
Paul RADII 6's 2 across (5)
Over two speaking of attack, more than one spoke (5)
24187
25127
Paul TRIMARAN Clip of Irish islands showing boat (8)
Vessel providing dapper knitwear (8)
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23255
Paul TELL See 5
See 15
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26734
Paul DOGWOOD Be a philanthropist planting western 8 (7)
Tree as source of bark? (7)
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26207
Paul CHARLATAN Deceiver to make black KwaZulu province upset (9)
Fake a shade below a king, for the most part (9)
23158
25663
Paul HEARST Street cutting through centre, one with an obligation, is one of 4's (6,5)
Old newspaper man put Sun leader in the middle (6)
27294
26458
Paul ARMS See 15
See 11
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25588
Paul QUAVER Note brief question about a formation of flying geese (6)
A noted wobble? (6)
27044
26139
Paul NURSEMAID Climbing ladder half clutching a daughter, one's protective (9)
Guardian over issue is unarmed when edited (9)
23999
23049
Paul STROLL Walk, finding way to turn (6)
Small dwarf possibly takes this to stretch his legs? (6)
Street, then turn for promenade (6)
23683
24321
26440
Paul SNAKE Japanese drink, about a quarter, making one legless (5)
Doubly caddish musician? (5,7)
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24580
Paul EGGSHELL This on shamed faces over oil company, bird trapped in it? (8)
Spurs' nightmare - a fragile defence? (8)
Potential layer in this painting finish? (8)
25080
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25512
Paul GOKART Mediocre craft behind good racer (2-4)
Vehicle needing reasonable skill to pass third of Bugattis (2-4)
27420
24393
Paul CLEARING Origin of crop circle on field becoming trans­parent (8)
Stick grabs attention where trees not seen (8)
26692
24775
Paul TOSSPOT Throw prize in boozer (7)
Old wino beats drunkard up (7)
26662
26765
Paul MASSIF Service industry finally heads for the hills? (6)
Gather poem's range in isolation (6)
26539
23907
Paul ANIMATED A male in jail turned up, given life (8)
Single friend in joiner, 4 26? (8)
27093
25181
Paul SPACEAGE Modern thinker, gathering speed (5,3)
Modern resort, ecstasy in prison (5-3)
Modern life's ending in Belgian prison? (5-3)
26225
27248
27494
Paul WALLABY Hop up into road, as marsupial (7)
Fool kidnapping sailor, the bounder (7)
25080
24364
Paul PASSPORT With which to admit in France that's just not cricket (8)
Document, always _____ to the left (8)
19 20 throughout screening left first coil to be fixed (8,2,7)
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25452
Paul EXACT Demand to be precise (5)
So it's been repealed? That's perfect (5)
Chop back, chop, remove centre right (5)
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23049
Paul AVENUE A site for thoroughfare (6)
Method - there's a place for it (6)
24465
24018
Paul TRAIL Track t-track (5)
Follow bird past entrance to tunnel (5)
Track, t-track! (5)
Preview draw (5)
24353
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26265
23907
Paul PINACOLADA Cocktail, a small drink sent over, lay unfinished in the end (4,6)
8 offered to secure a company car (4,6)
Pee in a drink, then add soda so not to get yellowish cocktail (4,6)
27420
22610
24413
Paul DIESEL Occupier of tank is mortally wounded by the Spanish (6)
Fuel runs out, first half lost? (6)
Fuel runs out, half of fuel remaining (6)
24138
23067
23518
Paul ROOK Sell a pup to bird (4)
Flying man? (4)
Birdman? (4)
27337
25234
24569
Paul JALOPY Bird eats prune and banger (6)
Old vehicle cut into bird … (6)
23040
25073
Paul FOREIGN Unfamiliar rule written by enemy, detailed (7)
Soldier back at the front — tasteless pretension matters overseas (7,7)
27457
26195
Paul FORMIDABLE A bid failing, last of coal seen in mine? That's daunting (10)
Dreadful story about gold, stupid when written up (10)
26523
26458
Paul IRISHSTEW Girl needs way to cut chop for traditional dish (5,4)
Girl has way to cut chop, filling dish (5,4)
26547
23958
Paul SPAM Plans drawn up for Napoleon's possible fate? (4)
Exalted work of 18 becomes junk mail (4)
Health resort superior to McDonald's for processed food (4)
Plans raised for a meaty product (4)
23887
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25696
22708
Paul ANABAPTIST Dreadful stain baby's left by tap — there's no baby-wetter! (10)
One shouldn't put water on baby's head, given a basin tap's irregular temperature (10)
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23356
Paul LOAF Brains in bum (4)
Idle bread head (4)
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24935
Paul STEPPARENT Relative set out plain, though not originally (4-6)
Relative position I abandoned, obvious non-starter (4-6)
24735
23468
Paul SERENADE Look to entertain European king, after backing vocals in the moonlight? (8)
Catch outstanding European leader's ultimate revolutionary song (8)
26074
27397
Paul BUTTON Object of ridicule on disc (6)
See 1 (6)
See 20
23151
22181
24407
Paul SIGNAL See 2
Indicate bearing in prisoner is regressing (6)
12 could be the reason why 9 10 (6,7 )
24465
23296
24360
Paul TIMES See 7
Almost reverse Jewish experiences (5)
See 17
25709
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26792
Paul NUCLEAR Nice one to come up with 20 type of energy (7)
Vessel enables uranium to be transported with care, oddly (7,9)
Modern sound then obvious, basic to the core? (7)
London university admitted to threatening sort of war (7)
23493
24078
26511
23887
Paul RAVEN Heading off 5, 12 down (5)
Bird, headless chicken (5)
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Paul AREOLAR So nipple areas are getting cold, with top discarded (7)
Arm cut or a leg cut, perhaps, relating to a sensitive area (7)
24721
25056
Paul OILTANKER Squealer having framed racketeers, she shifts precious cargo (3,6)
Pig entertains lieutenant on a ship (3,6)
24143
22836
Paul POCKET Appropriate Dickens character (6)
Ailing during dip, king pulled out of backstroke, swimming in pool (6,9)
26631
25618
Paul ONAIR Boy meeting love on the rebound ending in affair, going out now (2,3)
Broadcasting graceful dancing here? (2,3)
Broadcasting refined, having dismissed society girl (2,3)
26074
25009
23343
Paul MITE Small child with strength attended to (4)
Audible power in poor little thing (4)
Poor little child given clout, we hear (4)
22823
27482
23719
Paul BERNINI Italian artist — sculptor finally embraced by country, Italy (7)
17 location in 17 centre for Italian sculptor (7)
26313
25554
Paul NOON Only off for 12 (4)
12's leg gone? (4)
When hands go up, so might the answer (4)
High time for a palindrome? (4)
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23565
25702
Paul CHANCERY Opportunist youth's heading for court (8)
Court finds unscrupulous opportunist guilty, finally (8)
23620
23187
Paul ASSISTS Seconds where intro missed by guitarists (7)
Provides 13 across for guitar players, though no lead (7)
25270
22968
Paul PATIENCE Virtuous card game? (8)
Change around a short clue for the card game (8)
25118
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Paul BLIGHTY Easy entering via Tommy's home (7)
Neighbouring houses cheery in wartime Britain (7)
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26080
Paul ARGO Mythical vessel written about in biography (4)
Freight's seagoing, by the sound of it, for legendary ship (4)
Mythical vessel written about in bibliography (4)
26709
26469
26284
Paul AGREE Concur with Bible lessons through the years (5)
A shade short, shake hands (5)
Always state proves contrary, having to concur (5)
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26064
23994
Paul STET Amendment finally in place, so keep the original text (4)
Printer's mark, one with a long neck and a halo? (4)
Most ethical part that shouldn't have been corrected (4)
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25888
25536
Paul LODESTAR When terribly lost, read navigation guide (8)
Heavenly body stretching leotards (8)
24197
23852
Paul GASH Cut hydrogen by itself? (4)
Cut hydrogen by itself? (4)
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25637
Paul MONARCH Ruler describing date of springtime event? (7)
16, perhaps, investing leg in walk (7)
23194
25663
Paul UPBEAT Cheerful and optimistic as bar closes? (6)
Out of bed, tired but happy (6)
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25864
Paul BONELESS Fish may be enough to feed half the biblical 5,000 in worship? (8)
Might fish be second rate, sole off? (8)
23743
24759
Paul SHOW See 21
See 4
Prove point with question (4)
See 8
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25218
Paul RIVERBASIN Fluid arrives carrying first of buffalo over in area of drained land (5,5)
Rubbish bin arrives as area emptying the water (5,5)
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25997
Paul NICKER Person taking money (6)
One taking the money (6)
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Paul DIFFERENT Unusual condition judge rejected, when in hole (9)
Motto of the un-14 16 team? Whatever rocks your boat! (9,7,3,9,5)
25261
25194
Paul PETERSON 2 great continues to fade? (8)
See 9
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Paul WASHTUB Women bath us in a lather where clothes should be done (7)
Used to be time in central area for cleaning vessel (7)
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24175
Paul VIAL Bottle snatched by gorilla, I veer backwards (4)
Bottle of medicine disgusting, we hear (4)
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Paul THUMB By the way, requests company gets 6 27 (10)
2 kind of 15 (5)
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23356
Paul LIMIT Not entirely relaxed, it proving extreme (5)
Allowed to multiply central number by ten, though extreme (5)
Bound to get fired, this setter's maintained (5)
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23665
Paul TRUTH See 26
Climax in excitement - pity it hurts! (5)
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24292
Paul LILYWHITE "Free Willy": man having penned it blameless (4-5)
Pure girl a bit square, ultimately (4-5)
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Paul THYSELF Unknown quantity cuts meat back after temperature for you personally once (7)
Felt shy about old solver's inward reference (7)
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Paul FLEA On which street stalls quick to wrap a brand (4,6)
Page back to front, which can be irritating (4)
See 15
High jumper to run, it's announced (4)
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23331
Paul ABOUT See 17
A fight is on (5)
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24175
Paul AURAL Prospect for this artist, left ear examination! (5)
Test we hear? A river (5)
24220
22964
Paul CASTE Class act finally dressed in suit (5)
Class consumed by Seneca's teachings (5)
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24393
Paul VICTOR Result of 1980 Wimbledon Men's final, fifth of titles for 5 of the P (6,5)
Winner demanding seasoned actor (6,6)
27014
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Paul AMERICA A male girl, by 3 and 15 (7)
See 27
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Paul ESPRIT Mysterious power slowing vivacity (6)
... first half, perhaps, upset priest (6)
Priest's crude wit (6)
24128
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25265
Paul ARTY Cultured group lacking leadership (4)
Creative wake, say, to see off leader (4)
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Paul POSTER Notice theme initially in puzzle (6)
Bill for when Charles is king? (6)
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23187
Paul LATRINE Slow to mop up river in toilet (7)
Rex as it's written at the rear of mobile toilet (7)
Where to go when three blocking road (7)
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23290
Paul CHEETAHS Animals, those with a sting, we hear (8)
Cats listening to sharks? (8)
Coalition charlatans, by the sound of it? (8)
23434
24383
27362
Paul THATCHER C — parliament's ultimate mother hen? (8)
That Conservative woman (8)
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Paul DOWNANDOUT Bum seated, a fanatic about to perform (4-3-3)
Bum on the floor, a fanatic hosting party (4-3-3)
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Paul STEALTHY Secret society's opening, they carelessly having hidden key (8)
Pilfer your secret (8)
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25199
Paul DUNGHILL Gasping leader choked by cigarettes, dropping place (8)
Company of smokers inhaling good pile of poo (8)
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Paul WASP Buzzer now loud? (4)
22 across, toothed thing soaring over head of prey (4)
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Paul BALI Island offering a taste of cannibalism (4)
Island with single party standing (4)
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Paul DUMDUM Terrible killer, an idiot (6)
Exploding bullet sounds doubly 8 (6)
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21764
Paul ABBOT Father ABC (5)
Earliest characters, the two of them, removing the last one in order (5)
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Paul PIONEER Founder, as one punctures coastal feature (7)
Constant as Van Gogh, but not a trailblazer (7)
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22980
Paul GAME Birds to be shot must be up for it! (4)
Part of a rubber duck when shot, say? (4)
Racket sport (4)
See 24
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24657
Paul CASTRATO Post-op, his number was up! (8)
Performers tell nothing to deprived performer (8)
Find someone to play the scoundrel, old singer (8)
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25888
Paul SOUTHPAW Boxer getting beaten up? So what! (8)
What's up high, punched by old boxer? (8)
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26763
Paul TOOTHPASTE Signal to in both directions, beginning to point quickly? (10)
Besides the previous filling, might this prevent another? (10)
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24305
Paul ESSAYS Studies English student's opening remarks (6)
Eastern s-states in the papers (6)
Attempts to get egghead, for example, on board (6)
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23572
Paul AMELIORATE To improve morale, I eat tripe (10)
Improve material with one gutless novel (10)
22823
25739
Paul AROUSAL Disturbed, alas, with our awakening (7)
Excitement, seeing America in a shortlist? (7)
Excitement of non-Conservative party (7)
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23994
Paul AMERICAN Gray as a part of 17 down, say, whose unfinished elegy criminal pans out (8,8)
US pastor's conclusion about religious instruction starts to come apart (8)
25549
26308
Paul DART River, run (4)
Run, as river (4)
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Paul SPRAYER Its output fine speech initially, then supplication (7)
Distributor of fine particles with sulphur to collect (7)
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22406
Paul FORECAST See much natural growth sustaining account in recession (8)
Trees harbouring the kernel of arcane prophecy (8)
Keep outside community as predicted (8)
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Paul MIDNIGHT See 9
Doctor might find One Direction to be the dark secret of a child? (8,5)
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Paul ITERATE Repeat one time, then another, one short of ten (7)
Repeat a passage of writer, a teacher (7)
Repeat, that is, about three times? (7)
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26511
Paul PUTIN See 7
G8 leader installed (5)
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Paul BEER Drinking venue always heaving at first, having gatecrashed party (4,4)
Ask about ugly monster lying back, legs buckling — what made her appear beautiful? (4,7)
possibly with it to wear the crown? (4)
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22843
Paul PROPHETIC As predicted, lunatic hit copper (9)
Criminal hit copper — that's ominous! (9)
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26469
Paul PEANUTS A few coppers strip (7)
Little money for 3 (7)
See 23
17, though not much to show for it! (7)
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22090
Paul ORDER See 12 (5)
Rank request (5)
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Paul STATION See 2
See 19
25494
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Paul APEX Top 29 cross (4)
Top secret primate? (4)
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22951
Paul ARISTOTLE Child in Israel misconstrued polymath (9)
Philosopher's noble title, that's not it! (9)
26046
27248
Paul SAUSAGE See 24
It's the custom in Cumberland (7)
South African application that may be panned? (7)
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26469
Paul KNOW Recognise refusal by the sound of it (4)
See 4
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Paul SPELLING See 7
Saucery? (8,7)
25549
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Paul RANSACK Loot published before bed (7)
Rifle worked with the bullet (7)
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Paul ENDLESS Constant purpos? (7)
Constant going straight — but not to the top? (7)
Straight, with no beginning? Quite the opposite! (7)
Constant detailed? (7)
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24545
25919
Paul DEPUTISE Stand in river maintaining exercise, upright (8)
Stand in river surrounding place, island (8)
27619
23255
Paul SKUA Bird winding others up (4)
Sea birds rising for another (4)
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22610
Paul TREEHUGGER Environmental campaigner game to save energy, given pardon after time (4-6)
Liberated, topless and hot, embraced by one who pulls hippie type (4-6)
24627
23135
Paul ELVIS The King, last of the Georges, detailed other guards (5)
Incomplete permission to enter for Felipe, the king (5)
Temperature man loses extremes approaching Pole Star (5)
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23728
Paul STAPLE Power in old chief (6)
Basic connector (6)
27433
27357
Paul WEBERN Composer's name for composer (6)
Scorer, new scorer (6)
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Paul LEAPFROG African style boxing punch initially breaking limb — child's play? (8)
A golfer's round including first of putts to get ahead (8)
25936
26074
Paul YELLOW Chicken two in 24 (6)
Chicken like canary? (6)
Lemon chicken (6)
Express suffering a shade (6)
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23242
26572
Paul PROOF See 10
13 two girls, one required by the Grauniad? (11)
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25512
Paul TELETHON Elton, the criminal, extended appeal (8)
Obstacle impeding the stricken on charity drive (8)
23127
23572
Paul LEGEND G (with 3) (6)
Mythical feat, or foot? (6)
Big name for big toe? (6)
23518
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24755
Paul DYNAMITE Captivated by yeti, many drooled over potential killer (8)
Brilliant in sticks? (8)
26313
26738
Paul FALCON Bird in brief dive, gull (6)
Bird entrails, but not of rook (6)
26876
26960
Paul MASSACRE Scream as disturbance results in blood bath (8)
3 the lot over the area (8)
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25181
Paul SCAVENGE No stomach for chase, vegans sabotaged hunt (8)
Swede separated by third of carrot, say, pulled up, root around (8)
27608
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Paul FIDDLE Orchestral manoeuvre? (6)
Played trick? (6)
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25596
Paul BACKSIDE Second team behind (8)
Get up off yours and cheer on the team! (8)
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Paul REVENGE Press the accelerator (in/out) — that's sweet! (7)
A 3 a 2 they say? (7)
Dish best served cold ending in cooker, still, say, rising (7)
Apparently sweet thing in mother, even gentler (7)
26889
22855
25529
26325
Paul OILPAINT Listen! Record isn't medium for the artist (3,5)
Artist's medium, or impressively large, portrait for starters isn't common (3,5)
23683
26469
Paul DUDGEON Forgery gets good long time for offence (7)
Offence taken at failure to have good time (7)
25783
24333
Paul YEAH Grass taken up, inhaling drug — wow man! (4)
Certainly, you will need a hospital (4)
24836
26547
Paul ATLARGE Sailor gathering bottom of sail in time, so free (2,5)
In general free (2,5)
26889
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Paul PRESTON English city ante-lithic? Not entirely (7)
Town fast approaching North (7)
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22964
Paul STAR Impressive performance having to open vessel (4,4)
Beginnin* (4)
See 26
Big performance opening pot (4,4)
Bending over, I'm upset to see the principal (4)
7's drugs regularly taken during birth (8)
See 24
Carmichael's beginning to impress Duke and the Guardian (8)
See 11
Picture what the cooking connoisseur would never serve up? Sloppy starter (4,4)
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25709
26889
25427
24913
27320
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26572
24931
Paul STONEWALL Play a straight bat to block, protecting single wicket (9)
Delay — one has week at first in delay (9)
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26357
Paul MASS See 10
Service block (4)
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25554
Paul BRANDNEW Tea's gathered and at end of season freshly made (5,3)
Virgin and pole covered in beer (5,3)
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23242
Paul MONROE Iconic American, sadly no more ... (6)
26 9, model no more (6)
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25709
Paul OTHER See 12
See 12
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Paul SWASTIKA Ending in trousers, was Indian dish lacking heart a sign of appalling movement? (8)
A collection of equipment cuts up what the allies cut down (8)
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23755
Paul OINTMENT Mention new treatment initially as 12 (8)
Date lacks a very soft, soothing influence (8)
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22665
Paul INTENT Design covered by canvas? (6)
Where camping is determined? (6)
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21732
Paul CELLO Instrument would sound high, if cold were hot (5)
Little room with love, one between your legs? (5)
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25549
Paul ALEXANDER Great bloke, a tragic Greek admitting kiss (9)
A crew carrying cross for 24 down? (9)
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25097
Paul MARMOSET Planet invaded by second alien simian (8)
Rodent wanting tail fixed finds monkey (8)
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23811
Paul SUNDAY Time for leadership of Saddam Hussein to admit end of reign (6)
Slowcoach, one with an ice-cream van, did you say? (6,6)
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26265
Paul ASHY Grey has a fling (4)
A mousy 10 (4)
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26846
Paul SNAREDRUM One's hit a racehorse on both sides of shin (5,4)
Outsiders in stallion and a racehorse that's beaten (5,4)
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27186
Paul WHOOP Singularly I've been clumsy, so cry (5)
Question surgery — and cry (5)
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Paul OVERBOARD Company chairman is calling for rescue? (9)
Running a company like Robert Maxwell? (9)
Finished with directors having made a splash? (9)
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26481
Paul NINE Square in town in England (4)
Less than ten, I need? (4)
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26499
Paul TYRE See 28
Tread on one city of Lebanon (4)
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25750
Paul NARCISSI More than one flower exists either way beneath upturned bush with no berry? (8)
Land taken over to strangle weed almost producing flowers (8)
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25039
Paul ANTIPODES Extremes in a despot, remarkable (9)
Most distant points, as pointed out (9)
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24327
Paul VENUS Yet a non-starter, American Beauty (5)
Goddess taking new arrivals, if 19 down (5)
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23644
Paul OCTAVO Magnitude of books showing zero tax with company takeover? (6)
Engine not starting, tank fills up — might this be the size of the issue? (6)
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26576
Paul REIN Strap which comes down, by the sound of it? (4)
Check the weather on the radio (4)
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23907
Paul PINBALL Arcade game, where Spooner has to throw me away? (7)
3's fix with dance champion (7,6)
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25642
Paul LEASH Lead through battle, as heroic (5)
Lead sulphide at last found in smack (5)
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26446
Paul TOTAL One might be running up into cupola to theologise (5)
Perfect wreck (5)
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Paul AIDE Rights denied to Viking's right-hand man (4)
Supporter of a fish (4)
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22862
Paul OTHERS Being decapitated, disturbs rest (6)
See 14
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23127
Paul ARROW Missile slender, poleaxed? (5)
A right quarrel! (5)
Director has dismissed head of school (5)
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23572
26417
Paul BIDET On which a squatter may be counting back two from 6 June 1944, fancifully speaking? (5)
Remain on top of tap, behind washer (5)
26709
23331
Paul LITUP Brahms and Liszt in the spotlight (3,2)
Bulb may be wasted (3,2)
27409
25177
Paul MAKELOVE Cub Scout leader's rear out, in tactic to enjoy pleasurable activity (4,4)
Mate, Brando? (4,4)
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26572
Paul OFFCOURSE Maintaining frequency, naturally lost (3,6)
In need of guidance certainly, having secured very poor grade (3,6)
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25194
Paul GOTCHA Barbarian arresting head of conspiracy with a "You're nicked!" (6)
Oz girl had cat, dog's dinner for Oz croc! (6,6)
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23135
Paul SPAIN Feature of Cheltenham, perhaps, in the country (5)
Resort in the country (5)
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25807
Paul SACKBUT Rob, then save a bit of old brass (7)
Dismiss objection - you blew it! (7)
Old instrument still under fire (7)
Instrument has the boot on the other hand (7)
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24240
25835
24682
Paul RINGS See 3
See 17
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26781
Paul RASTA He's 10 and dreads his part for a start (5)
Right away? A cult member (5)
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27248
Paul TRIO Musical composition a strain, too baroque? (4,6)
For which initially three in orchestra about right? (4)
27115
26458
Paul PETULANT Pouting songstress Clark not without love (8)
Pouting, having to blow instrument held the wrong way round (8)
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22665
Paul SPIT As a basic alehouse sad, wasn't stupid to get drunk (4,3,7)
Show contempt for Turner (4)
Culprits thrown out, lock flat? (4,4)
Show contempt for doppelganger (4)
22 down's leans skyward (4)
Channel's essence in water close to England (8)
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22573
27284
25097
27387
25181
Paul GOLIATH Climbing back into pig monster (7)
Big horrid giant's ideal pet, if hairy — is it? (7,4-6,6)
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25536
Paul INSIDER Privileged dealer in drink, say (7)
Pub drink reportedly for member (7)
Where apples found, it's said, one has an advantage (7)
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25549
Paul SAILPLANE Aircraft transaction simple, they say (9)
Sound transaction straightforward for aircraft (9)
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26325
Paul DREAMLAND In which fantasy died, damn real fantasy (9)
Not all fine sheets left to be tucked in where sleeping (9)
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24047
Paul COLOGNE Good to join the dots, then picture finally showing European city (7)
Scent block in the shape of roadworks? (7)
Register in solid German city (7)
26417
25512
25807
Paul VARSITY Oxford and Cambridge differ about rest (7)
Change round model of Oxford and Cambridge, say? (7)
23644
27260
Paul OBAMA Born to replace son in terrorist, he's in the White House (5)
He'll be leaving home next year with no degrees (5)
25009
26582
Paul ATHLETICS Unlimited healthy activity with little muscular movements in running, etc (9)
Events with theistical application I avoided (9)
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22937
Paul HARLOW Hollywood's Essex girl? (6)
23's blonde bombshell (6)
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25336
Paul ULTRA Super outlet, great in regular locations (5)
Widely accepted bunch of racketeers harbouring right extremist (5)
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23988
Paul ONES See 28
See 17
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27397
Paul LIONS Possible 1s last to drain into earth? On the contrary (5)
Animals ground up, unknown number eaten (5)
23716
24453
Paul SULTANA Concubine offering fruit (7)
Fruit for concubine (7)
22702
23504
Paul ANNE See 17
Queen of Iran, never (4)
16, details to attach (4)
25678
25336
25663
Paul GASLAMP Something burning, opening blast rents asunder (3,4)
In space, slate becomes light (3,4)
27500
24292
Paul BIKINI Ridin' with minimum of insurance, very little cover (6)
Row attributed to nuclear test site, sensitive area? (6,4)
26528
27547
Paul REGENTS Touching in front of toilets in 25 (7)
2 concerned with convenience (7)
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23600
Paul RIGHT See 12
Valid claim (5)
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25097
Paul APPEASE A letter's read out to placate (7)
Animal fed with vegetables to make calm (7)
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22016
Paul NOTABLE Famous chair only? (7)
Dignitary ill-equipped? (7)
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27581
Paul BEAM See 29
Some light, or heavy, supporting structure (4)
Wooden smile? (4)
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25997
24861
Paul GNOSTIC Knowing tune backwards, movement requiring no thought (7)
Knowing costing, devastated (7)
25301
25536
Paul HERD Audibly audible elephants, perhaps (4)
Elephants, for example, in a group sensed through the ears, audibly (4)
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24507
Paul DEVILRY Boring claiming black magic is what it is? (7)
It's plain, anything but 13 involved - with this? (7)
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23655
Paul FLUFF Slip down (5)
Down to make an error (5)
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27511
Paul MOUND First sixteen hours of the week storing uranium in pile (5)
Hillock discovered after initial sex change? (5)
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21672
Paul OVERT Open on time (5)
Open golf's second green (5)
Want to remove borders, so open (5)
25835
25572
24220
Paul KIND See 26
19 20 character, suit on, nerd's coat ragged (4,6,3,8)
Thoughtful German issue (4)
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25452
22670
Paul POKER Hot tip for this 24 (5)
Game given some stick in the Ashes? (5)
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23428
Paul ENIGMA Shown up, Paul's clothes embarrassing ultimately, a poser (6)
7 good to keep in a dark hole? On the contrary (6)
27230
26135
Paul PINUP Star in Canis Minor goes round (3-2)
Flag raised for pretty girl (3-2)
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27164
Paul ECHIDNA Anteater buried nose in­itially inside one climbing (7)
Tasmanian pet should be chained, as devilish (7)
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22037
Paul EGLANTINE Plant at awkward angle with part of fork (9)
Force of severe gale about Beaufort's ultimate after windy gale rose (9)
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23285
Paul ALLIGATOR A bit of spirit needed to climb a peak, which is dangerous and must be scaled (9)
Bring up tripe, a bit of fish, a snapper (9)
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23331
Paul CASTLE Piece left in social system (6)
See 21
Man getting Roosevelt sacked, partially recovered (6)
Man thrown, lake emptied (6)
Man in Englishman's home (6)
Rook from herd, third one back (6)
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26068
26792
24018
25663
Paul SLANG Refuse to admit noun is common language (5)
Refuse to accept name in the vernacular (5)
24721
25750
Paul RECESS Holiday bay (6)
Break for depression (6)
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25199
Paul MATCH Light fixture (5)
See 22 down
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26325
Paul REDDEER Animal studied and highly-valued, it's said (3,4)
Speaker's studied beloved animal (3,4)
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24853
Paul ETHEREAL Ecstasy, the true sublime (8)
Light present in tin, perhaps, having removed lid (8)
Light present during twilight, uplifting (8)
24128
24253
26458
Paul SCREAMER Headlining toddler? (8)
Baby an attention grabber in the newspapers? (8)
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26539
Paul ACTS Book performances (4)
Book of information without introduction (4)
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21732
Paul EXECUTOR Will one's responsibility flower, given disruption of court? (8)
Will official survive in the end, after old court restructured? (8)
24353
27002
Paul DISTRAUGHT Sit writhing gripped by wind, agitated (10)
Current housing is heading for trouble, so upset (10)
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25997
Paul UNEVEN Say, 1, 3 or 5 score units, as a discipline (6,4)
Bumpy, therefore odd? (6)
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24210
Paul AGGRANDISE M1's in time to expand (10)
1,000 is in time to make richer (10)
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23064
Paul HIPPO Heavy animal, lighter after head transplant? (5)
Muddy beast, one very quietly entering house (5)
24853
27566
Paul SPOOR Trail ending in riches — on the other hand? (5)
Bottom of charts, not very good track (5)
25133
27002
Paul TERRIER See 5
Boob squeezed by rank dog (7)
26380
27494
Paul MARMALADE Horse carrying disease detailed orange stuff (9)
Seasick from Barcelona to Marseille? Something eaten for breakfast! (9)
22865
26265
Paul ABLE They say he was murdered, though fit (4)
Fit relation, if 19 down (4)
23852
23644
Paul DWEEB Schmuck we buried in plot, laid back (5)
Royal herself taken in by society girl, the schmuck! (5)
25464
24204
Paul BUSSTOP American way featuring in dance film (3,4)
Back pockets reserve a place for waiters (3,4)
Talk of silicon implants where "more room up top" announced? (3,4)
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23285
Paul COUNT Noble matter (5)
Noble matter (5)
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24078
Paul CARDAMOM 31 for king, perhaps, taking a little time to mature, initially (8)
Cold curry nearly served up with order for spice (8)
22843
25807
Paul MINION Fawning type showing bit of leg? (6)
Underling showing a lot of leg? (6)
23811
23255
Paul ABUDHABI An addiction to lager, might one say, not entirely capital? (3,5)
Such shooting practice curtailed by a Gulf state (3,5)
25846
24047
Paul CLINGFILM Cold fish on record in sticky wrapper (9)
Cold fish my theme, which is transparent (9)
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24024
Paul ONTHENOSE Figure fencing honest, when playing just as it should be (2,3,4)
Where glasses sit precisely (2,3,4)
25792
26086
Paul TITBIT Morsel bird has chewed (6)
Bird closed beak on morsel (6)
22 20, nipple? (6)
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25181
Paul OUTSIDE Position on field true? Ask for conversion (7,7)
Recording away from the studio — tedious? (7,9)
25261
26409
Paul RISEANDSHINE A wake-up call for the Sun? (4,3,5)
Get up one's nose? I do, with hair never old-fashioned (4,3,5)
26858
23988
Paul SUBZERO Unknown quantity in terribly sore bum, almost freezing (3-4)
Freezing cold for unknown character among obscure characters in a storm (7)
26207
26279
Paul SCHOONER Vessel earlier taking companion on board (8)
Vessel in the drink or holding it? (8)
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23255
Paul YOUNEVERCANTELL It's impossible to know, so safeguard that information always! (3,5,3,4)
Who knows? Take that secret to your grave! (3,5,3,4)
27164
26644
Paul CONTRALTO Catamaran initially in the dock, one lost to noted female? (9)
Drawl finally nailed by actor, not bad voice (9)
22915
26582
Paul SONANT Child soldier making a noise (6)
Making noise, soak to absorb bread (6)
24793
23280
Paul DERIDE Mock to sit after poor grades (6)
Have a go at getting clear in river (6)
22727
24861
Paul ICELOLLIES Those frozen, as single room without love is found (3,7)
Lie fabricated about principal in Casterbridge, Hardy's answer to get licked (3,7)
25151
22968
Paul YUGOSLAV Man returning with endless capital, a very old European (8)
European capital not entirely behind revolutionary bloke, a very old European (8)
25702
26582
Paul NEEDLESS This has a point and ship hasn't a point (8)
No point adding point to pointed items (8)
24321
24759
Paul CLOTH Covered cloaks are lacking in a particular sense? (5-5)
Charlie picks things up — though he may not? (5-4)
27332
25080
Paul ARSENAL ... side of meat, but no starter, with side's sides inside (7)
Side roads taken in reverse after car fails to start (7)
Weapons attacking team in North London (7)
Star's first opening scene having left club (7)
Team that's sexy not reaching the top, embodying gutless side (7)
22823
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25289
27332
26021
Paul HESTON Menus on the table virtually absurd, into hysterical extremes — is he? (6,10)
See 18
25440
23175
Paul OFTEN Perhaps daily newspaper to cut one out (5)
Oliver Twist, perhaps, in the Queen's Speech on a regular basis (5)
26362
26763
Paul MONKEY Smart clobber from Mike Tyson: Bruno's heartbroken (6,4)
Saboteur, important bird poking my darling up the Eiffel Tower? (6-8)
Araucaria's day — important with a 9 (6,6)
Cash, about a grand and a half? (6)
23040
26582
26135
22951
Paul IDLE Still I should take unemployment benefit, nothing less (4)
Doing little skid, lessen grips (4)
25481
26357
Paul AMULET Dirt's ending underneath a shoe — that's charming (6)
A shoe with heel in whatchamacallit? That's charming! (6)
25464
23600
Paul DIRECTION Pronouncement about servicemen's command (9)
Way about in a manner of speaking (9)
Leadership ends in power struggle, in a manner of speaking (9)
23620
27218
26835
Paul APERTURE A cheeky runner creating opening (8)
A South American country admits addict ultimately on crack (8)
A fresh flower is opening (8)
A fresh river mouth (8)
26823
23151
22486
24286
Paul PROSECUTED Tried to find passage of writing on charming daughter (10)
Tried describing some 12s in exercise with 12s (10)
26589
26409
Paul MAILORDER Desperate individual married with older bloke, principally? (4-5,5)
This setter is to return a pair of rulers shipped by post (4-5)
25613
26284
Paul MUFF Warmer 14 (4)
Blunder, if this worn in summer? (4)
26559
24895
Paul NOOSE I won't be gone long? Ultimate in patience this to hang on? (5)
Lass, like this clue, n end f rpe? (5)
23391
22915
Paul DAHL Author held up one side (4)
Writer offered money got rejected (4)
24602
23290
Paul DESPOT Head of state locked in warehouse, the tyrant (6)
Bully has knocked over the Wimbledon favourite — ’e is knocked out! (6)
26225
27044
Paul WELLINGTON Those on 22 when leaking punt consumed by an ocean? (10,5)
See 24
24259
26738
Paul SWORD Not hard to keep promise, pity 8 22 spoke of this (5,2,5)
"Sabre", "scimitar" or "steel"? (5)
Don leaves oath by which those who live also die (5)
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25399
22829
Paul EULER Mathematician bending rule about first of equations (5)
Mathematician starts to expand upon Lagrange's extraordinary results (5)
26260
26003
Paul WARHOL Artist's break from action? (6)
Artist's military leave? (6)
25572
27535
Paul BACK End finance (4)
Second ago (4)
25027
25642
Paul POST Supporter after job (4)
Advertise job (4)
26375
24966
Paul SPIRITED Is the bottle so courageous? (8)
Lively, seen to keep slowing down (8)
25759
27027
Paul KNOT Bird's unpleasant feeling in stomach (4)
See 1
Bond though may be queen? (4)
27482
25016
23356
Paul CHECKPOINT Reported European drug smuggling in Charlie, for instance? (10)
20's reason fool follows regular pattern (10,7)
26417
25170
Paul TUNDRA Bleak prospect, one difficult to crack, heading off heavenwards (6)
Plain fish to catch way back (6)
22919
27236
Paul ALBION See 1 (6)
A hero netting brave header for England (6)
A hero netting billions for England (6)
21830
27115
26572
Paul SOLE See 4
One fish (4)
24735
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Paul BUTTER See 9
See 20
25073
26163
Paul BOLSHIE Socialist left consumed by nonsense, that is (7)
Temperamental socialist? (7)
26721
24175
Paul BROCCOLI Cooked rib to pass round upstanding company, then pass vegetable (8)
Vegetable, relative having caught cold, cut one (8)
23115
27387
Paul BERLIN Scorer for European city (6)
European city sees African country losing heart to characters in opposition? (6)
26606
25170
Paul GARFUNKEL Art dealer's conclus­ion: jazzy stuff collected by highlander (9)
Art of black dance music in large convertible (9)
24948
23534
Paul BRIDESMAID Union supporter depends on mother to break proposal (10)
Intercepting express, criminal is armed, one holding up a train (10)
25948
26182
Paul EPICENTRE Focus of ground-breaking classic course, abridged (9)
Classic ballet leap — cut the chat, where's the earth moving? (9)
Heroic course cut short, at which point disaster strikes (9)
26051
25399
23331
Paul ERASMUS Humanist answer to "what are problems arising"? (7)
Totals are up for old scholar (7)
27186
25375
Paul INERTGAS It's argon? Neon? Neither taking on being reactive (5,3)
One's stable, though angriest when unstable (5,3)
26212
25039
Paul GREEN Nauseous three in 24 (5)
What the hanky-less minstrel might end up with in song? (12)
Sick in 25 (5)
See 13
Target in 1 club, spirits kept up to achieve 22 down (5,10)
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24627
22492
27632
23644
Paul APPENDIX See 25
See 6
24333
26080
Paul ROCK Loud music's pitch (4)
One's hard to sway (4)
25792
25427
Paul OBSTINATE Stubborn stain needs to be shifted (9)
Mule is turning into beast (9)
27273
22994
Paul SKIPLANE Vehicle has to veer across motorway (8)
Avoid passage for vehicle (3-5)
23457
25931
Paul HEDGEHOG Animal ending in both two corners? (8)
Animal duck gets to corner (8)
25770
25039
Paul OBSTETRIC Bit with corset strained from childbirth (9)
Order right, I bet, given cost of delivery (9)
On delivery of circular, be strict - tear it up! (9)
24978
24091
22406
Paul STEALTH Duck into street close to path in covert movement (7)
Supposedly invisible bomber, though the last crashed (7)
Careful procedure the last resort? (7)
24627
21698
22915
Paul EVIL Bad to be rejected (4)
Vice, as it happens, repelled (4)
Bad to be in recession (4)
23348
24393
24789
Paul THRUM Rhythmic sound heard initially in jazz performer, pet scarpering (5)
Endless beat about right - to describe this? (5)
25440
24024
Paul TOILET Tenants invited one occupant, with chain attached? (6)
Work on film that's panned? (6)
This practice, one obstacle to stop baby wetting things! (6,8)
22727
26343
23965
Paul AFRO A short jumper in style going over head? (4)
Back following a style (4)
A short, green jumper in the style of a young Michael Jackson? (4)
26738
27074
24453
Paul VENOUS Love's about love, moving to the heart? (6)
Beauty squeezing nothing from a vessel (6)
Bloody beautiful woman secures ring (6)
Beauty encapsulates nothing of the bloody things (6)
25118
25936
25529
23600
Paul ENNUI Boredom is universal during unlimited sport (5)
Two names among union of nations, one showing tiredness (5)
22573
25103
Paul HURST No 10 - old grove (5)
World Cup hero injured, striker's head getting bandaged (5)
23877
26265
Paul TATTOO Display of arms ... chests, thighs etc (6)
Painful marking this military occasion (6)
Display of arms, perhaps? (6)
See 1
23612
24569
23331
22708
Paul EASTWOOD Movie star with female turning up, going round as couple (8)
See 9
See 9
Player bearing ash, perhaps? (8)
24873
25678
22903
26572
Paul CHRIS 3 carves his initial in nonsensical scrawling (5,5)
19 down 23 7, 1998, Conservative, getting right into his painting, framing female one (5,5)
26384
24545
Paul CHANNEL See 11
Route north cutting No. 5? (7)
25387
23296
Paul CRESCENT See 19
See 6
23750
25494
Paul ROYAL Philander separated? This united them! (5,7)
Hand action in the throne room? (5,5)
Two boys 27 to be separated? (5)
25016
26339
24973
Paul ORATOR Speaker sees climbing marsupial pouching animal (6)
Speaker switching one and a half schedules (6)
24240
25702
Paul CUPID Archer prize idiot, discard one and many books (5)
By which one might recognise a prize archer? (5)
25512
27108
Paul OSTLER Stable chap stole pickled cucumber in the end (6)
Stable chap stole when unstable (beginning to repent) (6)
25572
24113
Paul APPERTAIN Little dog, having lost lead, ain't about to belong (9)
Relate called for a sexy participation in torture (9)
23230
24043
Paul PRINCIPLE See 26
Sound leader's rule (9)
26602
24024
Paul STAIRROD Flight security device said to reassure, regrettably starts malfunctioning (5,3)
In-flight security device takes energy from asteroid drifting around back of Jupiter (5,3)
26139
25336
Paul HARDCHEESE Something stale in the fridge? Bad luck (4,6)
He's reached bankruptcy, tough luck! (4,6)
25309
26182
Paul IMAM This person is a Muslim leader (4)
You're PM, but ___ (a religious leader) (4)
22741
24973
Paul TWOTIMER Model cast out during slanging match returned to adulterer (3-5)
Unreliable person to send anything back (3-5)
22823
23151
Paul OOPSADAISY There's been a minor accident as mess turns up on platform, ending in delay (4-1-5)
Encouragement to child having tripped, given soda: so I pay, foolishly (4-1-5)
26429
22818
Paul ONSET Cricket side all padded up for the opening attack (5)
Prepared to act? Start (5)
24091
26195
Paul AMBULANCECHASER Such a lunatic about to pop through warning signal, one hoping to profit from accident (9,6)
A doctor unfortunately can heal and cures lawyer after an accident? (9,6)
24197
26960
Paul ELECTRA Complex woman having to decide on artist (7)
In waiting for god, sort of complex (7)
Avenger waiting to serve God (7)
25529
23092
26152
Paul DANISH European ruin involves six counties (6)
European was obliged to admit crime, suffering fate of Mussolini? (6)
European was obliged to admit crime? On the contrary (6)
23817
23929
23811
Paul PASTORAL Crony welcoming parliamentary pioneer in 8 (8)
Country's ally besieging Nancy (8)
26751
23600
Paul EMPEROR Agent entering capital, rising for monarch (7)
King penguin? (7)
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Paul HERE Cue for "Action!", say, essential to leading men (4,4)
Where the solution's to be placed in further education (4)
Man getting on in the Guardian? (4)
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Paul PREEN Groom, before reaching conclusion, not reaching conclusion (5)
Smooth and clean before rear wiped in conclusion (5)
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Paul NOTICE See something that's melted, then? (6)
Spot something warmer then? (6)
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Paul GONADS Spurs welcoming new kit in shorts? (6)
Spurs getting to grips with new balls? (6)
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Paul SHADES Protection from rays — shell? (6)
See 3
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Paul ALABASTER A "red" flower becomes white and smooth (9)
Welsh lake coming up over flower, smooth and white (9)
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Paul WATERLOO Criminal alert amid court battle (8)
End of the line for Napoleon? (8)
... this, too, may be the end of the 7 (8)
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Paul ENCHILADA See 25
Mixed dhal, a nice spicy dish (9)
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Paul ALIGNMENT Giant elm to be replaced around noon, or evening (9)
Organisation lamenting being disorganised (9)
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Paul PROPAGATE Rugby player put on stone to breed (9)
Promote what sounds like right scandal? (9)
Promote correct manner of ambulation, as 13 (9)
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Paul SQUEEGEE Picture, framing one with many subjects almost good, cleaner (8)
Cleaner figure halved for ease, it's said, good to enter (8)
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Paul CHICAGO Musical no longer in vogue? (7)
Looking good, back in US city (7)
City was smart once (7)
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Paul SENDER Get plastered on one knee, perhaps (6)
See 25
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Paul CAPITAL Say 12's great! (7)
Serious money (7)
Dandy, Stanley or Douglas, perhaps? (7)
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Paul JUMPER Top steeplechaser, perhaps? (6)
4's flea? (6)
See 9
Top starter? (6)
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Paul SQUID Marine life in Guinea? (5)
... or mollusc (5)
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Paul OUTCLASSED Died in support of lost cause, beaten, easily so (10)
Fool, unfortunately clouted around, beaten (10)
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Paul FORTYWINKS Rest more than enough to secure promotion to the Premiership? A thousand banked (5,5)
Unconscious moments of Spooner's toad-like informers (5,5)
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Paul SUPINE Leg held by girl lying down, face up (6)
Palms up, in effect, keeping so? (6)
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Paul FLATUS Smooth American wind (6)
Gas faults in need of repair (6)
Smooth American wind (6)
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Paul CENOTAPH Memorial - knock one up in church (8)
Irishman I caught climbing over hospital memorial (8)
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Paul BENIGN Gentle spirit required to ascend through mountain (6)
Old Labourite keeps one good and calm (6)
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Paul ANIMAL Beast wants plate flipped over (6)
Plate brought up, liver? (6)
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Paul HARMONICA Instrument causing damage when attached to one short whip (9)
Girl on musical instrument, not piano — another one? (9)
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Paul INELASTIC Firm's client is a drunk (9)
A client is fantastically uncompromising (9)
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Paul AORTA Choice between bow and stern for Argonaut on a vessel (5)
Tube from Chelsea, or taxi? (5)
Vital channel in that road going north (5)
Extract from Kafka or Tallis that comes straight from the heart (5)
Not viewing odds, favour a team which is close to one's heart (5)
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Paul PARK Find a space for a public one (4)
See 10
See 16
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Paul ESPY Witness of crimes, Pythagoras (4)
Notice sixth sense before the penultimate (4)
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Paul FLAGON Vessel to fit inside dish (6)
Weaken on the bottle (6)
Vessel to continue sinking? (6)
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Paul NERVE Bottle which transmits message (5)
18 feature of king in uniform, revolutionary (5)
Conductor showing fortitude (5)
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Paul GOLD Delicate stuff needed when lead wasted in game (4,4)
Picture card's last, cutting the queen of clubs? (10)
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Paul DEED It's done up and done down (4)
Something done both ways (4)
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Paul CROUTON Criminal admits licking something fried (7)
Party admitting defeat producing little bit of food (7)
Landslide admitted by party that's in the soup (7)
Stuff in blue cube that's fried (7)
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Paul PARODY Staff cutting wages, farce (6)
Stick in money for imitation (6)
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Paul EMEND Country having ousted leader, Germany correct (5)
Change country, heading off over Germany (5)
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Paul THIGH Time off a bit below the belt? (5)
Finally, skirt hitched up, perhaps — so this revealed? (5)
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Paul DEPOT Warehouse has to come off drugs? (5)
Point about record store (5)
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Paul TIARA Headgear a despicable person raised, taking one in (5)
Something suspicious smelt returns to pinch one crown (5)
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Paul INTEGRAL Build-up of massive temperature under home essential (8)
Whole jumbo jet then ends up south of island (8)
Function whose differential may be altering (8)
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Paul OFFAL King Lear's opening, rubbish (5)
Old King Cole's third dish (5)
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Paul STICKSANDSTONES Criticism wears down characters — but these really hurt? (6,3,6)
Those hurtful things taken on board, bully can't set on kids (6,3,6)
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Paul SOMMELIER Expert waiting for someone prostrate in the trenches of northern France? (9)
Ordering rosé? Me, I'm left to translate! (9)
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Paul DOWNSTREAM With the current trend, a woman's not in need of an order (10)
Eat seconds with squad, carrying last of dinner towards the mouth? (10)
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Paul RWANDA Scene of much bloodshed allowing women's entry to golf club (6)
Country where characters used to make war? (6)
Country where fish filmed following river (6)
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Paul EARS See 25
See 1 down
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Paul LIVERSAUSAGE Resident superpower stuffing herb in meat product (5,7)
Agile unruly gathering against consuming a meat product (5,7)
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Paul ORGAN Classic car, which won't start, stops here (5)
Ape's tail taken to heart - something like it (5)
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Paul GLANCE Look good with weapon (6)
Look good with weapon (6)
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Paul TRAVAIL Labour Party clipped in the end (7)
Labour finds a victorious leader in course (7)
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Paul TIDDLY Drunk needing shuteye for counter ... (6)
A little drunk, in order to drink 500 litres (6)
Game for flirtation in pub? (6)
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Paul TEQUILA Student partial to quite a fashionable, cooler cocktail (7,7)
Drink booked with 1 across 23, roughly speaking? (7)
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Paul SHEBANG Novel on crack, the whole thing? (7)
Woman shot has whole operation (7)
Novel report, the whole thing (7)
Woman given report, the whole thing (7)
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Paul BRICKLAYER Home builder finds good egg with hen (10)
Agreeable chap put on coat for builder (10)
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Paul NAPOLEON Two card games from "Animal Farm" and "Star Wars" for "The Man from UNCLE" (8,4)
Coin for pig (8)
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Paul TURNKEY Old screw to open door? (7)
Old screw's failure to secure pole (7)
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Paul PLAIN Soundly smooth flat land (5)
Face for the radio might be so? (5)
Quite ugly (5)
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Paul ESTIMATE I'm dividing all that's 10, the rough value (8)
I'm cutting property value (8)
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Paul MALADY Female neighbours bringing disorder (6)
Woman after reversal of morning sickness (6)
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Paul PARR Fish, survivor of the 16th century? (4)
Fish surviving wife? (4)
Fish pie and raspberry ripple starters (4)
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Paul UGANDA Headless cockroach, say, with a place in Africa (6)
Country saying: "Me goose, ___" (6)
Zulu offering conclusions along with a nation (6)
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Paul GREAT Enormous scratch by the ear (5)
Super double-dotty bird (5,7,6)
Banker announcing depressing figures? (5,4)
Commoner alleging bureaucrat¿s confused (5,5,8)
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Paul TEMPEST Force countered plague in 8 (7)
Wind force then a problem — in this? (7)
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Paul PIECE Man bit arm (5)
Bit that's evading the Middle East, it's reported (5)
Audible, quiet man (5)
Man in fleece I pass for a retriever? (5)
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Paul PETTING See 23
See 9
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Paul ONSTAGE Two legs — where to break one? (2,5)
Acting male one's screened (2,5)
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Paul SAUCER See 22
See 27
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Paul SKILIFT Sketch garages provided by premier in Lausanne for mountain people carrier (3,4)
Mountain climber beginning to shiver, if not wearing pants, traditionally? (3,4)
What comes up in cold climates is small, providing dressed as Scotsman? (3,4)
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Paul FOREMAN Lift title that's beneath pro boxer (7)
1 across, because of reputation, getting up (7)
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Paul ACETONE Wonderful air, thinner (7)
Wonderful character getting thinner (7)
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Paul FETA Cheese is strong when expected (4)
Cheese some cat effectively knocked over (4)
Cheese served in café, tasty (4)
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Paul BILLIARDS Game all I cooked in partridges etc (9)
See 8
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Paul RARE Very red, like a blue moon? (4)
Bottom? Then second to bottom's exceptional (4)
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Paul OMEN The sign of a totally massacred army? (4)
Sign 1m off? (4)
Bit of welcome news, or indication of misfortune (4)
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Paul HEAD Spooner's metal building an irritating thing? (4,5)
13 across lad adjusted, entering measurement (4)
See 1
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Paul OARED Equipped as a galley with duck and a cherry (5)
As a boat perhaps flew, top flying off (5)
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Paul GOOD Something slimy died — that's fine! (4)
See 9
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Paul PREDATE Come before appearing sore in the head (7)
Arrive earlier, like blood entering head (7)
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Paul CHIPOLATA Sausage sandwiches with it in drink? Thanks! (9)
Drink with cool ingredient? Little appreciative word for food (9)
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Paul TABLE See 19
Food reliable, though not starter (5)
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Paul ISLAND See 24 across
See 4
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Paul MEGA 6 down a splendid thing, on reflection (4)
Both thin and thick stuff written by me — quite some name! (8)
Gargantuan gastronome gaily guzzles (4)
Margaret playing Jack, great player (8)
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Paul SEVENTY Figure something happening in outskirts of Sydney (7)
Figure quits in home of Napoleon? (7)
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Paul SERIAL Vaccine holding choler back not so well? Cause of many deaths (6,6)
That's used for identifying theme song, perhaps? (6,6)
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Paul CHINESE Upset by 1 down undies, lush song by 26 27 (7,7,5)
A constant diet of dripping? (7,5,7)
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Paul DOUBLECHIN Those partial to chicken and chips in for unsightly fat! (6,4)
Fold of fat taking bottoms up, you might say? (6,4)
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Paul SHOP See 1
Sell out, as it might? (4)
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Paul SHIP See 24
See 27
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Paul REFER Point in either direction (5)
Look up, one way or the other (5)
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Philistine IRAQI Arab republicans have quite intelligent leaders (5)
Middle Eastern fuel qualifier when refined (5)
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Philistine EASTER Holiday for some came as term ended (6)
See art or 27 as represented in overseas territory celebration (6)
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Philistine NEED Want to handle dough while talking (4)
Born and died in poverty (4)
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Philistine ORCHESTRA I'm leaving choir master to sort out the musicians (9)
Horse and cart transport for the players (9)
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Philistine RINGLET Hair contributes to curing lethargy (7)
Lock for phone permit included in covering letter (7)
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Philistine HAND See 4
Heather's after hospital with treatment (8)
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Philistine INCAN Preserved member of an ancient civilisation (5)
Tinned American (5)
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Philistine SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL The very one, she'd accepted climax frequently sinful (5,2,3,5)
He just appears gentle around climax: he made it up (5,2,3,5)
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Philistine ESPOUSAL States accepted by Poles, perhaps, for adoption (8)
Assumption that when borders cease to exist, despot must fall (8)
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Philistine RAPPORT Knock and Cork possibly have kinship (7)
Said perhaps to follow music link (7)
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Philistine BLOC Political alliance rejected cola's follower? (4)
Protocol book holding up, briefly and audibly, an obstruction to progress for the allies (4)
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Philistine BRINGUPTHEREAR Twice raise the admission to be last in (5,2,3,4)
Double raise includes article to come last (5,2,3,4)
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Philistine GONE Film good person who's 14 (4,4,3,4)
See 12
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Philistine KITSCH 18 not 51, may be vulgar (6)
A bit of slapstick? It's cheap and vulgar (6)
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Philistine CAREER Nurse accepts the end of the profession (6)
Country heard calling (6)
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Philistine ANNEXE Sound made by one old lover in the wing (6)
A wing and a kiss in a year in Provence (6)
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Philistine ABOARD On a ship overseas subject to right promotion (6)
A poet describes love on a ship (6)
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Philistine CYCLIC Democracy cliches keep coming round (6)
County council Islamic extremists following a regular pattern (6)
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Philistine SPLIT Port and pudding after 1 (5)
Part (5)
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Philistine ADONIS A fellow is a looker (6)
He would have said no need for plastic surgery (6)
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Philistine COMPANY CO2 ? (7)
2's 23 (7)
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Philistine ABEL A sound measure of the third man (4)
Not 9 help for the third man (4)
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Philistine FIRST Tree surgeon's plant is about right for me (5,6,8)
Top of trees, top of trees (5)
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Philistine HITECH Advanced knot securing loose end (2-4)
Modern and successful city hotel (2-4)
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Philistine SHREW Nag mouse-like creature (5)
See 1
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Philistine LONG Part of Lord's pavilion is essentially all for one newly-wed (4,4)
Tall island pine (4)
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Philistine EMUS Dance music featuring Australians? (4)
Australians implicated in the return of consumerism (4)
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Philistine CLIENTELE Elect representation to enshrine a legal right for customers (9)
Clinic ends telecast with "50% reductions for customers" (9)
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Philistine RETINUE Following up in reproductive unit: erythematous uterine disorder (7)
Get back together with leader at the end backing train (7)
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Philistine OVERWHELM Finished warhead steering into swamp (9)
Monumental shell, however exploded, results in defeat (9)
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Philistine DISCUSS Talk about events? (7)
Talk about an athletic event with squad leader (7)
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Philistine ESTABLISH What covers essay by learner is found (9)
Found Basil Faulty in east of France hotel! (9)
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Philistine ADRIFT Going nowhere in commercial break (6)
Plug falling out and floating (6)
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Philistine PURL "To knit or not knit" sounds like some wisdom (4)
We say this is a gem of a stitch (4)
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Philistine IDLER For starters, I do love endlessly relaxing (5)
Stepford wife takes her top off and reveals bum (5)
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Philistine MEANEST Least likely to give me an estimate, having lost one friend (7)
18 is French and most cruel (7)
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Philistine SCRAGGY Thin piece of material clutched by extremely shambolic granny (7)
Start to scream and shout about a horse being emaciated (7)
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Philistine TORPEDO Fuss about correct speech: English can sink a ship! (7)
Projectile weapon lifts off to explode protect­ive covers (7)
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Philistine PIZZAZZ Dash a couple of final letters on food (7)
After food, sound sleeping produces vigour (7)
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Philistine OVER Nearly all of very coy men get beaten (8)
If it's after 3, hang around for deliveries (4)
Exploit dispute minister rejected in agreement (8)
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Philistine MANIC Frenetic cinema production lacking energy (5)
Lodge may be not so hectic (5)
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Philistine INDONESIA One's invaded some country or another (9)
One's in some Asian country or another (9)
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Philistine ANTI Her father and brother were as one in opposing Left (8)
Fancy diet not a cure (8)
Not in favour of Ain't Misbehavin’ (4)
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Philistine ETHIC The principle of sauce thickening (5)
The principle of variable thickness (5)
Elizabeth I certainly demonstrates this principle (5)
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25757
Philistine RESCUE Greeks regularly need prompt salvation (6)
Regret accepting key delivery (6)
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Philistine PANIC 13 form pressure flap (5)
Like a man from Spain, but without his fear (5)
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Philistine SHED Compiler the woman would dump in the outhouse (4)
My colleague's cast (4)
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Philistine DINGO Dog in wild (5)
Dog in trouble with dog (5)
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26189
Philistine FRIGHTEN Cow not left in lowland (8)
Screw badly, then drive out (8)
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Philistine ALTEREGO Most like one voice full of hesitation, say (5,3)
One virtually geocryptic (5,3)
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Philistine ENTENTECORDIALE Perhaps French camping call centre restricted agreement (7,8)
May be ten out of ten are docile, playing in friendly agreement (7,8)
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Philistine NOMINEE One named compiler's in age regression (7)
I'm on an upwards course, born to be a candidate (7)
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Philistine TANGENT Hitman line (7)
Beat man to the touchline (7)
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Philistine ADMIRER Naughty married lover (7)
Notice muck heading for rotating fan (7)
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Philistine BRIGADIER In wrong gear? That's right, officer (9)
Officer's ship given a rough ride (9)
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26009
Philistine CLUB Card players? (4)
Stick card (4)
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Philistine ASTERN Behind, as with rent outstanding (6)
Across and behind (6)
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Philistine EASTERN 12 noon and it's heading to 90° (7)
Sweetheart seen with backward Oriental (7)
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Philistine ERSATZ Substitute queen took her place on the throne last (6)
Substitute ending for the Four Seasons: a last waltz (6)
Substitute saxophone for bass tuba; get jazz at last! (6)
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26276
Philistine REBEL Rise of Hilaire Belloc (5)
Be revolting and look revoltingly up and over top of bra (5)
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Picaroon GRASS Novelist from Greece New Yorker's behind (5)
Vacuous geezer, a twit or dope (5)
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Picaroon ABELARD Japanese leader with fat lover (7)
President with fat French lover (7)
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Picaroon AISLE Man maybe following a walkway (5)
A key passage (5)
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Picaroon REALM Field team from Spain in the first half (5)
Land miles east of Brazilian capital (5)
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Picaroon MILLER He crushes a number in French Resistance (6)
Playmaker, one running round Arsenal's No 7 (6)
Swinger going on record shows what's grand in French Resistance (6)
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Picaroon OREGANO No-go area hasn't a twining aromatic plant (7)
Love old sandwiches middle daughter leaves for cook (7)
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Picaroon DITCH Day's getting long in desert (5)
Axe tip from Douglas pine (5)
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Picaroon ABACI Entering capital, turned up taxi counters (5)
More than one counter in taxicab adds the wrong way (5)
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Picaroon RURAL Bucolic pair of rivers (5)
Country sport really regularly cancelled (5)
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Picaroon PREVENT Bar where spin doctors congregate? (7)
Stop media manipulation happening! (7)
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Picaroon FIRE One about to follow fellow in blazer? (4)
Car racing about, showing zeal (4)
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26485
Picaroon STOIC Cool Greek stores with ices reduced by 50% (5)
One in bed's turned over, not easily excited (5)
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Picaroon ERRATIC Unreliable British leader, scoundrel in charge (7)
Boy inhaling grass is unpredictable (7)
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Picaroon DODGE Scheme with Italian bigwig fencing diamonds (5)
Female's dressing outside of Dog and Duck (5)
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Picaroon ESSEN Characters from tin-producing 22 down location (5)
Two characters, both Poles, in European city (5)
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Picaroon READIED Grass skirts twirling girl prepared (7)
Prepared to pass through study (7)
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Picaroon EYEWASH Rot back in coarse types of wood (7)
Rot found in heart of beech trees (7)
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Picaroon POLICEDOG Tracker of criminal traveller given £1,000 to hide diamonds twice (6,3)
Explorer receives very cool tip from Guatemalan tracker (6,3)
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Picaroon FOUR Noted piece following Guardian's main issue (4,7)
Coat's wrapped round figure (4)
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Picaroon CHINA Links with a displaced ally (5)
It's hot filling tea cups etc (5)
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Picaroon REAR Stern king with sensitivity for music (4)
Almost stand up or sit down on this (4)
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Picaroon INFER Conclude there's no getting out of hell (5)
Reason reporter's dressed to anger animal activists (5)
Conclude there's no leaving hell (5)
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Picaroon ELEVEN In Barcelona, the regular number of players (6)
Sides of equilateral with smooth side (6)
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Picaroon TOGETHER Obtained round number in combination (8)
Like an item obtained returning three rocks (8)
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Picaroon TRADEIN 17 to accompany a German exchange (5-2)
Sort of deal involved aid with rent (5-2)
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Picaroon TROILUS Labour to protect right country, one in 12 7 (7)
Trojan's raging lust around foreign king (7)
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Picaroon DADA Pop art movement (4)
One following pop art movement (4)
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Picaroon HOY Knight Rider's barge? (3)
Sailor's cry, abandoning a boat (3)
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27261
Picaroon EXTOL Past tax cut gets acclaim (5)
Sexy? It's bold to strip off for acclaim (5)
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26619
Picaroon OWED Outstanding poet's encouragement to unite (4)
See 11
Outstanding poetic entreaty to marry (4)
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26959
Picaroon ROOK Fleece jumper put on king (4)
Castle of Otranto's walls besieged by kings (4)
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Picaroon CHANDLER Name put in coat from clever retailer (8)
Retailer's name in credit (8)
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27192
Picaroon INTER Italian footballers spend cold months without women (5)
See 25
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Picaroon EMBASSY Singer plugs TV award half-heartedly — it's an important mission (7)
Catching fish is English setter's mission (7)
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26708
Picaroon SPOTON Exactly what the bare-bosomed have rejected (4,2)
Revolting, like those going bare-chested? That's right! (4,2)
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Picaroon STET Don't delete this shot's frame on film (4)
It's fixed — about time! Don't change it (4)
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Picaroon ENORMOUS Obese individual turned up right before sumo wrestling (8)
Uncovered bird or rodent or mammoth (8)
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Picaroon ODESSA Ship follows lines, reaching a port (6)
Port amassed? Oenophile spun bottles (6)
Port's excessive consumption close to binge — idiot's thrown up (6)
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27026
26128
Picaroon AMI Novelist lacking close friend (3)
Overseas, China's capital spanning miles (3)
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27038
Picaroon UNIT Constituent's texting: "You idiot!" (4)
Where to study time in detail (4)
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26684
Picaroon CONDO Politician given party lodgings (5)
Tory Party accommodation (5)
27439
26366
Picaroon TROLLEYBUS Advance so far up, welcoming spin in vehicle (10)
Disagreeable poster sending up the antiquated, mostly broken public transport (10)
27527
26110
Picaroon SUEDE On the radio, did rock’n’roll material (5)
Take legal action about journalist's material (5)
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Picaroon STAYATHOME Preferring to be in hot seat — and may need grilling (4-2-4)
Reluctant to explore a hot and steamy novel (4-2-4)
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26315
Picaroon CLASH Bread gets left inside jar (5)
Don't go with change, defending Latin (5)
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Picaroon CASTE Man on board hasn't left station (5)
Something essential to BBC as television station (5)
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Picaroon BEST Top man on the 24 across (4)
Conferred with footballer needing to be paid off? (8)
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26315
Picaroon ETAL Departed northwards with others (2,2)
Liberal, worried, retreating along with others (2,2)
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Picaroon BROKERAGE Type of firm with no money to lose it (9)
Activity in the City gets you skint? Then see red! (9)
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Picaroon STASIS Way a family member shows inactivity (6)
What is extremely stagnant and unaltered (6)
It's still shrouded in mist, as I said (6)
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26959
Picaroon SETH The 5th person in the 8th group (4)
Third child registered in Somerset House (4)
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Picaroon VALENTINE Abstinence accepted by useless English lover (9)
Sweetheart conceited European holds fast (9)
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Picaroon CASINO Place for better business, keeping equally popular (6)
Place for better business that's like home inside (6)
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Picaroon ARCHER Group of stars, one parading topless (6)
Person parading topless, who might take a bow (6)
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Picaroon SATYR Did model dishearten younger, lusty fellow? (5)
"Sun" follows this year's compulsive bed-hopper (5)
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Picaroon SEDATE Extremely serene and steady (6)
Leisurely assignation in the Home Counties (6)
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Picaroon EARLYBIRD Almost out of new porridge, one will surely get the breakfast (5,4)
Noble woman embracing unknown, who won't linger in bed (5,4)
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Picaroon STEAMY Like a kitchen where saté is prepared with cry of surprise (6)
Passionate group playing in Sleepy Hollow (6)
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Picaroon BOXERS Sportsmen's 9 (6)
Men in gloves and underpants? (6)
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Picaroon ADHERE Stand by to get Bill's location? (6)
Stick bill on present (6)
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Picaroon EMMA What's stopping them making a literary work? (4)
Turned up a shortened Madame Bovary? (4)
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Picaroon STIR Part of flight out of a prison (4)
Excitement makes you cooler (4)
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Picaroon OUTOFDATE Old fruit beneath Bullingdon club member getting end away? (3,2,4)
Fuddy-duddy not having a partner (3,2,4)
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Picaroon POINT Show some beer, getting a round in (5)
Cape and grass skirts modish (5)
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Picaroon PIRATE Power-mad criminal (6)
Silver, say, is good value (6)
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Picaroon NIECE Polite about end of tale one's related (5)
Pretty inclusive of English family member (5)
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Picaroon MUSETTE Speechless about group's bagpipe (7)
Bagpipe not heard around radio? (7)
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Picaroon DELHI Fancy grocer's stealing hearts in Asian city (5)
Food store investing hard capital (5)
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Picaroon PARTITA A hint about possessing skill for some 17 (7)
Pair that trashed hotel to leave suite (7)
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Picaroon TWEEDY Tense and feeble, like the rural upper classes (6)
Like the rural upper classes getting back in hunt — pathetic! (6)
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26213
Picaroon STIRRUP Republican brought in to agitate gets a foothold (7)
It interrupts humming noises around bit of ear (7)
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Picaroon FRIEDMAN What might appeal to cannibal or neoliberal (8)
See 10
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Picaroon LOWNECKED See women getting drunk, showing cleavage (3-6)
Look down during day — it's quite revealing (3-6)
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Picaroon NECKLACE Drink to fortify for embellish­ment (8)
Make out fabulous stores close to retail chain (8)
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Picaroon PIERCES Men on board entertaining Republican bores (7)
Bores perhaps writing cutting articles (7)
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Picaroon OUTDO Unabashedly pink party top (5)
Bit of a lout, Donald Trump (5)
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Picaroon ORDER Gold colour wheels around Fiat (5)
Nun's in one skirt but no top (5)
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Picaroon ELL Length of suffering in EastEnders (3)
Distance fellow travellers cover repeatedly (3)
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Picaroon ELIJAH Prophet and pilgrim the French sent to heaven (6)
One Biblical guy or another is with God (6)
Old Testament sermoniser who's with his God? (6)
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Picaroon LOTTERY Take a punt on this lake, with yen to catch aquatic creature (7)
Draw seal ultimately, like an aquatic creature? (7)
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Picaroon ETHEREAL Delayed returning to wrap present that's heavenly (8)
Delicate present wrapped by Roman and others (8)
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Picaroon DIGITAL Like modern gadgets? Like everything, almost! (7)
Like some computers? Very nearly like the whole lot! (7)
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Picaroon SYMPATHY See 12
Fellow feeling inhibited accepts to lightly touch setter's back (8)
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Picaroon OVERACT Public scoffs a starter of cheese and ham (7)
Ham and egg girl cut, removing filling (7)
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Picaroon REEVE Free verse entertains old magistrate (5)
Bird concealed by tree vegetation (5)
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27546
Picaroon DRAWL Big star back to bowl a slow delivery (5)
Way of speaking Latin pupil rejected (5)
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Picaroon DOT I may have one day by Ruth or Daniel's place (3)
Point that's adroit, not at all odd (3)
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Plodge MASS Service an area of land and make a big killing(8)
Rubbed shoulders, maybe, with state elder(8)
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Plodge CHOP At the double, double-jointed? (4-4)
See 18 (4)
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Plodge TIGHT To be drunk neat? (5)
Sewed up singular legwear (5)
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Plodge INSULAR Provincial liberal American turned up in pouring rain (7)
Endlessly abuse a right to be withdrawn (7)
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Plodge NEEDED Wanted to have made some dough, say? (6)
State raised the dough required (6)
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Plodge UKELELE A saint from head to toe, the continental European. (What a plonker!) (7)
Student in university, one in Staffordshire, has an instrument (7)
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Puck TEMPO Essential for galop, metronome's rising speed (5)
Essential for galop, metronome's rising speed (5)
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Puck MESSUP Notes drink causing muddled confusion (4-2)
Notes drink causing muddled confusion (4-2)
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Puck LARCENISTS Those wrongly taking clarinet solos, discontentedly playing (10)
Those wrongly taking clarinet solos, discontentedly playing (10)
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Puck HIGHTREASON Crime committed against state senator? (4,7)
Crime committed against state senator? (4,7)
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Puck PENTAGRAM One writing piece about male star (9)
One writing piece about male star (9)
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Puck LAMB See 27
See 27
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Puck SCALLY Rogue with second name unknown (6)
Rogue with second name unknown (6)
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Puck PUSHOVER Piece of cake turned up? Keep mum on! (8)
Piece of cake turned up? Keep mum on! (8)
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Puck NEVER See 11
See 11
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Puck GORDON Sting involving gin and rum drunk around Geordieland? (6,6)
Sting involving gin and rum drunk around Geordieland? (6,6)
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Puck HARRY Badger runs through mown grass (5)
Badger runs through mown grass (5)
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Puck SURFER Man going on board with female, in steady relationship at first (6)
Man going on board with female, in steady relationship at first (6)
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Puck LIPIDS Fatty substances put Tory leader on edge (6)
Fatty substances put Tory leader on edge (6)
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Puck DOCTRINAIRE Impractically theoretical medic taking round out to home by river (11)
Impractically theoretical medic taking round out to home by river (11)
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Puck BEANOTHER See 11
See 11
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Puck IMAM Spiritual leader of Austria in 1999 (4)
US city backed removing one Arab leader (4)
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Puck HASH Messy mix in middle of The Tree (4)
Pot made from hard wood (4)
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Puck RHYMESTER Poet made of setter in time sherry's drunk (9)
Poet from Maidenhead almost set off in posh car (9)
Poet from Maidenhead almost set off in posh car (9)
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Puck TUSSORE Indian silk trousers to be altered right away (7)
Silk trousers taken off right away (7)
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Puck BACK See 4
See 14
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27127
Puck SNAP Adult taken in by party game (4)
Party without a break (4)
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Puck IDES Some of these Dickensians turned up for a day in 24 down reportedly (4)
… 80% of that is due to 19 13 or 15 (4)
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Puck IMAGO Puck's game, catching a butterfly? (5)
Honest villain seen circling minute 6-foot stage? (5)
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26918
Puck TEASE Meal with ends of spare rib (5)
Drinks with English guy (5)
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27620
Puck STAGEDOOR Film actor's entrance (5,4)
Actor's way-out and eccentric, so great when holding party (5,4)
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27378
Puck EXEUNT Flower given to a French model as they leave the stage (6)
They leave the stage with old tune playing (6)
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25704
Puck HORSE Drug mule's mother (5)
A number of hands up this jumper? (5)
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Puck LEGACY Something left behind in sort of underwear, say (6)
Something left back in empty cage by lion? (6)
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Puck IDLE Regularly find clues not working (4)
JFK once lied? (8)
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Puck HOLE Women moved out of complete dump (4)
See 16
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Puck BATMAN Servant uses 2 in the 22 in common location, withdrawing large amount (6)
Cricketer that's second out — Wayne, the night watchman? (6)
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Puck INFIDEL Disbeliever took the initiative, providing part of UK’s upturn (7)
Pagan with Manx feline, I'd suspect (7)
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26438
Puck TED See 16
See 16
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Puck SPADES Ground-breaking quarterdeck? (6)
Flat point between fringes of Smoke Shovelling suit (6)
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26918
Puck OSAKA Sailor with alias in Asian city (5)
Port where sailor has a car, reportedly (5)
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24835
Puck SORT Kind of snout, extremely yellow on the inside (4)
Half of Ilkley looked for broadcast (4)
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25800
Puck IRAQI Asian republicans face leading question (5)
National Rail quick? No luck there, sadly (5)
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Puck CARTON Focus on heavyweight boxer's piece of kit? (6)
Container one Geordie home put out for recycling? (6)
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Puck AGGRIEVE Distress of a veggie accidentally eating a little rabbit (8)
Cause pain to Irish horse, say — one mounted the night before (8)
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26186
Puck PERGOLESI Sole gripe about Italian composer (9)
Composer using piano, so the French one (9)
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Puck ADAMANT Legendary rock singer of the 1980s (7)
Insistent girl should meet male model (7)
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Puck FELICITY Girl looking OK in elfin clothing (8)
Joy of life after moving to Dublin, perhaps (8)
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Puck EXPENSIVE English "Times" 71p? Oddly overpriced (9)
Former writer's holding stationery items dear (9)
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26186
Puck NUTS ... mad with violin and cello sections (4)
Fanatical followers of Brazil and Barcelona? (4)
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26186
Puck IRATE Silver top taken off when hopping ... (5)
Mad as an animal that is trapped (5)
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26186
Puck AGRIPPA Bag carried by one old man, in general (7)
Sound advice daughter ignored, in general (7)
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26186
Puck HIGHLANDFLING Steps taken when throwing up? (8,5)
Set of steps needed for tossing the caber? (8,5)
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26186
Puck TOADINTHEHOLE Course of oxygen used in case of possible death in hotel (4-2,3-4)
Dish of boiled hen — it's fed to a wild dog in India (4-2-3-4)
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26186
Puck CUSTODY Copper's now without a place for suspect (7)
Keeping like a sweet sauce, say (7)
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26186
Puck CROATIA Where orca savaged Maria's predecessor? (7)
Busy actor turned sloth? Split evident here (7)
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26186
Puck AMBERGRIS Perfume maker marries big shot, one-off (9)
Light grey French perfume ingredient (9)
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26186
Puck SPAM Virtual junk food found in tin (4)
A Monty Python sketch, originally funny (4)
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26186
Puck GRAN Relative has half of 15 daughter lost (4)
Relative from around Dagenham area originally, leaving Spanish city (ninth of theme) (4)
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26013
Puck BIDETS Lower classes coming into some money for bathroom items (6)
Washing facilities bedsit surprisingly offers (6)
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Puck RESPECT A song to admire? (7)
Muscle in repose, I admire you! (7)
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24448
Puck OLIGOCENE Period piece in igloo starts off melting (9)
Cool genie, suffering from old age (9)
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Puck ALL Utter rallying cry from 1926? (3-3)
The whole boring item's broadcast (3)
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Puck GENERAL A Green Line outing's a hit, leading to more than one day out for many? (7,6)
Queen in gin palace, masquerading as 19 across 19 down's leader (7,4)
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Puck MINOTAUR Slight hill some say is a monster (8)
Character devoured by insignificant monster (8)
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Puck SWANSONG Final appearance of US actress — good! (8)
Final appearance of Desmond, N in Sunset Boulevard (4,4)
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Puck SWINDLE Primarily suppress flatulence? The French do (7)
Do triumph for a day in saddle (7)
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Puck FIGHT TGIF back without first sign of hiccuping bout (5)
Setter separates three neighbours from 26 starting to quarrel (5)
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Puck TUESDAY See 4
Solomon's head due to be splashed in some water then? (7)
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25920
Puck MACK Item worn in shower by son of king? (4)
Computer keyboard's lead is waterproof (4)
Computer keyboard's lead is waterproof (4)
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27638
Puck TOP Retracted notice about the French in 16 11 only? (7)
Bring to an end, removing the head! (3)
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27378
Puck SQUARE See 21
See 9
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25615
Puck MOUNTIE Doctor on BBC, not a lawman (7)
Second cousin's mum's not a cop (7)
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27224
Puck LOCK Secure forward position (4)
Return of Colonel K's hairpiece? (4)
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27127
Puck OBERON Honour given to boy king ... (6)
My boss during October only (6)
Puck's sovereign queen in love with Bottom? Oh, not initially (6)
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25109
Puck STRING Musician capturing essential character of first violin part? (6)
Musician's essential for group of Arabs? (6)
26033
26918
Puck ANORAK A killer said to carry a jacket full of useless facts and figures? (6)
Article with piece about female trainspotter (6)
Article with piece about female trainspotter (6)
26033
27638
27638
Puck TROUT Botox look worked up to by nasty old woman (5,4)
… fish from the River Ouse, until tickling starts (5)
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25325
Puck OPPORTUNE Fit in drink with a Parisian after work … (9)
Timely work on river - River Aire, say (9)
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24540
Puck YOU Second person involved in family outing (3)
See 11
See 11
25851
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27638
Puck OUTSTRIPS Takes more off away kits? (9)
Takes off faster, so leaves behind … (9)
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26790
Puck NONSTOP Somewhat contrarily, spots no numbers around the clock (3-4)
Constant snot supply in nose often picked at first (3-4)
Express opinion on St Ophelia's offering (7)
Uninterrupted playing of pontoon's lacking nought (3-4)
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26690
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26186
Puck PESETA Old man injecting drug fix once ready (6)
Money once put into exercise area (6)
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Puck DAWDLED Old man went first, accepting wife moved slowly (7)
Lagged behind as diamonds led, after a lot of money put up (7)
27557
24835
Puck POPULAR 19 in old Ford (7)
University in London area (7)
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Puck DIEFLEDERMAUS Silly me, sure a fiddle featured in opera (3,10)
"Noted drama as Princess Elizabeth initially escaped with the Queen Mother" (the Guardian) (3,10)
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25240
Puck BESOM Slovenly Scotswoman needed to get cleaner? "Maybe Someday" covers that (5)
Most Moses baskets originally revolved around a bunch of twigs (5)
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Puck ASHTRAYS Adult errs when drunk? Butts in here, perhaps (8)
Adult errs when drunk? Butts in here, perhaps (8)
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Puck ABBESS Superior rating given to the "Black Horse" (6)
Religious leader with no need for a highwayman's horse (6)
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Puck TOYOTA Car that only young owners treasure always starts (6)
Car that only young owners treasure always starts (6)
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Puck DEBACLE Collapse of the French composer's detailed inside (7)
"Lost taxi turns up in river" fiasco (7)
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Puck ERATO Love rat often providing inspiration for poet (5)
Revered female poets regularly are reflecting (5)
Inspiration for love poetry or tea dances (5)
27279
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26593
Puck CON See 16
See 16
Party animal, female, has male chained up? (12)
26255
25004
27530
Puck DIS Get down with sort of dance number not identified by a series of notes (12)
Underworld criminal to catch up with chap that's unhappy over here after vacation down under (12)
26255
25004
Puck ULTRA 17 stuck halfway through Paul, Tramp, Vlad, even Rufus? Yes, initially (5)
Letters from 24, translated for extremist (5)
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Puck ARROWROOTS Topless thin torso, sporting white bloomers (10)
Topless thin torso, sporting white bloomers (10)
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27638
Puck FIREBRAND Sack Mark, the troublemaker (9)
Agitator from East London ready to follow revolutionary brief (9)
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26186
Puck BRISTOLFASHION Was boob tube part of this order? (7,7)
Port model ordered (7,7)
23944
26186
Puck RONEO Copy Rio? (5)
Copier — one office has it stored away? (5)
23944
26186
Puck PAUL Setter's setter's working as a singer (4,5)
Ill chap, at first really unwell, expertly treated by hospital's immunologist (4,7)
25210
26655
Puck LEOPARD Old man entertained by frisky older 17 (7)
Revolutionary rhyme mainly penned by fat cat (7)
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Puck HILL See 16
See 3
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Puck JOHN Can a tart love short-tempered actor? (4,8)
24's predecessor in Vatican office (4)
Book the smallest room (4)
See 22 down
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26790
Puck SUMNER See 15
See 15
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Puck CASH 2 in the 22 of shop one can't get repaired (9)
Money not left in jar (4)
Maybe 14 6 starts to crow after successful hijacking (4)
26309
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27127
Puck LANCE Acne outbreak on head of Louis Armstrong? (5)
Cut corner heading into narrow street (5)
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26186
Puck AMID Amongst friends in Gabon, departs for Sweden (4)
… amongst the number of nights told of in a diary, originally (4)
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25704
Puck RYEGRASS Broadcast mocking animal eating grain as fodder (3,5)
Broadcast mocking animal eating grain as fodder (3,5)
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Puck TOMORROW See 9
It's never this cat getting run over, when looking both ways before beginning to walk (8)
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Puck EWE Beastly pair some would say solvers were familiar with? (3;3)
Blame shifted, after royal subject knocked over dearest possession (3-4)
Blame shifted, after royal subject knocked over dearest possession (3-4)
26033
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27638
Puck BREATHINGSPACE Break for baked beans, the cigar and a pee! (9,5)
How often we get inspiration — and the rest (9,5)
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26186
Puck FIESTA Half of "Wolfie" Smith's Tooting army, initially (6)
Holiday at sea curtailed, if overturned (6)
26013
26420
Puck WEST Direction to tie up serial killer first (8)
Wiltshire town in winter? (8)
County of East Sussex — thereabouts yeomen primarily got into work by horse (4,9)
24411
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25800
Puck BLUE Buy me an old-fashioned number (4,6)
Large animals start to hibernate in right-wing country (4,6)
24540
25373
Puck MOSTYN Flintshire village in which pigs are consumed by day (6)
The majority on vacation yearn for North Welsh port (6)
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26186
Puck MORRIS Is Dr Cameron right getting upset with man on his hobby horse? (6,6)
Second car is an old one (6)
25615
25402
Puck WARREN 18th-century politician in conflict over northern battle (6,8)
A rook nested in smaller species' overcrowded area (6)
A rook nested in smaller species' overcrowded area (6)
26033
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27638
Puck BOB See 21
Dickensian advice for treating itch, involving shilling in change? (3,8)
24938
25325
Puck AMATEUR A china vase last dropped by dilettante (7)
A drink served up after Greek character's eaten ham (7)
24152
25825
Puck NASTIER Are nits mutating and so more dangerous? (7)
Wine drunk by loveless fiddle player is more disgusting (7)
23944
26186
Puck GOFER Some running of errands for dogsbody (5)
Some running of errands for dogsbody (5)
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27638
Puck LEAFAGE Have a cigarette in the shelter which a tree provides (7)
Vegetation that's fine in a gale moving east (7)
23944
26186
Puck BROUHAHA Fuss from supporter about where French hotel has fallen short (8)
Happy hour in pub right away leads to hugs and excitement (8)
25800
27224
Puck ABHORRENT Hated seeing her bra on wrong model (9)
Right inside the bar, no drunk is offensive (9)
23944
26186
Puck TRENCHANT Cutting shows Philip hugging Charlie Dicks (9)
Number I love to sing about opening of railway cutting (9)
23944
26186
Puck ALMANACS Girl returned to look quickly through yearly publications (8)
Girl returned to look quickly through yearly publications (8)
27638
27638
Puck ICECOLD Young horse with time off when first of month turned out freezing (3-4)
Frozen state I tick off (3-4)
24251
26473
Puck CHESTNUTS The stale and overfamiliar 22 across on Revolutionary Road (9)
Dreadful stench on return of Manx stud horses (9)
26500
24334
Puck STELLAR When sick, all rest is excellent (7)
Excellent measure included in newspaper (7)
McCartney runs like a celebrity? (7)
26655
25285
24961
Puck TEAT Oops, freshly out of potatoes newly dug (4)
Stimulate a tart's nipple (4)
26690
26690
Puck THEREWILL Standard way of saying RAM must remain constant? (5,4,5,2,7,3)
Standard way of saying RAM must remain constant? (5,4,5,2,7,3)
27638
27638
Puck SCAMPI Southern river with very good crustaceans (6)
Southern river with very good crustaceans (6)
27638
27638
Puck INTHE See 3
See 9
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26593
Qaos SOLDIER 17 double-crossed one about to return (7)
Private Eye, say, infiltrates combine (7)
27129
25973
Qaos DOPE Work in Germany for inside information (4)
Sports teacher's instruction for Charlie, perhaps? (4)
26793
27212
Qaos SNOW It feels cold at this time, following the end of Christmas (4)
English bowler won by some top spinning (4)
It falls slowly to begin with, at this time (4)
26793
27524
27212
Qaos SCARLET Southern refined claret is a brilliant red (7)
Red alert — revolution succeeds, say Communist leaders (7)
26994
26853
Qaos ASSAM Fool rises in the morning for tea (5)
Formula 1 driver reverses and leaves (5)
27593
26793
Qaos EVERTON 11 over, 10 over? (7)
Some cannot reverse backwards in Liverpool (7)
26157
27187
Qaos TEAPOT Mashed potatoes not so much used for brewing (6)
Brewer uses potatoes, filtering out oxygen and sulphur (6)
26157
26793
Qaos OPERATED Ran over dear pet — tragic! (8)
… piece of music, emptied out those diamonds and ran! (8)
27309
26441
Qaos SHY Quiet? Yes, quiet (3)
Reserved "special" with hungry, empty stomach (3)
27309
27542
Qaos NATURE Kind mother? (6)
Character brewing tea with urn (6)
27042
26319
Qaos CHAIN Country relocates area to middle of mountain range (5)
Feature about a group (5)
26456
27524
Qaos RENEW Continue with German sausage roll? Not I (5)
Frenchman's wife to start again (5)
27578
27309
Qaos MAN Crew finally returns from Vietnam (3)
A number under 1,000,000? Wow! (3)
27578
27129
Qaos LANE Computer network: electronic pathway (4)
Perhaps Earth's off limits for Superman's girlfriend (4)
25923
26240
Qaos NELSON Admiral's strong grasp (6)
Admiral's sole upset is in the news (6)
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26710
Qaos BALLADS See 1
British concert artist covers sad rock songs (7)
27282
25857
Qaos FIREBALL Loud anger over party album by Deep Purple (8)
Sack British concert artist, the possible end for a falling star (8)
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Qaos FLYING Very brief affair takes a year (6)
Catapult over its frame to get airborne (6)
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Qaos BLACK Dark and criminal lord? (5)
Sullen from a vitamin deficiency? (5)
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Qaos MAJOR A great prime minister? (5)
Officer's trouble over his men? (5)
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Qaos SUN … a scorcher of a day! (3)
Nice 1 follows Special 1 (3)
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Qaos THINK 1/2 of 30 + 1/4 of 9 … 1,000? That's suspect (5)
Believe the queen is fat? Just the opposite (5)
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Qaos STOP Prevent vessels capsizing (4)
Terminate Sierra, Romeo, Quebec, Papa? (4)
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Qaos GHOST Good landlord serves spirit (5)
Suggestion of grand crowd … (5)
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Qaos WITCH Speller's question on the radio (5)
Ask question of speller (5)
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Qaos PIRATE Steal about 1p's worth (6)
Silver — perhaps small change's rising cost? (6)
I tape record criminally? (6)
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Qaos AMERICA Finally Condoleezza Rice misled in Massachusetts, USA (7)
Country's crime wave suppressed by emergency services? (7)
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Qaos TITANIC Turn? I can't — it's enormous! (7)
Large bird I can cook (7)
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Qaos ISRAEL Country — Iceland — has genuine internal mix-up (6)
Country is leaving Europe after Remain leaders retire (6)
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Qaos LOVESTRUCK Solve puzzle sharp — about 1,000 are infatuated (10)
Infatuated fool exchanges I for U following scrabble solve (10)
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Qaos ANDROMEDA Greek maiden with romantic dream about love (9)
… with artist hugging endless comedy stars (9)
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Qaos UNDERGO Short on game experience (7)
Become bankrupt, when parts are traded for experience (7)
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Qaos COBALT To overcome Labour, Conservative turned blue (6)
Co-pilot finally completes putting fuel over nose of Boeing (6)
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Qaos ARGO Constellation formed from unlimited gas (4)
Retailer loses small ship (4)
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Qaos VILLA See 10
House 21 (12 read backwards) (5)
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Qaos GARDEN Perhaps Eden Hazard's foot is within shot range (6)
Plot flirts with danger (6)
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Qaos LITTLE Short story about dry lake (6)
’80s double act taken to extremes? (6 and 5)
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Qaos SPOOK Ghost upset king — I'm so sorry! (5)
Leader of Kremlin admits mistake turning secret agent (5)
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Qaos TWIN Double 2 minus 0 plus 1 number (4)
Double the victory in Yorkshire? (4)
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Qaos BOAT It's buoyant, oddly (4)
Mockumentary star casts off river vessel (4)
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Qaos PEPPER Look over pressure with power shower (6)
Aristocrat eats very soft fruit (6)
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Qaos ABANDON Might this show you're married to Chuck? (7)
1 + 1? Without detection, I give up … (7)
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Qaos TAXI Team follows reserves by car (4)
Vehicle that carries regular team and another (4)
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Qaos ANGEL A dash of orange liqueur or spirit? (5)
Perhaps Michael Vaughan's foot follows a leg break (5)
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Qaos PIPE See 2
Good exercise channel (4)
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Qaos VIETNAM Country's victory in team sports (7)
Country against having it's name changed hasn't succeeded (7)
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Qaos ALMOND Top politician produced pop in the ’80s (6)
Nut regularly falls, day after day (6)
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Qaos ARCHER Sportsman asks Russian cheats: "Help expose ringleaders" (6)
This lord is more cunning (6)
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Qaos HEAD First male (Adam) had no ma, surprisingly (4)
Lead man of our time (4)
Lead, helium and nitrogen escapes (4)
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Qaos RELATED Said to be family (7)
Told to raise the spirits, in a way (7)
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Qaos APPLE Fruit drink, swallowed very quietly (5)
Daughters leave mottled fruit (5)
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Qaos ESPERANTO Special powers aren't deciphering old language (9)
Out-of-shape senator takes exercise, it's said (9)
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Qaos LOCK See 15
Bar brawl's conclusion — punch strikes head (4)
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Qaos TATTOO Mark's drumbeat (6)
Drumbeat that's not hard to love (6)
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Qaos JACK Boatman's a knave! (4)
Rowling receives a first Christmas card (4)
Card game, no limit (4)
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Qaos PEBBLES Exercise books lose one 11s (7)
"Pocket billions in sleep" (Rolling Stones) (7)
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Qaos MINT The perfect sweet? (4)
Stamp time and time again (4)
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Qaos COMET Long distance traveller to arrive on time (5)
Traveller to arrive on time (5)
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Qaos BOXERS They conceal privates and fighters (6)
Fighting dogs? (6)
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Qaos STADIA Grounds for a divorce? At first it's a mix-up (6)
Grounds for first divorce? I traded in sober adult (6)
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Qaos LYRICAL All I cry about? Topless dads completing dance work (7,7)
I cry, all upset and emotional (7)
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Qaos PUCK Mischievous fellow to choose one out for you (4)
Fairy king's vessel capsized (4)
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Qaos SPHINX Monster's swaying hips gets knight cross (6)
Fabulous creature puts hearts in a whirl with kiss (6)
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Qaos COCONUT Chanel's biggest fan might be shy (7)
Count change on firm palm (7)
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Qaos LIVERPOOL City to be right by water (9)
Royal fund backs rise of corrupt City (9)
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Qaos EXPRESS The Fast Show? (7)
Talk fast (7)
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Qaos ASSET Help dog remove lead (5)
… returns old savings account for something useful (5)
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Qaos STRANGE Funny gag's line unleashed (7)
Divorced naked eccentric (7)
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Qaos GEOGRAPHY Subject bruised ego to plot the end of vanity (9)
Subject's alter ego leads plot: the ultimate robbery (9)
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Qaos IDENTITIES Island gods embraced some Bible characters (10)
1,500 over 10? One draws characters (10)
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Qaos MAIDEN Might she wear tights having no runs? (6)
Soldiers carry help for young lady (6)
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Qaos SPIRAL Twist succeeded — April fool! (6)
I slap cast over the finale of Oliver Twist (6)
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Qaos WHITE Inside the Guardian, 75% of this puzzle is clean (5)
Snooker player breaks with end of cue (5)
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Qaos LOVE Nothing fancy (4)
50 + 0 + 5 + ¼ = 0? (4)
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Qaos DEEP Germany's European record is extreme (4)
Strong desire, at first, to urinate facing the other way (4)
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Qaos GALAXY … celebration and kiss beside unknown number of stars (6)
Many stars party and kiss everybody at the end (6)
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Qaos ANTI Opposed to local migrant integration (4)
Against bikini bottom covered in fake tan (4)
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Qaos READY Prepare bread (5)
Available money? (5)
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Quantum DOODLE Draw made randomly? (6)
Draw made at random (6)
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Quantum TRENDY Cool finish in Test (6)
Test outside aim with it (6)
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Quantum PARVENU Standard place mostly for the social climber (7)
Standard place to meet, mainly for one rising socially (7)
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Quantum TWANG Result of a plucky effort? (5)
Welsh in touch to play guitar? (5)
To make this requires pluck! (5)
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Quantum INTEGER A number could be entering namelessly (7)
The whole unit's starting to get in entire confusion (7)
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Quantum BESET Kentish area in chance attack (5)
Get ready for attack (5)
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Quantum SUNBURN Result of over-exposure outside the darkroom? (7)
Result of over-exposure outside darkroom? (7)
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Quantum LEAVE Run out on holiday (5)
Abandon holiday (5)
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Quantum FANTAIL Bird to miss out catching insect (7)
Enthusiast to follow pigeon (7)
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Quantum APATHY Lack of interest in route to cut a yard (6)
Lack of interest in direction during a year (6)
Invested with this, there's little interest (6)
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Quantum FAME Note footballer's body complaint (4)
Two notes about morning glory (4)
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Quantum PALTRY Course in turn followed by test of poor quality (6)
An officer comes in to snoop? That's mean! (6)
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Quantum GENERA Mainly officer groups (6)
Classes the officer cut off (6)
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Quantum REFUSAL Judge — typical, though not posh — producing a rejection (7)
Row mainly at heart of actual rebuff (7)
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Quantum AMMONIA Gas and bullets in a conflict (7)
Gas supplies in war in a muddle (7)
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Quantum OBLITERATE Cancel change to a better oil (10)
Lob with spin to go over the same ground and cause destruction (10)
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Quantum ICTUS Stress part of edict usually underlined (5)
Metrical stress is cut out (5)
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Quantum CONSTRUE Infer the prisoner's honest (8)
Infer UN escort is to be moved (8)
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Quantum PENTAGON US building confined by a kind of column, mostly (8)
Writer's sign on a figure (8)
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Quantum OATMEAL The rebuilt AA motel's popular in Scotland (7)
Light shade from Scotland? (7)
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Quantum STEM Staunch stock (4)
Check part of wineglass (4)
Check stock (4)
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Quantum ESPRESSO English papers in, so coffee is called for (8)
Esso reps produce the drink (8)
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Quantum ENCHANT Finish endless war cry and make entrance (7)
Charm in French song (7)
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Quantum RISOTTO Stir too violently for this dish … (7)
Right one drunk to go with rice dish (7)
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Quantum GOOFFTHEDEEPEND Begin to dislike part of pool and show anger (2,3,3,4,3)
Lose interest in a certain water feature and express one's anger (2,3,3,4,3)
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Quantum RUMBA Odd kind of degree in dance (5)
Drink for graduate dance (5)
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Quantum ALIBI Politician in first-class cover-up (5)
Politician protected by first-class defence(5)
Account mostly sent back in first-class defence (5)
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24444
Quantum UNISON University issue for the Trade Union (6)
Stir up endless noise within UN agreement (6)
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Quantum TEES Watch first of tide ebbing in river (4)
A river guy, they say (4)
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Quantum ERA Age plays a part in the race (3)
A period of the English artist (3)
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Quantum SEASCAPE Is it unlikely to be painted by Landseer? (8)
Picture not painted by Landseer? (8)
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Quantum RAMBO Aggressive man from crowd at the box office (5)
Wild mob after the gunners, showing its brutal character (5)
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Quantum ADZE This cutter removes? Quite the opposite, they say (4)
Used for dressing tots, we hear (4)
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Quantum SCREENPLAY Cover freedom of movement in film script (10)
Cover the freedom of movement that gives set instructions (10)
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Quantum TROUNCE Beat easily, being right weight after initial training (7)
Beat counter-revolution (7)
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Quantum COMPILER Come April, losing head could be a trickster (8)
A crossword person, I gather (8)
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Quantum SINCERE Genuine playing area raised in function(7)
Church in error about what's true (7)
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Quantum LIFEGUARD A fuel grid used as a protector (9)
One of the Beach Boys? (9)
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Quantum BOOT Kick the back of the car (4)
Part of car for sale? (4)
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21842
Quantum DWELT Dame initially with part of the shoe lived-in (5)
End of old part of shoe that's remained (5)
Last bit of mud on part of shoe getting lodged (5)
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23398
Quantum LONGLEG One in deep yen for stage (4,3)
Extensive support for one near the boundary (4,3)
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Quantum EPIGRAM Saw animals sustaining energy (7)
English farm animals in witty saying (7)
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Quantum CHALET Caught imbibing hard drink found in the Alps (6)
Discussion about the French holiday place (6)
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21842
Quantum PEGASUS A mount in the Classics? (7)
Horse from European Union gasps, having had treatment (7)
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Quantum OFFSIDE Forward could be - of strong team (7)
Part of cricket field in unlawful position (7)
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Quantum LEASEHOLDER Tenant not starting to please owner (11)
I can occupy the House for a term! (11)
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Quantum ESPARTO Seaport works used to make paper etc (7)
Untidy seaport grass (7)
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Quantum STOW Cram in school, say (4)
Point-to-point place (4)
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Quantum ENHANCE Endlessly cheer Ann, possibly producing boost (7)
Boost chance after gaining two points, but not 100 (7)
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Quantum PRIMULA Precise, if shapeless, formula produces something flowery (7)
A half-ripe plum could be in flower (7)
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Quantum STRESS Pressure point up (6)
Highlight suffering (6)
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Quantum BATON Stick and stay in the middle (5)
Rod's to continue the innings (5)
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Quantum SETTO The centre of hottest backing for the fight (3-2)
Fight in a Somerset town (3-2)
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Quantum CRINGE Bow down to play the bells in church (6)
Wince to see boxing in church (6)
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Quantum RHINO Animal with one horn? Possibly (5)
There's money, perhaps, in a zoo (5)
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Quantum ERASE Get rid of most of spots in middle of week (5)
Cut out first letter in language (5)
Cut out periods with English (5)
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22532
Quantum ATTIC Top place in classical Greek (5)
Act it in play? It's exposed, if you raise the roof(5)
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Quantum CONCEDE Admit defeat against a good player, say (7)
Give up study on origin of life, say (7)
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Quantum LYING Working studiously without first taking a rest (5)
Fellow leaving operation of aircraft and remaining on the ground (5)
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Quantum EPISODE I love speed when in motion in the event (7)
Editor initially poised, perhaps, for an incident (7)
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Quantum CLUEDUP Well-informed, as solvers should be (5-2)
All solvers should be well-informed (5-2)
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Quantum ICEBOX TV at one church is a source of coolness (6)
Cold compartment used for a buffet outside church (6)
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Quantum ELEVENS Teams in drinks break after last pair dismissed (7)
Two of these for a match? (7)
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Quantum ACCOLADE Honour account company''s to deal out (8)
Company youth going in top honour (8)
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Quantum ABALONE Unaccompanied sailor has seafood (7)
Sailor's forlorn seafood (7)
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Quantum SCOTTISHTERRIER Terrible cost, this, to register a dog (8,7)
Dog race from the North? (8,7)
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Quantum NOMINAL 'Lion' man is wearing is symbolic (7)
Token in name only (7)
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Quantum EPAULETTE Part of uniform of English girl? (9)
Oriental girl is carried shoulder-high (9)
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Quantum COCONUT Drink without a container sent back source of milk (7)
Head pursuing two companies - a fair prize? (7)
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Quantum STILLLIFE Art class - calm source of strength (5,4)
Art's unwavering biography (9)
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Quantum NAIVE One is in part of church that's artless (5)
'Green' backing for French resort (5)
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Quantum EPSTEIN 3-D forms the basis of his works (7)
Ten pies consumed? He needed to work off a stone! (7)
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Quantum BASSET Fool in gamble for one particular dog (6)
Mongrel as best dog (6)
Dog a fool involved in gamble (6)
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Quantum AIGRETTE Salad dressing and no French wine for the bird (8)
Plume and great tie found about here (8)
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Quantum BALSA A second science room erected in wood (5)
Graduate gets line on South American tree (5)
A second science room is erected in wood (5)
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21815
Quantum UPSURGE Pure sugar (60% refined) produces sudden growth (7)
A swell leader of panache in the American press (7)
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Quantum PERSONANONGRATA Reason NT paragon's upset? He's unwelcome (7,3,5)
One that's unwelcome near an organ stop, perhaps (7,3,5)
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Quantum SCAN Cast an eye over the food right away (4)
Almost insufficient scrutiny (4)
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Quantum ANCESTRAL With reference to forerunners from Lancaster incorrectly recorded (9)
Lancaster, possibly from a long line (9)
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Quantum SCALPEL Cutter changing places on lake (7)
Collapse after accident - ring out for surgical aid (7)
I'm employed in the theatre (7)
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23823
Quantum OPINE Judge work in English (5)
Ring followed by long think (5)
Give a view round the tree (5)
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Quantum SPLIT Clasp? Little piece broken (5)
The Adriatic resort for a break (5)
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Quantum OLIVE Twist a bit off the tree (5)
Girl with bad back after a ball (5)
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Quantum RELY Not a race to have confidence in (4)
Be confident of an answer when there's no pressure (4)
24942
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Quantum CHAIR Conduct church broadcast (5)
University position but not for the rest (5)
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Quantum CHARGEHAND Pass under attack by group leader (6,4)
Make worker pay - he's leader of a group (6-4)
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21815
Quantum FINALE End by putting back article in folder (6)
End bit of fish by the drink (6)
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Quantum CLUBHOUSE The place for, or after, a round? (9)
Golf property round bush, somehow, in tip? (9)
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Quantum ORDEAL Test dunce's limits in examination (6)
Test limits of dependence in examination (6)
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Quantum ARCH Principal records half missing (4)
Demo loses leader and chief (4)
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25092
Quantum RECTOR One side runs for a position in the Church (6)
Right page and right for the churchman (6)
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22182
Quantum INTRAIN A traveller could be 9 (2,5)
Being arranged like a communication cord (2,5)
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Quantum TIERED What's worn out around the East in layers? (6)
Neckwear with colour in layers (6)
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Quantum ORIEL College heads from Oxford, readers in English literature (5)
Window put up in terrible ironworks (5)
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23768
Quantum INERT Consumed by diner tucking in still? (5)
Nitre - active or passive? (5)
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22252
Quantum COBWEB Result of spin could be a trap (6)
Evidence of lack of housework by Dream fairy? (6)
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Quantum ASHY A quiet year, but rather grey (4)
A quiet year, but rather grey (4)
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Quantum ASCOT Where horses are is like a small shelter (5)
A tax once introduced for the course (5)
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Quantum RIESLING One lingers somehow to get a drink (8)
Possibly resign about 51, because of drink? (8)
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Quantum ELEMENT People in TV without vision coming up for oxygen, say (7)
If you're in yours, it's bliss! (7)
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Quantum FAWN Does this young animal creep? (4)
Young creature to show affection (4)
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24868
Quantum TONNEAU ... or is this the appropriate cover? (7)
Aunt with one unusual car cover (7)
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22721
Quantum ASTUTE Keen to put time into saute cooking (6)
Fly? A second half of instruction*s needed (6)
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Quantum OUTRIGGER One sets off after Oxford University boat (9)
Oxford University device for setting off in a boat (9)
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Quantum ARCHAIC Structure federal agency to make a comeback, although antiquated (7)
Seat unfinished in part of curve is antique (7)
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Quantum OLOROSO Performed sorrowfully without leader getting a drink (7)
Played in a sorrowful manner, before heading off for a drink (7)
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Quantum LOVAT Officer goes round most of cricket ground in a shade of green (5)
"Look at tax", says a Green (5)
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Quantum MEANDER Snake renamed incorrectly (7)
Traffic light set up to indicate bend(7)
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Quantum ARMADA An artist takes in abandoned ships (6)
Take weapons and notice a naval force (6)
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Quantum FLORIDA State where the keys are (7)
Idol far off in America (7)
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22046
Quantum OTHELLO Expression of surprise following books for the play (7)
Core of book includes article on lines in the play (7)
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24868
Quantum REALM Field of study in which student is surrounded by a lot of paper (5)
Field of interest that's authentic to millions (5)
24522
24504
Quantum SISAL Ropy material in recut sails (5)
Ropey stuff used for sails (5)
Ropy material is in public auction, mostly (5)
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22532
Quantum BRIO Dash! Biro's broken (4)
Section of choirboys uplifted the spirit (4)
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Quantum RADIATE Wireless mainly took in to give out (7)
A tirade could be broadcast (7)
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Quantum ANNA State capital lacks refinement mainly for her (4)
She turns up just the same (4)
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24006
Quantum STOPGAP A dentist might, as a temporary measure (7)
Suspend break for a substitute (7)
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22513
Quantum UTRILLO Stream in university to produce a painter? (7)
University notes by 1 across, an introduction to oil painter (7)
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Quantum RUBY It's a drawback having yen for precious stone (4)
Old city set up beside a stone (4)
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Quantum KEYHOLE Part of the lock at wharf, we hear's a dump (7)
Nosy one might see through this kind of surgery (7)
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24121
Quantum TODDLER Tot doled out in trip? Not half! (7)
A tot? One finds difficulty in walking(7)
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22606
Quantum IFFY The instant when Jack leaves is uncertain (4)
Disdainful, not first or second, uncertain (4)
The instant when Jack leaves is uncertain (4)
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22549
Quantum TIMEKEEPER Man with English bodyguard at the ringside? (10)
Watch the sports official (10)
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22549
Quantum STEED Trusty horse set out with English duke (5)
Horse finds a way over rising river (5)
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22513
Quantum ANNELID Girl's hat turns up and is found in the plot (7)
It's seen in gardening girl's hat (7)
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Quantum REMIT Clock up pay (5)
Clock up and send money in payment (5)
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22986
Quantum LISZT Musician's record in sound (5)
The composer to hear, they say (5)
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Quantum ADVOCATE Recommend a defender (8)
See 11
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Quantum CHESS Game show (5)
He's in the Civil Service game (5)
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24444
Quantum ADIT Some road I took on approach of mine (4)
Passage with one tenor holding a note (4)
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Quantum ARIA Bavarian part song (4)
Part of Bavarian song (4)
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22472
Quantum REMORSE Pity about the small piece left off (7)
Pity about being in a sulk after missing round (7)
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22491
Quantum INTEREST Personal involvement in an item of clothing? (6,8)
Profit from hobby (8)
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Quantum BESTSELLER Perhaps "The Good Pub Guide" gives report of superior place for drink (4,6)
Superior selection of wines, we hear, which has sold a lot (10)
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Quantum EDELWEISS Wee sleds I abandoned seen in the Alps (9)
Not a climber, but is seen in the Alps (9)
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Quantum SPECTRUM Crept somehow into the problem band (8)
Range of opinions, very colourful (8)
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23160
Quantum ADUMBRATE Outline a stupid tax (9)
A stupid judge gives report in outline (9)
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Quantum ETERNAL Endless dinner, for instance, without starter but including bird(7)
Log base with bird on a line is constant (7)
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Quantum STATEOFTHEART Up-to-the-minute condition of gallery's work (5,2,3,3)
Condition of the (very best) paintings? (5,2,3,3)
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22986
Quantum TYPE Kind person of a particular sort (4)
Kind face (4)
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Quantum LAGER Drink period between opposite sides (5)
It's essential to sell a German beer (5)
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21863
Quantum LATEST City trial in the news (6)
Up-to-date news of city trial (6)
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22127
Quantum ONSET Start the attack (5)
Charge in connection with TV? (5)
Charge rates now partly brought back (5)
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24121
Quantum AGILE A farmer's endlessly active (5)
A farmer mainly very quick (5)
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Quantum ACROSTIC Twitch after description of some clues unfinished in puzzle (8)
Account on "Cristo" with bad write up? That's puzzling (8)
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23160
Quantum SPRIG Spray from water outflow not new (5)
Appropriate season, although no new shoot seen (5)
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24121
Quantum SHAKO Headgear has to be removed before kick-off (5)
It's old hat to the army (5)
24504
23446
Quantum BOLT Swallow hurriedly in the bar (4)
Dash for the bar (4)
21673
22429
Quantum ORGAN A noted publication (5)
Musical instrument seen in the paper? (5)
23012
24406
Quantum CLASSIC Small volume about Scottish girl (not English), a standard work (7)
Model type with diamonds, mostly (7)
25092
24478
Quantum EMPORIA Mope about, requiring atmosphere to lift in the stores (7)
I'm a rep round about the big stores (7)
22654
21758
Quantum DOMAIN The party chief's field of knowledge (6)
Academic in actin' for "The Empire"? (6)
22182
23349
Quantum SECTOR Dry rot returns in a certain area (6)
Dry hill region (6)
23160
22532
Quantum TSAR What's a ruler? Look inside! (4)
Performing arts for one in authority (4)
23222
22513
Quantum KEYHOLESURGERY A small cut is required in this theatrical performance (7,7)
Op art in miniature? (7,7)
22684
22391
Quantum LIBERO Sweeper adjusted boiler (6)
One defending the dodgy boiler (6)
23650
23823
Quantum BARSAC Drink prevents joining the Athletic Club (6)
Wine - and where you might get it on account (6)
Drink and where to get it on account? (6)
24522
23381
24711
Quantum ABLE Accomplished the discontinuation of extremes of medication (4)
Fitted furniture with top removed (4)
Fit as a result medication without avoiding all alcohol (4)
23423
22491
23734
Quantum WHEELER Heed wrangling with lie, possibly scheming commercially (7-7)
Tough operator in business circles? (7-6)
23786
23116
Quantum BISTRO Writer receiving the "good man" bar (6)
Restaurant in Bristol where student goes dancing (6)
Place to order drink and/or bits anyway (6)
23576
22317
22581
Quantum ANTI Opposing article backing Information Technology(4)
Opposition's brittle element? Not half! (4)
22198
22317
Quantum TEMPEST Office worker from agency getting established causes tumult (7)
English politician in match play (7)
23145
22046
Quantum ARRANGE Order a s-stove (7)
Settle score (7)
22800
22391
Quantum CAPITULATE Back down a mine, covered in copper and dead (10)
Yield a title and a cup when beaten (10)
23823
24596
Quantum RIPOSTE Possibly tries round the Post Office for a reply (7)
Quick answer in the Tripos test (7)
23423
22491
Quantum OUTDO Better or worst? (5)
Unfashionable party cap (5)
23704
22391
Quantum OBESE Live in very large house finally, like a fat cat? (5)
Part that's to be sent is overweight (5)
22800
22624
Quantum DISMOUNT Light to remove from setting (8)
Get down to remove picture from setting? (8)
23475
22696
Quantum PEWIT Bird, a favourite round the West Indies (5)
High-flyer has a seat on it (5)
24942
24817
Quantum PORTICO One company supporting drink: it's regularly supported (7)
One officer after drink getting the classical cover (7)
23547
21681
Quantum ISSUE Spring edition (5)
Family concern (5)
It's a question of publication (5)
24995
24372
22624
Quantum OFFSET Kind of printing no longer available to produce (6)
Shoot away from the scenery on the stage (6)
22239
22391
Quantum DHOBI Small house in revised bid for washer (5)
Initially, driver has old banger in the washer (5)
23786
22075
Quantum PIPEDREAM Hope that goes up in smoke? (4,5)
Transported sheets by tube? It doesn't have much hope (4,5)
23865
22513
Quantum APLOMB Sailor holding place with award for calmness (6)
A place to ring doctor for assurance (6)
24817
23160
Quantum DEPOT Drank heavily back in the station (5)
Drank a lot back at the store (5)
23302
22986
Quantum OBELI Some probe literature for old manuscript marks (5)
Manuscript marks from old boy, Samuel's teacher (5)
22721
24372
Quantum ANNUL Cancel a missing yearbook(5)
Cancel yearbook that's missing one (5)
22606
24596
Quantum MARINADE Things are soaked in this boat centre and half dead (8)
Confused dame in a right pickle (8)
22110
22721
Quantum MOTION Proposal before meeting producing action (6)
See 7
23650
24711
Quantum RINSE Get up about midmorning and wash (5)
Wet part of sweater in sea water (5)
24184
23116
Quantum TEXTURE Words on the river conveying what one can feel (7)
Main body of book on river shows quality (7)
23500
24406
Quantum TORSO Part of body of actors, or players (5)
Trunk with gnarled roots (5)
22513
24121
Quantum KNAPSACK Pack of soldiers not normally seen at the front (8)
Reportedly sleep by fire with something for your back (8)
23906
24478
Quantum BOSS He's top man; it stands out (4)
Outstanding head? (4)
22338
24444
Quantum PRANG Crash is a pain? About right (5)
Crash resonated after parking (5)
23320
22624
Quantum ACID Sharp, but nonetheless a sucker (4,4)
A group of investigators bound to be sharp (4)
24817
24048
Quantum GABLE Old actor, born in "The Wind" (5)
Good fit between sloping roofs? (5)
24341
24121
Quantum OFFENDED Cricket side finished, put out ... (8)
Cricket side finished, put out (8)
23906
23661
Quantum CREEL Indian's line - making a basket (5)
The basket is about to sway (5)
23786
23116
Quantum ANATHEMA The AA man in trouble? I don't like it (8)
The man's confused with a front and back — it's an abomination (8)
21673
24711
Quantum ASCETIC Austere person is kind of acid about society (7)
Cites, perhaps, in account of person living austerely (7)
21673
22696
Quantum SAMBA The doctors sent up in South African dance (5)
It leaves scope in South America for the dance (5)
21929
22986
Quantum BASTILLE Old fortress liable to collapse, holding little weight (8)
One nonetheless to live outside prison (8)
23978
21738
Rover ANSWER A newscast leading to royal response (6)
How to deal with Warne's spin? (6)
22784
22039
Rover NAPOLEON Piece of gold found in the patisserie (8)
Coin issued by its namesake (8)
23262
24127
Rover BULL Target of thirsty Archers? Nonsense! (4)
Sign of too much discipline (4)
23262
23121
Rover BUTTERFINGERS One who can't catch fire gets burnt in another way (13)
One can't catch a fat, old safe-breaker on the box (13)
Careless slip, say (13)
23725
25224
23085
Rover TENTH A fraction often in two parts (5)
The first coming home at St Andrew's (5)
24275
22646
Rover DASH Bound to disappoint (4)
Break an oath (4)
24926
23659
Rover NEWSAGENTS Retailers in the rag trade (10)
Dealers in the rag trade (10)
24988
24077
Rover TYRE Old city band (4)
Try out eastern source of purple dye (4)
21906
24503
Rover LARGE Grandiose Elgar Variation (5)
Spacious accommodation for popular general (5)
Jumbo's dangerous when at it (5)
24644
24988
23016
Rover ELEPHANT One big in the game, other than Pele (8)
When it's musty, the plane shakes (8)
22209
23782
Rover LAUNDRESS She washes the French strip (9)
She could deal with dirty linen and slander us (9)
24163
21667
Rover TRAPEZE It swings above net with ease, they say (7)
Hold-up at the circus (7)
23171
23970
Rover ANCESTOR He planted a tree using these hollow acorns (8)
Acorn set to become start of tree (8)
22097
22700
Rover STEAMY My tea's stewing (6)
My tea's brewed hot (6)
23645
22478
Rover ANCESTRAL Genetic modification could produce clean rats (9)
Clear ants out of the house (9)
23913
24354
Rover JOHN The Augustus who painted gents? (4)
He's still dear to his jilter (4)
Boy heads for the navy (4)
21932
23218
22504
Rover ITALIAN European who could make more of her capital (7)
Mendelssohn's 4th language (7)
22365
24765
Rover CLUB Young reporter left in wood (4)
A company card (4)
23659
24077
Rover RAINSTORM Tempest shows god in rage (9)
Sun-god in rage brings nasty weather (9)
23411
22097
Rover LEECH Sponger who was once a doctor (5)
Laurie's child doctor (5)
24765
24077
Rover TORNADO Twister whirling to and fro leaving France (7)
A twister ran wild in business (7)
Violent gale causing trouble to sailors up front (7)
24962
23304
24354
Rover ARCH Knowing what's in the war chest (4)
Chief of the marchers (4)
24417
25007
Rover WAFFLE Fudge cake made with iron (6)
Go on and on about cake (6)
22039
22504
Rover TREASON Unreliable rat with nose for disloyalty (7)
The crime of corrupt senator (7)
22736
24962
Rover ACCIDENTAL By chance, a maverick on the staff (10)
It could be a sharp chance (10)
22784
24538
Rover LIGHTSHIP Its beams are important, however (9)
It shows up offshore, even in heavy weather (9)
22447
24077
Rover EROS God's hybrid rose (4)
Touchy about a familiar London statue (4)
24615
22258
Rover ETCHERS Craftsmen from Chester (7)
They eat out in the workshop (7)
25224
24871
Rover ANTHILL High-rise housing for the workers? (3,4)
High-rise accommodation for the workers(3.4)
22169
23970
Rover STATIC Snow on TV still! (6)
Interference ruined its act (6)
23044
23426
Rover PASSIM Everywhere I'm after a free ticket (6)
I've no answer! I'm all over the place (6)
23554
24896
Rover ORCHARD Conference centre? (7)
Place to grow fruit or vegetable (7)
22190
25034
Rover NAMES Calls by other means (5)
"Tom Collins" means cocktail (5)
24480
23139
Rover CARDSHARP Shady dealer showing character suddenly (4-5)
Crooked dealer's rough hard scrap (4,5)
22669
25034
Rover EGGBEATER It can whisk into the sky (9)
Whirlybird in the kitchen? (3-6)
22426
21816
Rover LIGHTER Perhaps Lucifer terrified the girl ... (7)
Vessel, part of which Captain Bligh terrorised (7)
24480
21667
Rover AGGREGATE It sounds like some stuff for the concrete mixer (9)
A good boy devoured the whole lot (9)
21881
23016
Rover VIRGO ... while Roman fellow shot her (5)
Sign of Roman god almost (5)
24480
23196
Rover AMARYLLIS Mary Allis - silly flower girl! (9)
Girl, Lily, drunk in a familiar bar (9)
24601
23016
Rover AESOP Writer taking Ecstasy in a sweetener (5)
Writer of comic operas? Not right (5)
22646
23393
Rover MUSED Perhaps Clio's daughter thought so (5)
Queen Victoria was not without a thought (5)
22447
23684
Rover ASCENT A track up the mountain? (6)
A perfume rising ... (6)
24417
23344
Rover ABBEYS A bank's religious premises (6)
Houses like Westminster! (6)
24044
21990
Rover LYRIC Song written for the theatre (5)
Only rich people can afford the London theatre (5)
22849
22819
Rover NEPTUNE God of the planets (7)
God! It's next to Uranus (7)
24896
23800
Rover BOTTLENECK Hold-up shows courage and audacity (10)
Obstruction caused when two nerves fuse (10)
23218
24127
Rover RACEHORSE This maiden is a loser (9)
Runner trained for a classic finish (9)
24503
24020
Rover SOMALI Drug the Italian brought back from an African country (6)
African very much looking down on another country (6)
23645
23315
Rover CINEMA Where the projectionist came in reeling? (6)
"Caine Mutiny" originally flickered here (6)
21840
23016
Rover ABSTAINER One who doesn't eat in bars free (9)
No boozer, when drunk, eats in bar (9)
23659
21881
Rover IMAGE Picture me pocketing silver after one (5)
Picture that is about 'Time', perhaps (5)
Half-hearted Maggie could produce picture (5)
24318
22550
24480
Rover OBBLIGATO Essential accompaniment moved Gobbi a lot (9)
Essential instruction displayed above bars (9)
24850
23494
Rover RUBY Girl used in 11 across (4)
Polish your initial letter * (4)
21932
22478
Rover PALACE A place arranged for the bishop's residence (6)
China service for stately home (6)
23872
23237
Rover EDITOR Journalist, tired out, has nothing to hide (6)
Journalist travelled up around it (6)
24044
24503
Rover IMPASSE Stalemate comes when I'm past my best (7)
There's no way ahead: I'm finished (7)
23344
25224
Rover SCREEN Riddle: "It's silver in the cinema" (6)
Guard seen protecting crown (6)
22241
24077
Rover TIGHTROPE It's set up for an exciting walk (9)
Line up for balancing act (9)
24275
22080
Rover ABOARD A table for all on the Pullman? (6)
First-class meals on the train (6)
23659
23315
Rover ISLE Key to the London dogs' home (4)
Dogs of this are regularly insulted (4)
22784
23659
Rover SISTER One of Chekhov's trio, first in short series (6)
Nurse someone like Ophelia (6)
25063
23426
Rover NORTHERN Constellation of corona and 17 (8,5)
Third line for the London Underground? (8)
22080
22478
Rover TEEMING Packed and getting married by the sound of it (7)
Crowded meeting to be re-arranged (7)
23237
23121
Rover SMOOTH Soft iron (6)
Polish uniform (6)
23366
23304
Rover ALABASTER Material taken from a party by Daisy (9)
Material mined from blast area (9)
24574
23237
Rover OUTRIGHT Our tight untidy flat (8)
Flat not in repair (8)
24574
22478
Rover REST Sleeping spider on the table (4)
What is left of the spider? (4)
24574
22080
Rover BIOGRAPHER One whose life is in books (10)
One whose life is often dedicated (10)
21840
22138
Rover MEDLAR Sea god produces fruit (6)
Fruit of a familiar sea god? (6)
23426
23304
Rover HEAD Premier man on our times (4)
Part of the Admiralty Arch (4)
23459
22504
Rover OCEAN Indian, say, wrecked canoe (5)
Dangerous place for canoe work? (5)
23459
23121
Rover DELIVER What a promising bowler has to do? (7)
Free Democrat returning abuse (7)
21816
21667
Rover LUSTRE Polishing can produce a strange result (6)
Ulster in turmoil for five years (6)
24601
22700
Rover OPERA A threepenny performance? (5)
... works at the Met (5)
25063
23304
Rover EMERALD Type of green (7)
Nameless corrupt aldermen * (7)
24871
22478
Rover OSTEOPATH One could bring hope to a suffering saint, internally (9)
Practitioner gets back work (9)
22426
25224
Rover ELDER Church officer (originally prior) (5)
Clumsy dealer mislaid a bush (5)
Some red leaves creeping up tree (5)
21881
25093
23684
Rover RAISE Make contact by radio (5)
Get money for lift (5)
21881
23913
Rover BACKSTAGE Hidden behind the flats (9)
Second floor behind the scenes (9)
23659
21840
Rover LASSIE Dog Star (6)
Girl told to come home (6)
23659
22700
Rover CASHPOINT A ready supply starts at the market (9)
Where to get fresh bread? (9)
22669
24871
Rover SCHOOL Plenty of fish in a circle (6)
Tutor following ... (6)
24127
22999
Rover FOOLSCAP Paper wrapping for Yorick's skull (8)
Paper hat for a dunce (8)
23535
24574
Rover OTTO He races in spectacles (4)
Man to put in the Mirror (4)
23800
24601
Rover NAKED Bare, with no arms (5)
Fully revealed by Monty? (5)
24850
22426
Rover TIDAL Like a bore, the boy brings it back (5)
In the ballad it runs westward, ebbing and flowing (5)
24850
22426
Rover TELLER Bank employee: in Paris she's central to transactions (6)
Counter magazine for women in Turkey (6)
23645
24127
Rover BALTI Cooks use this American port no more (5)
Immature tripe, ingredient in Bali dish (5)
22819
23459
Rover LAMBETH Place for a walk to the Palace? (7)
City doctor with the shuffling kind of walk (7)
24480
21620
Rover NORMA Roman comic opera (5)
Opera heroine among the stars (5)
22736
24871
Rover CORRESPONDENT Like a reporter (13)
Writer of illicit love letters? (13)
22736
23393
Rover THROUGH Thanks to express (7)
Connected from beginning to end (7)
22190
24163
Rover EXAMINER Former marine could be an inspector (8)
Analyst cut back on egg recipe (8)
25007
22718
Rover INTERVAL Exotic travel in space (8)
A break catered for at Lord''s (8)
22323
22329
Rover BANKROLL Give the money for aeroplane manoeuvres (8)
Save bread! An angel will do it (8)
24926
24850
Rover AMARANTH Floral tribute to the "Immortals"? (8)
Love lies bleeding, but it never fades (8)
24538
23426
Rover ETHEL Girl found in a chapel, topless (5)
Girl taking boy out of chapel (5)
22097
23684
Rover FIDDLER Swindler who strung people along? (7)
One who cooks crab? (7)
24698
23196
Rover APOSTROPHE It's mark of ownership (10)
Guardian's printers use this, perhaps too loosely (10)
24698
25034
Rover CRITICS They hurl brickbats at the Prince of Wales, perhaps (7)
Judges found at play (7)
22039
24538
Rover HANGOVER Survival from the night before? (8)
The result of being stoned (8)
22039
22504
Rover RISING A rebel's get-up? (6)
Clink is in revolt (6)
24988
24574
Rover NOMINEE The proposed development of one mine (7)
One who runs after proposal (7)
24988
22819
Rover GENES Tribal inheritance sounds like Levi's (5)
Kelly's family inheritance? (5)
24896
25063
Rover ISOMETRIC ...all the same, he set Houdini some tricks to get out of (9)
Eroticism could be ascribed to muscle-building exercises (9)
22550
24354
Rover NOOSE The hangman used it at the end... (5)
Loop is raised soon on end of flagpole (5)
22550
22736
Rover IRATE Half of duumvirate up in arms (5)
That's keeping a nasty type angry (5)
Angry leader left one singing in Penzance (5)
24318
23725
21881
Rover EASTERN Coming from China, bird follows stormy sea (7)
Oriental flower in the borders of Eden (7)
24318
24354
Rover CHOPSTICKS But you can't cut celery with them! (10)
... cut gums using these (10)
21906
23344
Rover THEME Subject those people to second degree (5)
Subject is: "The Discontented Mule" (5)
Subject of the Middle East ... (5)
21906
22526
23725
Rover ASPENS Trees like feathers (6)
They tremble like swans (6)
22646
24988
Rover STRAIGHTFORWARD Direct route for the hospital visitor in a hurry (15)
Undemanding, unlike a hooker! (15)
... square on. Easy! (15)
22646
22097
24503
Rover CORFU One hundred and four get tipsy here (5)
Good Lord! Few spoke here (5)
24801
24850
Rover EXCEL In Coliseum forty shouted: "Do your best!" (5)
Better without traffic noise (5)
24801
23237
Rover EATS Food worries (4)
Food out East (4)
24519
22550
Rover GENTLE Falcon is used to catch fish (6)
Quiet man at short leg (6)
24519
24926
Rover BANGLADESH Place where blades hang out (10)
Country where blades hang out (10)
24738
23426
Rover ALCOHOLICS Formal description of the people in talkies (10)
They meet anonymously (10)
24738
24574
Rover SECOND Instant support (6)
One who got the silver back (6)
23218
22700
Rover BUSHMASTER Ornamental shrub tames snake (10)
The wild, original snake (10)
23218
22955
Rover TREFOIL Leaf for tile design (7)
Litre of spread - "Clover", perhaps (7)
23836
23139
Rover BLACKLEG Colour on scab (8)
Boycott to stump up! He's not out (8)
21990
23121
Rover ENCLOSED Kind of order that's never found out (8)
Shut tight in the middle of Zenda (8)
21990
24480
Rover FRANC A piece of French bread (5)
Money, half from a political party (5)
22365
22622
Rover NATIONAL Turn Alan into a citizen (8)
People with "A" start to learn Greek, say (8)
23836
23366
Rover ABUNDANCE Plenty of tricks (9)
Plenty of successful tricks (9)
22365
23684
Rover AIRFIELD Carpet for the landing? (8)
Dry area used once by camels? (8)
22169
22504
Rover KNOT One of the Windsors in difficulty (4)
Bird in great difficulty (4)
22849
21906
Rover EDGE Advantage gained when bowler finds it ... (4)
The advantage, say, of the French Revolution (4)
22849
24601
Rover CAUSE Reason one lost at Oxford (5)
The reason for some bird noises (5)
21965
25224
Rover UNEARTH Find a hunter at sea (7)
A hunter forced to drive out foxes (7)
21965
22329
Rover ADONIS A Spanish gent is a handsome fellow (6)
Dish cooked in soda (6)
24044
23044
Rover BADINAGE Banter, they say, is not good when you're old (8)
Banter is damaging in time (8)
24044
22504
Rover AUDITORS They listen and look out for the fiddles (8)
They listen to Che­quers … (8)
24044
25063
Rover ESTATE It's left standing (6)
Land in Spain, say (6)
A car from East Germany, perhaps … (6)
23590
22097
25034
Rover RELATION A kinsman's recital (8)
Daughter, perhaps, at the end of her Ecstasy (8)
23590
21840
Rover SWAMI Mystic friend from Devon and Cornwall (5)
Teacher was upset by note (5)
23411
23725
Rover STRIPPERS Sunday visitors seen on a Brighton beach? (9)
St Jack's DIY aids (9)
23411
24020
Rover EGGSHELL Thin paint (8)
Delicate kind of finish? (8)
22209
22504
Rover OSTRICH This orc running is one that can't fly (7)
This roc, fantastic bird! (7)
24163
23913
Rover UNPLUG Open up a French pack (6)
Clear a twist from the pipe (6)
22190
23237
Rover TRAIN Exercise in Art Nouveau (5)
Trouble in art school (5)
22447
24354
Rover TORPEDO Ray used as weapon of destruction (7)
Wreck, a danger at sea (7)
23732
22241
Rover APERTURES Super tear damaged perforations (9)
They let light into the Brownies (9)
23732
22646
Rover TITLE Right name for a novel (5)
Bird with the French name (5)
23732
23836
Rover ENEMY Time for Yemen reform (5)
Time is not on one's side (5)
25007
22736
Rover ABSOLUTE Positive kind of zero? On the contrary! (8)
Set sailor free (8)
22526
22700
Rover ARCHBISHOP A High Churchman (10)
Temple once at Canterbury (10)
22646
23121
Rover BANDMASTER Brass boss (10)
Conductor decorated stand with amber (10)
23590
23426
Rover TIGHT Close blind (5)
Drunk in snug (5)
24615
22426
Rover HAYMAKERS My! A Shaker swinging wild blows! (9)
Wild blows made army shake (9)
24871
23913
Rover ANGELICA She's a cake decorator (8)
Girl who is sweet on tarts, perhaps (8)
22908
21990
Rover READING Town where the Royals are at home (7)
University in grade confusion (7)
24896
23139
Rover IGLOO 27 of 1 across would hardly be held in this kind of house (5)
Accommodation built in a Circle (5)
24480
22955
Rover ALDERSHOT Trees burning at military base (9)
Town where trees get stolen (9)
22793
23684
Rover ROYALFLUSH It could include Red Queen (5,5)
A winning run shows Queen's rich (5,5)
24601
23304
Rover MARTINI It's an old French piece (7)
Car taking wee Arthur for a drink (7)
24698
23913
Rover ANOTHER A second one up on the river (7)
The Nora Batty is someone else! (7)
22329
22426
Rover TAILORED Made to derail (8)
Well-made jockeys ride a lot (8)
21990
25224
Rover SETTLE Square sink (6)
Quiet resolve (6)
Clear land (6)
23590
24538
25034
Rover SCOURGE A plague of scorpions? (7)
This cat's a pest (7)
It lashes half Cork in a great wave (7)
23732
22646
23139
Rover STICKLER Stern pedant's cane (8)
One letting nothing go has a second difficult problem (8)
24538
22258
Rover CHINESELANTERN Is it used to pick out junk in the dark? (7,7)
Item of the Beijing illuminations is in the local paper (7,7)
22447
24354
Rover BERTHA Woman with bad breath (6)
She's rattling the Bar (6)
24503
23366
Rover ISRAELI National laser treatment in two eyes, say (7)
Benjamin's lost daughter, Sharon, say (7)
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23459
Rover SMART Clever kind of card played by Alec? (5)
Public transport upset this poet (5)
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Rover TREADMILL Where people walk to work (9)
Hard drudgery could be mild later (9)
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Rover COMPLEMENT It makes perfect tribute on radio (10)
The full crew sounds salute (10)
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Rover SPIN What a doctor does with pins (4)
Twist shorts around (4)
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Rover BEDLAM Rioting blamed for uproar (6)
Reform blamed for anarchy (6)
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Rover BENEDICTINE Drink as a rule in 24 (11)
A cordial monk? (11)
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Rover ABOVEBOARD Square on the high table (5-5)
Straight on top of house (5,5)
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Rover RELIC A souvenir almost left behind (5)
Surviving evidence that old widow was short of time (5)
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Rover BARTENDERS They don't pull punches: one dying in hospital (10)
They serve when right dart's been thrown (10)
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Rover GEMINI Sign of middle-aged vehicle (6)
* Car behind empty garage (6)
Sign of Iron Age mining (6)
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Rover ADVANCE Early development (7)
Early promotion (7)
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Rover AVERAGE Typical! Five long years in decline (7)
Typical woman in decline (7)
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Rover MATINEE Is it staged for idol worshippers? (7)
Where the actor hopes for early success (7)
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Rover GREEN Raw colour (5)
A small common emerald (5)
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Rover GRANDMOTHERS Nan's clocks? (12)
Women like Moses (12)
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Rover DREAM King had this one ambition (5)
King had one castle in Spain (5)
This ticket is ideal for elections (5)
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Rover AUBERGINE Fruit bearing EU licence (9)
Fruit popular in French inn (9)
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Rover THIN Feeble affair lacking gravity (4)
Dangerous ice is so watery (4)
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Rover CORSET It keeps me in my place (6)
My firm stays ... (6)
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Rover RENEW Somehow we're now first to overhaul (5)
Ruined, we're nearly beginning to start again (5)
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Rover STOPGAPS Locums try to do this at the dentist (8)
Acting managers and what they say to leaky defences? (8)
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Rover ANAGRAM Harvester is one of the ravers (7)
Example of where the stick is thickest (7)
"Three swans" is one of the answers (7)
"Onslaught" is one of Laughton's (7)
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Rover DIVER Drive out the pearl-fisher... (5)
A penguin, perhaps - one of several! (5)
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Rover CRANES Birds which raise their young? (6)
... raising birds? (6)
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Rover AMNESIA Condition affected men in Asia (7)
In Asia men are suffering from it; elephants are not (7)
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Rover ENLIST I sent out about fifty to join up (6)
Listen out for register (6)
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Rover MARABOU A hermit has no time for showy feathers (7)
A stork nesting in a warm Arab outbuilding (7)
Arab who rhymes with bird (7)
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Rover ELECTRO The one chosen has run out of plate (7)
Opt for the return of gold plate (7)
Plate of select rolls (7)
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Rover BRAINCHILD Expert shaver's original work (10)
Minerva's original idea? (10)
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Rover ASIDES Sadie's naughty whispers (6)
Examples of indirect speech? (6)
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Rover CHERUB Angelic being, one overthrown, they say (6)
Rough butcher has no time for baby-faced child (6)
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Rover USED Accustomed to being regularly unsteady (4)
Employed in house design (4)
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Rover ITEM A couple in one piece (4)
A couple in the news? (4)
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Rover ACADEMIC Fellow of no practical use? (8)
Practically useless fellow (8)
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Rover EMERITI Professors once deserve to be put inside (ie retired) (7)
Chairs in the departure lounge? (7)
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Rover JOBDESCRIPTION Picture of Patience in file of recruits (3,11)
What's in the post? (3,11)
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Rover MECHANIC One treating machine with carbon? (8)
Skilled worker established church in converted cinema (8)
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Rover BENCHMARKS Criteria for assessing magistrates? (10)
Criteria for judging judges? (10)
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Rover PRISON Can of wormwood! (6)
Cage bird (6)
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Rover EATER Kind of fruit plucked from a tree (5)
An apple taken off a tree (5)
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Rover DIGGERS Australia's military archaeologists! (7)
They cut trenches at Gallipoli (7)
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Rover OASIS This band had nothing on Status Quo (5)
Band of greenery? (5)
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Rover CREASE Where Strauss, say, pops in at Lord's? (6)
The ridge in the middle at Lord's? (6)
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Rover SOMERSET Acrobatic leap performed around Taunton, say (8)
County put under strange mores (8)
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Rover BREADBOARD Where to get a slice of the money? (10)
Where bank directors make their cuts (10)
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Rover TARSI When broken they could cause a stir (5)
Rat is gnawing bones (5)
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Rover ENGINEER Operator means to connect with the Queen (8)
American whose job is on the line (8)
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Rover STANDARD Usual colours (8)
Popular colours (8)
A kind of English flag (8)
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Rover PLOT Garden design (4)
Bed design (4)
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Rover EARMARKED Set aside, like a scabby cob (9)
Set aside for tagged cattle? (9)
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Rover ELITE Cream from Spain, low in calories (5)
Type of flower (5)
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Rover BORROW Draw allowance on the golf course (6)
Did the author of 'Lavengro' plagiarise? (6)
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Rufus ETUDE French study involves notes (5)
Key duet composition (5)
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Rufus CAMELLIA Blooming beast of burden that has trouble getting up (8)
Blooming beast of burden has trouble returning (8)
Order me a lilac or another shrub (8)
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Rufus DRAWBACK Flinch because of a handicap (4,4)
It's no advantage to retire (8)
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Rufus LARGESCALE Weighbridge blown up (5,5)
Extensive weighbridge (5,5)
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Rufus LUCIFER Devil of a match! (7)
A match for the devil (7)
Striking example of an evil personality (7)
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Rufus OPENCAST Public company that could be mine (8)
Clear, the actors are, from the pit (4-4)
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Rufus NONSTOP Without breaks? That's no French way to work (7)
Without breaks? Without brakes! (7)
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Rufus RESIDENTS Occupiers who pay neither top nor bottom in rents (9)
Tiredness affected the inhabitants (9)
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Rufus DUTY Tax on goods and service (4)
Tax office (4)
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Rufus DRYCELL Healthy accommodation for a prisoner charged with battery (3,4)
Healthy accommodation for a prisoner charged with battery (3-4)
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Rufus RANK Rotten Row (4)
Rotten position (4)
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Rufus AVERSE Opposed states open engagement (6)
Opposed to states starting to erupt (6)
Maintains a point, though really opposed to it (6)
A few lines expressing hostility (6)
Opposed states open engagement (6)
Disinclined to serve a drunk (6)
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Rufus AVERSION One way of saying one doesn't like it? (8)
A translation showing hostility (8)
A particular form of dislike (8)
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Rufus POWERFUL Strong, pure flow in circulation (8)
Strong, pure flow in circulation (8)
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Rufus SCORE Musical number (5)
Hit number (5)
Some players make it, others read it (5)
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Rufus TIDIER I had to stand in line — it's neater (6)
I had to stand in line — it's neater (6)
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Rufus ORNATE Point to hold forth about and elaborate (6)
Talk about kitchen finally being decorated (6)
Decorated about noon, has to deliver a speech (6)
Pompous point to hold forth about (6)
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Rufus HAVANA Capital — the big smoke? (6)
Capital city - the big smoke? (6)
A capital cigar? (6)
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Rufus DESERVE Justify rate (7)
Merit of French verse translation (7)
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Rufus TRADE Employment exchange? (5)
Business deal (5)
Employment exchange? (5)
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Rufus LITTERED Switched on new tree, finally decorated — having made a bit of a mess (8)
Made a mess but switched on new tree, finally decorated (8)
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Rufus DOPE Drug quietly injected into a rabbit (4)
Grass, possibly, provides reliable information (4)
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Rufus ACETONE Chemical one keeps in school (7)
Chemical one takes in school (7)
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Rufus SHELLS Missiles produce inferno in ship (6)
Marine creatures use them for defence, humans for attack (6)
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Rufus NICK Draw blood in prison (4)
Prison's a devil when old (4)
Cut a prison term (4)
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Rufus ELFIN "Spritely" — that's the Spanish and French conclusion (5)
Delicate and charming female trapped by rising river (5)
Small arch (5)
Mischievous student in fine form (5)
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Rufus STAGPARTY All men do (4,5)
Do without women (4,5)
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Rufus ELECTORS Having a choice makes them cross (8)
They give a seat to one standing (8)
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Rufus OBESE Love seeing bees in the wild that are plump (5)
Nothing disturbed bees like being overweight (5)
Decorations have point for those that have eaten too much (5)
Decorations have point for those that have eaten too much (5)
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Rufus VIVID Add six, six and five hundred, being very bright (5)
Very bright Roman figures (5)
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Rufus ANGLER He drops a line hoping for some response (6)
Fisherman shows displeasure when lake is filled in (6)
His bank account is often misleading (6)
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Rufus INSTAL Establish there's point in new Latin (6)
Latins put out or put in office (6)
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Rufus RACHEL She has pain from one side to another (6)
She has pain from one side to the other (6)
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Rufus SEAPASSAGE Main part of a book taken by travellers (3,7)
Main course for travellers (3,7)
Main part of a book taken by travellers (3,7)
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Rufus TRAGIC Ill-fated US soldier trapped in overturned wagon (6)
Distressing twitch about to irritate (6)
Unfortunate soldier trapped in overturned vehicle (6)
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Rufus ASLEEP Prisoner catches general unaware (6)
Hibernating snake wrapped around shelter (6)
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Rufus LESSON An example of reduced activity? (6)
Lecture given in the services (6)
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Rufus MALARIA French complaint over song causes ill-feeling (7)
After false alarm, one gets a complaint (7)
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Rufus CHARTREUSE Green plan to recycle (10)
Green plan to recycle (10)
Green plan to recycle (10)
Drink cures heart trouble (10)
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Rufus MASOCHIST He takes pains to provide pleasure (9)
Stomach is churning — but he enjoys it! (9)
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Rufus REELSIN Winds up with part of a film on crime (5,2)
Catches, as one comes drunkenly home (5,2)
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Rufus MELON Fruit of the lemon variety (5)
See chaps without fruit (5)
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Rufus PASTIME Leisure activity in father's day (7)
Old man's period for diversion (7)
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Rufus PEEL Strip off on the Manx shore (4)
Take off a ring, we hear (4)
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Rufus INTHEDARK Unaware of how developers work (2,3,4)
Not knowing how to mend a fuse? (2,3,4)
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Rufus ANTIOCH City that sent missionaries out to China (7)
Ancient city where Syrians went to a chinwag? (7)
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Rufus BADINAGE Ada being nasty? Just having a laugh (8)
Jests appear stale as they grow old (8)
Humorous repartee may appear hurtful in time (8)
Banter may become hurtful in time (8)
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Rufus GAUCHE Left in France - could be awkward (6)
It's awkward being left in France (6)
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Rufus BICEPS Manifestation of armed power (6)
Manifestation of armed power (6)
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Rufus NEVER Royal Navy upset about female entry? Not at all (5)
Nerve broken? Not at all! (5)
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Rufus APPOINT Designate a quiet period (7)
Select a quiet spot (7)
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Rufus GILBERT Librettist bound to accept pound note (7)
Lyric writer bound to accept pound note (7)
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Rufus RIGHTOFF Immediately cancel, we hear (5,3)
Cancel verbally and immediately (5,3)
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Rufus CHALET Tea licence for Swiss Cottage (6)
Home late having had a ramble after church (6)
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Rufus HALITOSIS Personal unpleasantness? Lois has it, unfortunately (9)
Hoist sail to break loose from personal unpleasantness (9)
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Rufus CANT List of slang (4)
Is unable to lean over (4)
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Rufus ENERGY Power drive (6)
Green Party finally contrived to get power (6)
Green Party finally contrived to get power (6)
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Rufus STREAKER One running out of clothes (8)
Someone not suited for running (8)
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Rufus ITEM Piece of news I encountered on return (4)
Novel timepiece (4)
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Rufus PACKET Mail steamer (6)
Container ship (6)
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Rufus OBTAINS Gets messing about in boats (7)
Gets messing about in boats (7)
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Rufus CRUX A decisive point made by criminals in speech (4)
Vital point in game between numbers of Romans (4)
The essential point for lawbreakers, say (4)
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Rufus FEELSYMPATHY Seems return for my passage will be by end of day — pity! (4,8)
Gets the impression my return passage started yesterday - pity! (4,8)
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Rufus UNEARTH Discover a foreign planet (7)
Discover a foreign planet (7)
Turn up in a foreign land (7)
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Rufus LEVITY It's frivolous having a tax about it (6)
It's frivolous having a tax about it (6)
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Rufus PRESERVE Jam book behind piano (8)
Keep small cash book (8)
Don't lose that quiet shyness (8)
An order you'll carry out, if you can! (8)
Pickle, perhaps, specially for game (8)
Pickle store (8)
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Rufus BATTER Basis of pudding for buffet (6)
Basis of pudding for buffet (6)
Non-bowler put in to bowl (6)
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Rufus CACHE Hide away sound currency (5)
Hiding place many yearn to find (5)
Store of ready money, we hear (5)
There's something hidden here - sounds like money (5)
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Rufus AMIDST Wrongly admits to being at the centre of things (6)
It's mad to become involved in the thick of things (6)
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Rufus STRATA For a start, these beds need remaking (6)
A sweet's round and in layers (6)
Odd start to A levels (6)
A sweet's made up in layers (6)
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Rufus AMBITION One should get on with it (8)
End of drive? (8)
Drive from A to B with mini, erratically (8)
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Rufus REDBRICK Obviously not Oxbridge material (3-5)
Ruddy good fellow, but not Oxbridge material (8)
Ruddy good fellow, university type (8)
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Rufus IMPLYING The little devil! Telling stories, making insinuations (8)
Suggesting I am practising a trade (8)
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Rufus LATER Alter formation? Not yet (5)
Alert for change in the future (5)
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Rufus SCUM The lowest sort of people but always found at the top (4)
What a dirty film! (4)
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Rufus RAILROAD Force to put one means of transport before another (8)
Force both sides into a radio broadcast (8)
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Rufus IMPERSONAL Prison meal served up cold (10)
I am being offensive, but unbiased (10)
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Rufus SPARTA Luggage sent up to a place in Greece (6)
Ancient city's role in South Africa (6)
City boom precedes tax cut (6)
A gin's knocked back in ancient city (6)
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Rufus TROWEL A scoop for the gardening correspondent? (6)
Minor scoop for the nursery? (6)
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Rufus PENCIL It holds the lead throughout (6)
Its lead decreases and it often draws (6)
A leaden writer? (6)
Eyebrow raising writer (6)
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Rufus AYEAYE It lives in Madagascar with the agreement of sailors (3-3)
It lives in Madagascar with the agreement of sailors (3-3)
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Rufus RHONE River heron in distress (5)
It flows by river edge (5)
River cut by river (5)
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Rufus ENDOW Provide money, enough to keep daughter (5)
Note down new present (5)
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Rufus RESTRICTED Bound to give others credit for reform (10)
Limited form of credit after period of unemployment (10)
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Rufus SUSTAIN Keep us up to the mark (7)
Support us in shame (7)
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Rufus LOCK Key position in rugby? (4)
Secure a position at Rugby (4)
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Rufus CANISTER Case of foreign wine sent up to college head (8)
Case of wine sent up to college head (8)
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Rufus ECLAT Spectacular effect when powder magazine finally goes up (5)
Spectacular effect of lace pattern on tabletop (5)
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Rufus DRIVE Plunge right in, displaying energy (5)
Approach shown by a forceful person (5)
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Rufus CRESTA Big run on a famous Swiss bank (6)
Big run on a famous Swiss bank (6)
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Rufus RAILCAR Coach working on American lines (4-3)
Coach right to oppose racial stirring (7)
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Rufus TEASE Bait for badger (5)
Time to start to relax, kid (5)
Bait for badger (5)
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Rufus PURCHASE Pay money to secure an advantage (8)
Buy tea in a bag (8)
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Rufus ASTERISK Star skater is knocked out (8)
Rates ski resort as "one star" (8)
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Rufus ADONIS A Spaniard is a Greek (6)
A Spaniard is killed while hunting (6)
Is preceded by a fellow dandy (6)
A Spaniard is taken for a Greek (6)
The handsome youth said no, unfortunately (6)
A fellow at university is a good-looking chap (6)
The handsome chap said no, unfortunately (6)
One teaching at university is one that has to be fair (6)
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Rufus ALARMBELL Signal that may prompt a rising (5,4)
One ringing to warn you of danger? (5,4)
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Rufus ELEGANT Member in neat outfit showing good taste (7)
A gentle arrangement with style (7)
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Rufus ENCOUNTER Meet in French bar (9)
Points to oppose in meeting (9)
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Rufus BETROTHAL A vow to make both alter (9)
Harbottle is thrown out of union (9)
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Rufus ABSINTHE Sailors in the drink (8)
Sailors in the drink (8)
Drink from the basin (8)
Drink? Ben has it as a cocktail (8)
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Rufus USUALLY American friend seen around university most of the time (7)
American friend takes a turn more often than not (7)
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Rufus SLIPS Quickly gets into one's underwear (5)
Female undergarments, possibly bloomers (5)
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Rufus ARKANSAS A king goes to one US state and then another (8)
One US state has a right to top another (8)
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Rufus STASIS Possibly assist when blood circulation is arrested (6)
Assist doctor in stoppage (6)
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Rufus APARTHEID Old colour scheme (9)
Colour scheme that's out of date (9)
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Rufus CATER Trace misdirected supply (5)
Make provisional arrangements (5)
Supply a trace out (5)
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Rufus SIREN A fascinating woman about to be detected in depravity (5)
Rock singer about to be detected in depravity (5)
Warning! This woman is dangerous (5)
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Rufus OSTRICH Big egg producer from nothing, on the way to be wealthy (7)
Bird with no head for danger? (7)
No way to get wealthy — you'll just get the bird (7)
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Rufus TUTOR Teacher's expression of disgust with our skipping university (5)
A private coach? (5)
Mild rebuke men receive from instructor (5)
A paid informer in the private sector? (5)
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Rufus CANTEEN It may provide food or water (7)
Restaurant cutlery (7)
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Rufus NUISANCE In use, can turn into a problem (8)
One's included in slight difference of opinion - it's a problem (8)
Irritation is found in a subtle shade of meaning (8)
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Rufus REALMS Regions unite concerning charity (6)
Regions about to receive handouts (6)
Regions about to be given charity (6)
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Rufus EXCISES Cuts taxes (7)
Cuts out aerobics without hesitation (7)
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Rufus EXONERATE Free of charge (9)
No longer an individual to esteem, that's clear (9)
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Rufus GRAFFITI If raised in corrupt practices, one sees the writing on the wall (8)
You may read these at your convenience (8)
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Rufus BEHALF Perform in pantomime horse, perhaps? That creates interest (6)
Perform in panto horse perhaps? That creates interest (6)
Exist with just a part interest (6)
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Rufus ODIN Disorientated Indo-European god (4)
Party rising in power in old Scandinavia (4)
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Rufus GOODCAUSE A charity worth fighting for (4,5)
Valid reason for giving to charity (4,5)
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Rufus STEERAGE See great changes in overseas accommodation (8)
The cheapest travel is always in a coach (8)
Accommodation for poor sailors? (8)
See great changes in economy travel (8)
See great changes in economy travel (8)
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Rufus DRAKE A duck for this celebrated bowler? (5)
Sailor died a dissolute man (5)
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Rufus EDITORIAL Column leader, for example (9)
A leader of opinion? (9)
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Rufus POLARBEAR Quiet sort of arboreal creature (5,4)
Quiet sort of arboreal animal (5,4)
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Rufus SPRINGBOARD It assists the driver to go up rather than down (11)
It assists the diver to go up rather than down (11)
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Rufus ICEUP Freeze when I go to church at university (3,2)
Winter cover raised in freeze (3,2)
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Rufus UNDERTHEWEATHER Suffering from depression? (5,3,7)
Upset by the thunder, we are unwell (5,3,7)
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Rufus BAMBOO Sailor capsized when boom shattered — it's hollow-stemmed (6)
Sailor returns with boom broken; it's hollow stemmed (6)
Scholar meets master primarily to express disapproval of cane (6)
Possibly shoots ducks with graduate doctor (6)
Plant a bomb that explodes overhead (6)
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Rufus EYING Examining some money in great detail (5)
Looking, for example, to adopt a principle of Chinese philosophy (5)
Looking at money in government stocks (5)
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Rufus SCENIC Such a railway may make a fair profit (6)
Such a railway may make a fair profit (6)
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Rufus CREASE Run in to stop batsman reaching it (6)
Where the batsman stands about, in case (6)
Where the batsman stands about in case (6)
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Rufus ORGANIC Naturally, such food is grown (7)
Fundamental shifting in cargo (7)
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Rufus CEDE Yield what is sown, say (4)
Hand over the church keys (4)
Sounds a good player — give up! (4)
Hand over church keys (4)
We hear top player is to step down (4)
We hear top player is to step down (4)
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Rufus TEALEAF One of many carried by a caddy (3,4)
Cockney thief may end up in hot water (3,4)
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Rufus REFUSAL No acceptance of FA rules being broken (7)
Denial of fault in the show ring (7)
Denial of a fault in the show ring (7)
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Rufus RECEDE Soldiers give up and fall back (6)
About to give way and withdraw (6)
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Rufus INNINGS Period of play (7)
Games period (7)
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Rufus ENLARGE Increase in general disorder (7)
General form of increase (7)
General form of increase (7)
Increase general confusion (7)
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Rufus STALLS Theatre seats or stands (6)
They are in the market for theatre seats (6)
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Rufus OPPOSE Work on model's face (6)
Work attitude to resist (6)
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Rufus TUNISIA A unit is ordered to somewhere in North Africa (7)
Dressed in a suit, country-style (7)
Dressed in a suit, country-style (7)
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Rufus CANDIDA Outspoken article by GB Shaw (7)
Open with a play by Shaw (7)
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Rufus ISSUE Publish and I p-prosecute! (5)
Outgoing children (5)
Problem children (5)
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Rufus IRRIGATE Angry about dress getting wet (8)
Angry when equipment is dropped in water (8)
Angry about sails that get wet (8)
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Rufus DETROIT Tried to construct huge carport (7)
US city editor breaks down on junction (7)
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Rufus PETROL A moving spirit (6)
Refined engine driver (6)
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Rufus COMMON Army leader wearing decoration is quite usual (6)
General, as Commanding Officer, wearing a decoration (6)
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Rufus MAIN Leading sea power (4)
Graduate elected as principal (4)
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Rufus INFER Deduce there's no getting away from Hades (5)
What could be finer to conclude? (5)
"Not out" the umpire is upset to conclude (5)
Gather in and iron, right? (5)
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Rufus IDLERS They are partial to a good loaf (6)
Intermediate gears none would wish to engage (6)
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Rufus PRIMEMOVER The first one on the shift? (5,5)
First one on the shift? (5,5)
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Rufus MADEIRA River of wine? (7)
Admire a freshly baked cake (7)
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Rufus REPORTAGE Journalist's work needs to be bang on time (9)
Journalist's work needs to be bang on time (9)
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Rufus GRIMACE Surrounded by dirt, a number look disgusted (7)
I'm in favour, yet show displeasure (7)
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Rufus COLOURS Paints and embroiders (7)
Standard award for sporting prowess (7)
Influences or distorts the standard (7)
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Rufus BOTTLE Courage needed by the bedridden? (6)
Courage to go to the bank when cleaned out? (6)
Courage needed by the bedridden? (6)
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24256
Rufus BRAISE Note - more money for cook (6)
Note more money for cook (6)
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Rufus STOODOUT Jutted most noticeably (5,3)
Was prominent among those who refused to yield (5,3)
Was prominent among people who refused to yield? (5,3)
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Rufus STALAG Way a convict joined a WWII prison (6)
Way a convict adapted in a German prison once (6)
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Rufus EGGS Food produced in layers (4)
Bird droppings? (4)
Parts of a clutch that can get easily broken (4)
Provides encouragement for poaching, say (4)
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Rufus RANINTO Came across an intro that's different (3,4)
Met king, head of new nation (3,4)
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Rufus ERASE Cancel right to travel in comfort (5)
Point to eradicate or delete (5)
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Rufus TREADMILL Where men with convictions took steps to create revolution (9)
Circulatory system forces one to walk to work (9)
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Rufus RANKLE Cause irritation right on the joint (6)
Feel sore in right leg joint (6)
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Rufus ATAPINCH In emergency, use a bugging device and move slowly (2,1,5)
When a girl may scream in case of necessity (2,1,5)
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Rufus BLUEBOTTLE It's sad, but courage is needed as a policeman (10)
Policeman — in the Flying Squad? (10)
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Rufus INSTANCE Popular viewpoint, for example (8)
Example set by the Ancients (8)
An insect metamorphosis, for example (8)
An example of how one golfer differs from another? (8)
Example set by the ancients, maybe (8)
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Rufus IMPROVISED Is outwardly better when spontaneous (10)
Is outwardly better when played by ear (10)
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Rufus SHORTAGE Wanting time to make up a deficit (8)
Want a little time (8)
Want footwear bearing right label (8)
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Rufus DIRECT Manage to show the way (6)
Manage without an intermediary (6)
Aim straight (6)
Unambiguous order (6)
Frank's address (6)
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Rufus ELITE Pick Scrabble tile E (5)
Samuel's teacher takes note of top class (5)
Pick hat up and finally leave (5)
The best part of the goose, literally (5)
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Rufus NUMERATE Can count on union rising about tea break (8)
Can count on union backing about tea break (8)
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Rufus STEN Kind of gun with catches reversed (4)
Machine gun nest blown up (4)
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Rufus ODDNUMBERS Rare biblical book required to make up a set, perhaps (3,7)
Unusual Biblical book required to make up set, perhaps (3,7)
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Rufus BASSOON Graduates meeting shortly? It's in the wind (7)
Graduates meeting shortly? It's in the wind (7)
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Rufus MINIMA Note article cannot be reduced (6)
A short dress. mother, to say the least! (6)
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Rufus CHAUFFEUR Master of the Rolls? (9)
Master of the Rolls? (9)
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Rufus FORGOTTEN Do without lost tent that's been left behind (9)
Out of one's mind (9)
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Rufus CINEMA Pictures a mince pie (6)
Came in to change the pictures (6)
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Rufus TEMPERATE Moderate team peter out (9)
Self-restrained or consumed with anger? (9)
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Rufus ADEN Port some dread entering (4)
An imbibing of French port (4)
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Rufus STONED Doesn't fancy being drunk (6)
Severely punished for being drunk (6)
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Rufus BREAD Money raised by word of mouth (5)
Money raised by word of mouth (5)
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Rufus AMEN Name has to be changed? So be it (4)
Possibly mean to have the last word (4)
Being awkward, mean to get the last word (4)
Being awkward, mean to get the last word (4)
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Rufus TRANSIENT Short-termer that's escaped is put back under canvas (9)
Passing test, ran in all excited (9)
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Rufus ERRED Embarrassed after some hesitation, having got it wrong (5)
Hesitantly stated colour of Santa's hat and was wrong (5)
Hesitantly stated a colour and was wrong (5)
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26969
Rufus HAGUE A huge sprawling city (5)
A huge development in the city (5)
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Rufus GOLF Up-beat game (4)
Thrash in return game (4)
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Rufus EXTENDED No longer minded being drawn out? (8)
Held out longer? (8)
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Rufus ALLCLEAR No one doubts what this signal means (3,5)
Signal that makes everyone jump (3,5)
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Rufus EAST Set a new course, perhaps (4)
Point seat out (4)
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Rufus COCK Crow may come after this bird (4)
Prepare to shoot a bird (4)
Bird sometimes under the weather (4)
Put up a bird (4)
Bird associated with a crow (4)
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Rufus BACHELOR One would lose status as a union member (8)
Composer has part played back for a single-minded man (8)
Composer has part written up for a single person (8)
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Rufus BARROW Local argument which carries weight (6)
Lawyers open with argument that carries weight (6)
Pub brawl in Cumbria (6)
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Rufus OSTEOPATHY Medical service for which the pay's too uncertain (10)
Hope to stay involved in medical practice (10)
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Rufus ADLIB Actor's instruction to play As You Like It? (2-3)
Impromptu commercial by party member (2-3)
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Rufus TIGRESS I take key and lock out wild animal (7)
Catty female (7)
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Rufus EXPRESSDELIVERY Fast-talking gets it there quickly (7,8)
Fast talking gets a speedy service (7,8)
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Rufus PRESENT Christmas gift offer (7)
Here and now (7)
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Rufus ARTISTE Performer's attire's fantastic (7)
Performer tires at appearing in Variety (7)
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Rufus APOLOGIST Advocate appearing for a Venetian explorer gains essential point (9)
Defender in a game gains essential point (9)
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Rufus DELIVER Set free but abused in return (7)
Free to speak (7)
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Rufus TOTUP Get child out of bed to do sums (3,2)
Infant raised to do simple arithmetic (3,2)
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Rufus OPINION What one thinks of love taking wing? (7)
There's nothing to restrict the view (7)
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Rufus COMPROMISE Jeopardize settlement (10)
Jeopardise settlement (10)
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Rufus DECANTER Can't have venison without a bottle of wine! (8)
Tucking into venison, can't be the wine pourer (8)
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Rufus REAR 1 down up at the back! (4)
I would be the last to bring this up (4)
Stern breed (4)
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27227
Rufus REPAID Recompensed for rise in baby linen (6)
Given help, salesman got out of debt (6)
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Rufus GODSENDS Welcome surprises the gallery found with finales (8)
Gallery finds finales welcome surprises (8)
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Rufus RESTORATION Get others to address housing repair (11)
Type of comedy with important speech after interval (11)
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Rufus UNRAVEL Separate strands found in a French composer (7)
Sort out middle of tune with the composer (7)
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24148
Rufus ATISSUE A fabric in dispute (2,5)
A fabric in dispute (2,5)
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25359
Rufus BOXERS They are trained to fight dogs (6)
They are trained to fight dogs (6)
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Rufus FLAGON Vessel — showing its nationality? (6)
Give the signal to pass a bottle of wine (6)
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Rufus STANDSBY Is ready and gives support (6,2)
Is supportive but fails to intervene (6,2)
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Rufus THREELEGGEDRACE Contestants tied in this event (5-6,4)
Sporting event one's bound to compete in (5-6,4)
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Rufus RISOTTO Its root goes into a stew (7)
Turn to riots to get food (7)
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Rufus GUNDOG Fetching follower of the game (3,3)
Fetching follower of the game (3,3)
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Rufus CROUCH Get ready for the Spring (6)
Get ready for the spring (6)
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Rufus ESTEEM With respect, Ebenezer Scrooge initially has to pay up (6)
Good reputation to consider (6)
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Rufus CHAIR Yet this may increase a don's standing (5)
Seat of learning (5)
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Rufus TORRENT Flood discloses gold in river (7)
Hill split by flood (7)
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Rufus MISSOURI Girl nymph loses her head in America (8)
Fail to catch alluring woman topless in America (8)
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Rufus HARDUP Short form of purdah? (4,2)
Poor ascent is difficult (4,2)
Broke out of purdah (4,2)
Poor firm later making a profit (4,2)
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Rufus SCABS They're not striking examples of comradeship (5)
They don't go out with their mates (5)
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Rufus CORGI Canine tooth one has right in the centre (5)
Canine tooth one has right in the centre (5)
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Rufus ESPECIAL Particular pieces muddled by a learner (8)
Particular mixture of ale and spice (8)
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Rufus INSCRIBE Write letters in bed in quarters (8)
Write letters in bed, when in quarters (8)
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Rufus COLLARSTUD Catch the boss in a boiled shirt? (6,4)
You may get it in the neck from this boss (6,4)
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22494
Rufus ONTHEHOP How the skipper may be caught unawares? (2,3,3)
How bounders are caught unawares? (2,3,3)
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Rufus ENDORSED Object about wrongdoers being supported (8)
Perhaps Ned does right to get confirmed (8)
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Rufus DEMUR Object is for doctor to take in bird unable to fly (5)
Object to being not quite sober (5)
To be hesitant is not entirely modest (5)
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25257
Rufus FREEHAND Let the workman go without guidance (4,4)
Emancipated worker's carte blanche (4,4)
A way of drawing liberal applause (4,4)
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Rufus PASTEUR A purest form of milk results from his work (7)
French chemist late on his way back (7)
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Rufus AWEIGH A sound procedure when an anchor is being lifted (6)
A sound method to describe an anchor being lifted (6)
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Rufus OLIVE The girl with nothing to exist for? (5)
There's nothing sinful about her (5)
Ring, quick, it's a girl! (5)
Lady-love with bad upbringing (5)
Oil producer under pressure has a heart of stone (5)
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22048
Rufus OPENENDED Such a discussion gives opportunity for falling out (4-5)
Started keeping goal for an indefinite duration (4-5)
Such a discussion gives opportunity for falling out (4-5)
Batted first without result, lacking boundaries (4-5)
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Rufus MAJORCA Island's chief accountant (7)
Senior accountant's holiday spot (7)
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Rufus OUTCRY Call for resignation causes uproar (6)
Call for a strike? (6)
Call for resignation causes uproar (6)
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21826
Rufus STAPLEDIET Iron rations? (6,4)
Side plate put out, with tin-opener, for basic food (6,4)
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Rufus PILOT Leader of religious group? (5)
One guide — or a good many (5)
Guide back to border (5)
He flies a good deal (5)
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Rufus INSIGHT It's reported to stimulate comprehension (7)
Visible location for a pub, we hear (2,5)
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Rufus UNTRIED Green still on remand (7)
Intrude clumsily, lacking experience (7)
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23461
Rufus TRACK Record band (5)
Used by athletes, it helps to make a record (5)
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Rufus ADAGE Saw notice on time (5)
Saw a number ahead of time (5)
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25042
Rufus HOLDIT Order still from photographer? (4,2)
Order still from a photographer? (4,2)
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Rufus REVELRY Possibly rely on clergyman for the festivities (7)
Noisy celebrations in back bar at the turn of the year (7)
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Rufus ETCHER He's mastered the art of eating out (6)
He attacks the copper with acid (6)
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Rufus AVOCADO Head off disaster, having a party with fruit (7)
Head off disaster and have a party with fruit (7)
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Rufus REDCOAT New cadet or old soldier (7)
Old soldier who went to work at Butlin's (7)
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Rufus SPLASHDOWN A drop in the ocean (10)
A drop in the ocean (10)
A drop in the ocean (10)
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27227
Rufus SCHISM Religious disunity is obvious in second church mass (6)
A division of the church (6)
A division of the Church (6)
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Rufus DIARIES Books of record I'd sent up to sign (7)
Journals I'd taken back to sign (7)
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Rufus STAPLE Principal can make a good man turn pale (6)
Secure a basic commodity (6)
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Rufus EXCHEQUER Rex is upset about money order in accounts department (9)
Former supermarket cashier reportedly in the accounts department (9)
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Rufus SETASIDE Annul, even in court? (3,5)
Reserved beach about the end of August (3,5)
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Rufus HALFMAST Standard position for mourning (4,4)
Position of respect on the staff (4-4)
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Rufus ENVELOPE One gets in a flap at its opening time (8)
Eleven free, take in work to make a packet (8)
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Rufus SQUARELEG Bribe a cricket side — or just one fielder (6,3)
Conservative member set to dismiss strikers? (6,3)
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25707
Rufus RECAP Short summary concerning capital investment (5)
Accountant taken in by traveller's summary (5)
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23509
Rufus MAUDLIN Sentimental girl takes nothing back (7)
Tearful girl takes nothing up (7)
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Rufus SETFORTH Embark on an expedition, or an explanation (3,5)
Embark on an explanation (3,5)
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Rufus BAGATELLE Delivery secures wicket at end of the game (9)
Delivery secures wicket before end of the game (9)
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Rufus EXPEL Turn out a bad scholar? (5)
One way to apply a finish to education (5)
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Rufus PLEASE Delight in exercise round the fields (6)
Oral entreaties find favour (6)
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Rufus CHARGE Prime object of care (6)
Expense of electrical supply (6)
Payment required with order (6)
A minor tax (6)
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Rufus CURTAINUP Start to play (7,2)
Start of playtime (7-2)
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Rufus LANDSLIDE What could make a party go with a swing (9)
The water chute's dry counterpart? (9)
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26269
Rufus EGGSPOON It is used for shelling before the soldiers go in (3,5)
Useful for cracking the surface before a dip at breakfast time (3,5)
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23347
Rufus ABLAZE Burning a mark on a horse (6)
Burning with fresh zeal after a bad start (6)
Idle Jack leads, fuming (6)
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27095
Rufus COUPLES Partners who dance up in close formation (7)
Partners who dance up in close formation (7)
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Rufus THEDANSANT An afternoon trip from France? (3,7)
An afternoon trip from France? (3,7)
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22130
Rufus INFANTRY Home supporter shot in foot (8)
Uniformed footmen (8)
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Rufus GLANCE Look for a key cutter (6)
Not only on the cricket field will it go to fine leg (6)
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24154
Rufus RATTLE Draw attention to collecting box and disconcert people (6)
What a snake may do to make one nervous (6)
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21946
Rufus CLOSEUP Photograph of way-out couples (5-2)
Fail to win in sporting contest: short-range shot needed (5-2)
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Rufus ALLIES A student tells tales, but makes friends (6)
They fight with one another (6)
They fight with one another (6)
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Rufus CANUTE King upset aunt in church (6)
He failed to turn the tide of history (6)
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Rufus SARK Island needing second rescue vessel (4)
Island needing second rescue vessel (4)
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Rufus FORESAW Knew what was expected (7)
Anticipated war breaking out with foes (7)
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Rufus AFRO Hairstyle for a transformation? (4)
Hairstyle for a make­over (4)
Shape for a hairstyle (4)
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21844
Rufus COURSE Aintree starter (6)
The way people eat (6)
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Rufus SCOURGE Cat provided company in flood (7)
Firm in rush to get a cat (7)
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25761
Rufus PARDONABLE Bible story about fellow deserving forgiveness (10)
Fellow in moral tale is not beyond redemption (10)
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Rufus PROJECT Throw out a proposed scheme (7)
Throw out a proposed scheme (7)
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22054
Rufus CONSTABLE Law enforcer brings criminals before the board (9)
Painter of some force? (9)
Artist in copper (9)
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26048
Rufus BONVOYAGE Wish for a pleasant journey from France (3,6)
A pleasant journey across the Channel (3,6)
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22810
Rufus EXTOL Once article for sale comes up, applaud (5)
Former tax reduced by a pound -- celebrate! (5)
Once article for sale comes up, say how good it is (5)
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22054
Rufus ABROAD Jack on the way overseas (6)
Sailor requiring passage overseas (6)
Jack has a way with him in foreign parts (6)
Sailor has a way with him in foreign parts (6)
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Rufus OREGON Mineral almost exhausted in this state (6)
State some foregone conclusion (6)
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Rufus FUTURES They're bought and sold, but not as presents? (7)
They're bought and sold, but not as presents (7)
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23998
Rufus DAILIES Media make a stand about false statement (7)
They come in to clean up the papers (7)
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22054
Rufus UGLY Yet such a description may be fair (4)
Cinderella's sisters were so unfair (4)
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23216
Rufus SERAGLIO A pound of sultanas? (8)
A pound of sultanas? (8)
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25359
Rufus BARGAINS Cheap items don't allow profits (8)
The publican's profits are cheap at the price (8)
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27329
Rufus DEFLATE Lose wind when seeking muddy shoal in Cheshire estuary (7)
Lose wind when seeking muddy shoal in Cheshire estuary (7)
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Rufus DOGFIGHT Shadow boxing, a contest between fighters? (8)
A contest for boxers? (8)
25419
24976
Rufus FAIR Lovely article in wood (4)
Just for fun! (4)
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26825
Rufus RABBI Teacher's pet doesn't play out (5)
Teacher's pet is short of time (5)
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27059
Rufus CROUTON It's out of the frying pan and into the soup! (7)
One of the toasts that may be offered with a meal (7)
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22048
Rufus TERRAIN Country with rain after winter's half gone (7)
Country preserve contains rare variety (7)
About to be put back in school ground (7)
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26981
Rufus STEWARDS They serve on board ship (8)
They're enquiry agents, of course (8)
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Rufus ANTAGONIST Not against upsetting an opponent (10)
Not against making an enemy (10)
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26616
Rufus REDSKY Heavenly sight delightful to shepherds (3,3)
Heavenly sight, delightful to the shepherds (3,3)
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26138
Rufus ECCENTRIC Crank, socially and mechanically (9)
Nut or nuts (9)
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Rufus DEBUTANTE Be taunted about a young socialite (9)
Be taunted about being a young socialite (9)
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Rufus ADORN A bar erected on quarterdeck (5)
A party with sailors on deck (5)
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Rufus TRACER One looking for a radioactive isotope (6)
Projectile makes a terrible crater (6)
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24344
Rufus APPEAR A new paper to be published (6)
Look for a feature about double parking (6)
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25221
Rufus LEAVESOUT Deals exclusively with signs of spring (6,3)
Doesn't include signs of spring (6,3)
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Rufus LEARNED Erudite composer shown the way out (7)
Erudite composer shown the way out (7)
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22298
Rufus COLOSSUS Company with deficit states large figure (8)
Giant firm states no profit is taken (8)
Company with deficit states huge figure (8)
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22464
Rufus OCEAN Waves from canoe (5)
Once a rough expanse of water (5)
Could be Indian form of canoe (5)
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26269
Rufus NEARS Approaches saner distribution (5)
Approaches a listener in different ways (5)
Comes close to having a listening device fitted in quarters (5)
27125
24910
25287
Rufus STEPMOTHER Second mate who raises the issue? (10)
The second mate raising the issue? (10)
26395
22012
Rufus COMMANDO Royal Marine to order duck (8)
Nothing more than a captaincy for a Royal Marine (8)
24672
22244
Rufus PROP Post for party leader (4)
Support a rugby player (4)
24672
27023
Rufus SISKIN Bird lives in hide (6)
Is in hide to see bird (6)
27017
23270
Rufus CUSTOMS (and 5) The point at which the tourists declared? (7)
Regular habits and duties (7)
22530
21844
Rufus PARAPET Limited protection provided by regimental mascot? (7)
Defence provided by a regimental mascot (7)
26592
23742
Rufus KARATE Shrewish girl set about painter in unarmed combat (6)
Eastern style of serving chops? (6)
24588
22530
Rufus CLUTTER Chaos caused by novice in boat (7)
After class, complete confusion (7)
25497
26437
Rufus INSPECTORATE Police officer at finish of chase examining body (12)
Police officer at finish of chase examining body (12)
21802
24344
Rufus ARMOURER Arsenal manager (8)
Arsenal manager (8)
21802
26275
Rufus RECOLLECT Don't forget to get together again (9)
Soldiers get together to reminisce (9)
26143
25168
Rufus DYNAMO Current supplier has Monday off (6)
Energetic sort has Monday off (6)
25024
22416
Rufus SCHOLAR Pupil starts singing choral arrangement (7)
Academy member holding an exhibition, perhaps (7)
24112
23114
Rufus TICTAC It's not intended for the understanding of our betters (3-3)
Signing up for course (3-3)
It's a sign language, of course (3-3)
25006
24028
22244
Rufus ABEAM A timber at right angles to a ship's keel (5)
A lighthouse casts it on the ship's side (5)
24112
25168
Rufus WHEATEAR A weather-beaten bird (8)
Rather like a chat about a change of weather (8)
24076
25952
Rufus IMPEDE Stop - I'm getting deep in trouble (6)
Seeking hamper, I'm getting deep in trouble (6)
23138
24578
Rufus ROUT Put to flight right away (4)
Flight path incomplete (4)
26108
25419
Rufus CUSTOM It's regular trade practice (6)
The fashion trade (6)
23862
23563
Rufus ASTONISHED Dumbfounded by a dishonest arrangement (10)
Amazed - and so is the organisation (10)
23455
22602
Rufus PEASHOOTER Weapon to quicken the pulse (3,7)
Weapon that increases the pulse rate? (10)
24798
23114
Rufus LIFT Steal a free ride (4)
It operates at different levels (4)
24434
23617
Rufus ATHENAEUM Club menu the AA had changed? (9)
A new menu Thea provided for the club (9)
26819
27353
Rufus TOOBAD Regrettable comment on unsatisfactory work (3,3)
Beyond redemption? What rotten luck! (3,3)
24302
21790
Rufus TORNADO Rent-a-party? It's a wind-up (7)
Rent row produces a storm (7)
23952
22656
Rufus OUTFIELDER One who is deep in the letters of Freud and Eliot (10)
One who is deep, not silly (10)
26353
22810
Rufus MATED Got together, after a final check (5)
Won a hand — and the game (5)
26353
25803
Rufus SPOTTEDDOG Pudding is seen to follow after (7,3)
A Dalmatian sweet? (7,3)
26353
23886
Rufus BREADTH The scope of the Bard? (7)
The measure of the Bard? (7)
22172
22280
Rufus CARAFE It holds wine for a service in church (6)
Vessel for a service in church (6)
25012
24434
Rufus CHILL It's cold with central heating off! (5)
Central heating off apparently! (5)
25198
21952
Rufus ANGELICA Very good article on cake decoration (8)
Very good article for cake decoration (8)
25198
24082
Rufus FLEAMARKET Plenty of suckers at this trading centre? (4,6)
Trading centre quick to accept a discarded currency (4,6)
Trading centre quick to take in a victim (4,6)
22626
24560
22762
Rufus RELIEVE Free of duty (7)
King and two biblical characters free of duty (7)
25647
25503
Rufus DISORDERED In distress, daughter is told what she must do (10)
In trouble, daughter is told what she must do (10)
23437
27281
Rufus CAPONE Take cover when one is after a gangster (6)
Take cover when one is after a gangster (6)
21647
23892
Rufus IAGO Originator of intrigue in the past (4)
I go after a truly evil character (4)
23772
24344
Rufus TIFF Head put off awkward argument (4)
Head off tense argument (4)
23772
23724
Rufus LESSENED Cut that could be needless (8)
Another needless cut (8)
26742
24326
Rufus VEGA Sprouts and peas, say, given a star (4)
Small serving of carrots, say, given to a big star (4)
Peas and carrots are given a star (4)
24888
27023
23940
Rufus INTRODUCE Bring in present (9)
Offer fantastic reduct­ion (9)
24888
26311
Rufus CONCAVE Depressed kid goes to Aladdin's magic place (7)
Many on guard in hollow (7)
24888
21790
Rufus PEGLEG Girl on cricket side is not a true member (3,3)
It gives support for a girl on stage (3,3)
25904
22674
Rufus PROSIT Good health shown by professional model (6)
Port is drunk for good health (6)
25904
25533
Rufus LORELEI Rock singer learning what Romanians use for money (7)
Siren indicating danger on the Rhine (7)
25024
25982
Rufus SLEIGH Winter transport is murder, they say (6)
Winter transport is murder, we hear (6)
23330
23980
Rufus DAME Character dragged up at this time of the year? (4)
Character dragged up at this time of the year? (4)
Made out to be a lady (4)
23330
24888
22674
Rufus ELLIPSE Oval 45-inch mince pies (7)
Oval 45-inch mince pies (7)
24934
22244
Rufus CANON Is able to hold on, as a rule (5)
Large kind of type in the chapter (5)
26801
22280
Rufus MATADOR He produces a pass when charged (7)
Ring fighter? (7)
22882
22130
Rufus BASE Found to be contemptible (4)
Found unworthy of honour (4)
22626
26616
Rufus ELOPING Flying to an away match (7)
Leaving unannounced for an away match (7)
21904
27059
Rufus AEROSOL It is pressed into use when distribution by air is required (7)
It supplies one's needs at the press of a button (7)
24928
26664
Rufus STAMEN Street name needs changing — it's a bit flowery (6)
Good man gets response in church from organ (6)
24928
24934
Rufus VIPER Clergyman inwardly pious? The reverse — a treacherous type (5)
It creeps through by six (5)
24928
23216
Rufus PENNED Did some lines when kept in (6)
Did lines, when kept in (6)
24554
26742
Rufus SHRUG On the mat she almost gives gesture of indifference (5)
An indifferent movement (5)
24554
26981
Rufus ASPIRING Here's hoping I spring a surprise (8)
Here's hoping I spring a surprise (8)
21683
25713
Rufus MISAPPROPRIATES Steals fitting in error (15)
Steals fitting in error (15)
21683
26951
Rufus CORKSCREW Means to get at the drink (9)
Irish county's team opener (9)
21683
24256
Rufus RESTRAINED Held in check, fell behind the others (10)
Held in check, fell behind the others (10)
Checked filter inside pipe (10)
21683
26897
24666
Rufus IMPETIGO Not a fatal disease, but one I'm to peg out from (8)
As I'm the chosen one, I have to make a complaint (8)
22012
23724
Rufus THOROUGH Unusually hot, stormy and intensive (8)
Comprehensive completed, having absorbed nothing (8)
24554
24976
Rufus KNICKERS Thieves commonly said to filch female underwear (8)
Bottom gear (8)
26724
22906
Rufus SAGE Second generation savant (4)
Wise man tucked into the turkey (4)
23670
26138
Rufus HOOPLA A fair game (6)
Housework to the French is fair game (6)
23670
25072
Rufus HORSESHOE Work of a forger, bent but possibly lucky (9)
Lucky thing, so he - or she - makes out (9)
25683
23114
Rufus HEWN Cut down when damaged (4)
Chopped and changed when solving this clue (4)
25042
22960
Rufus DIAGNOSE Agonised about how to identify a complaint (8)
A doctor might mix a gin in the medicine (8)
25042
27299
Rufus STAGEHAND He may convey properties (9)
One of several moving scenes in the theatre (9)
24922
24362
Rufus BACKSIDE Support the team that's bottom (8)
Bottom team after defender (8)
23641
24148
Rufus ANISEED Is embraced by a longing for a sweet (7)
One's restricted by a lack of flavour (7)
It's sweet, I observe, and round (7)
It's sweet, I notice, and round (7)
23641
25042
25497
22196
Rufus APRONSTAGE Ideal setting for production of Pinafore? (5,5)
Ideal locale for production of "Pinafore" (5,5)
It provides an opportunity for advanced theatrical work (5,5)
23641
24666
21761
Rufus TEAMSPIRIT Fresh meat and drink provide morale (4,6)
Side given drink for morale (4,6)
25431
21683
Rufus HAMLET Play for the village (6)
Radio buff rented small place in the country (6)
Poor actor allowed role beyond his capabilities? (6)
25431
26700
24148
Rufus MARSEILLAISE The strain of the French Revolution (12)
The French marche militaire? (12)
22512
26742
Rufus ENCORE What the unsatisfied audience may shout (6)
Repeat prescription once more, not involving the doctor (6)
24952
26897
Rufus PLACID Still used as a name for an American lake (6)
Unruffled college head dressed in tartan (6)
Still used as a name for a US lake (6)
26903
26742
21826
Rufus DEEP Cunning, in the main (4)
Sea bass (4)
26903
22196
Rufus AVAILS Is of use when a number set sail (6)
Profits from propagating salvia (6)
25647
22906
Rufus RIDE Travel free over the Orient (4)
Travel free on first excursion (4)
26867
24702
Rufus THESIS Two cardinals appear in this work (6)
Revising his set subject (6)
26867
27017
Rufus INGEST Eat, but not seriously, we hear (6)
Eat, but not seriously we hear (6)
26867
21802
Rufus BOOTY Lad about to return stolen property (5)
Lad about to return stolen property (5)
22596
26090
Rufus VOICE Failing to take the first Orient Express (5)
Speak evil about none (5)
22202
21707
Rufus TWEE Aunt weeps, admits being excessively sentimental (4)
In between being sentimental and pretty (4)
25263
24434
Rufus PSYCHE Soulmate of Eros (6)
Soul mate of Eros (6)
24642
21844
Rufus STREET Many dwell on this anagram made by setter (6)
About to let it stand outside in the way (6)
22918
22124
Rufus CAROUSAL Drinking song going around America (8)
High time many received an awakening (8)
24642
23670
Rufus MUSIC Love food? (5)
It is scored for players, not by them (5)
26777
22738
Rufus GRAVES Wine vaults? (6)
Last resting places for wine (6)
24726
23437
Rufus SACKRACE Sporting event in which one has to fire on the run (4,4)
An event for wine people (4,4)
24726
24976
Rufus BASELINE Headquarters' file shows where to find a serving man (8)
Serving men and women operate from behind it (8)
23623
27017
Rufus BISHOP See man on board (6)
Piece of the cloth? (6)
Twice jump a little way for a man on board (6)
23623
26819
26933
Rufus SHIFTS Changes times of work (6)
Times for working garments (6)
Changes of clothing (6)
26490
24560
23820
Rufus ASLOPE Poles strangely under a certain inclination (6)
Like to run when so inclined (6)
Like to run when so inclined (6)
26490
24904
22464
Rufus BUTTERUP Soft soap and dairy product increased in price (6,2)
Soft soap and dairy product increased in price (6,2)
26849
23359
Rufus DISMAL Gloomy sergeant major has face put out (6)
Gloomy little sergeant major with face put out (6)
27071
27383
Rufus PERAMBULATOR Carriage reserved for a small charge (12)
Travel agency for the young (12)
25144
22226
Rufus CARAPACE Vehicle quickly becomes a hardtop (8)
Vehicle takes a step to become a hardtop (8)
24010
26825
Rufus PAPERCHAIN Decoration acquired over time by a press baron? (5,5)
Party decoration desired by would-be press baron? (5,5)
24010
24888
Rufus CRECHE People will mind if you dump your kids here (6)
Where children are to be found between two and five? (6)
24428
27353
Rufus IMMODEST Swirling mist hides the way forward (8)
I am on the way — the way forward (8)
24428
27095
Rufus ORC Type of whale that comes in for criticism (3)
Whale comes in for criticism (3)
24428
22572
Rufus CULPRIT One likely to be a responsible person? (7)
A responsible person (7)
26114
24380
Rufus ASPIRATE Record the sound of Beethoven's fifth (8)
Begins hunting like a sea wolf (8)
May be carelessly dropped in the middle of nowhere (8)
26114
26478
23383
Rufus BENDSINISTER Bred in sin, set out this indication of it? (4,8)
Bred in sin, set about showing one's pedigree? (4,8)
23288
26454
Rufus COSTOFLIVING Existing expenses (4,2,6)
The death rate? Quite the opposite (4,2,6)
23288
24028
Rufus CONUNDRUM Study a French instrument (9)
Fool holds sister with strange puzzle (9)
Problem is to learn a French instrument (9)
27305
27059
26269
Rufus ACCOMPANY Escort agency is brought to account (9)
Go with Bill to business (9)
24536
23383
Rufus DELPHI Park in Indian city - or Greek city (6)
Quietly get in foreign capital for Greek city (6)
23557
25934
Rufus ANANAS Pineapple found in the banana split (6)
Fruit with the top off is still fruit (6)
24594
22298
Rufus DESERTS Leaves a just reward (7)
They are said to be just barren areas (7)
22834
24554
Rufus SLEEPY Companion of Snow White likely to crash? (6)
Companion of Snow White likely to crash? (6)
22680
26933
Rufus SITUATION Thrown into a suit case (9)
Job in which no one tense is given a rise (9)
Post office (9)
26622
26120
25341
Rufus ADMONISH Warn a pretty girl about a Scotsman (8)
Caution had Simon dithering (8)
23186
23455
Rufus EYEPIECE On watch, man on board provides telescope part (8)
Look at coin with lens (8)
23186
25904
Rufus TEMPO Time of strain? (5)
Time to take the air (5)
23186
24536
Rufus DUNCESCAP Top gear when going into a corner? (6,3)
A foolish assumption of the old school (6,3)
23186
24398
Rufus ENSURE Follow Rex in to make certain (6)
Possibly run and see to make certain (6)
Possibly run and see to make certain (6)
22972
21886
23814
Rufus SHERRY Drink sounds dear to the French (6)
A wine to be wrong to be diffident about (6)
Make a mistake and throw out the drink (6)
26335
27329
22704
Rufus LADIDA Boy and girl being pretentious (2-2-2)
I'd return in a cheap car, pretentiously polished (2-2-2)
Snobbish boy and girl (2-2-2)
26251
23300
25359
Rufus COWL Monkshood, a cure for smoking? (4)
Monkshood, a cure for smoking? (4)
24946
21844
Rufus ACTEDUP Carried on organising coup d'état but having to drop out (5,2)
Caused trouble, getting Bill and Edward out of bed (5,2)
Caused trouble, getting Bill and Edward out of bed (5,2)
24822
21946
25946
Rufus SCORER Batsman who hits five fours? (6)
He can put the points up or down (6)
One making records gets the music right (6)
25192
22488
25257
Rufus RECOIL Spring back after being fired (6)
Kick, taking fresh wind into account (6)
Come back after being fired (6)
Kick into wind again (6)
22118
24428
24618
22470
Rufus DOUBLE Run to make the five ten (6)
Twice appearing as an understudy (6)
A drink that the darts player needs (6)
Stand in for the rehearsal or run (6)
25251
21940
23002
25761
Rufus SHEAVES They are bound to be shocks (7)
Bundles used to haul on board (7)
26299
26478
Rufus BROGUE Oxford accent (6)
You put your foot in it, in a manner of speaking (6)
Footwear by which the Irish may be recognised (6)
23282
26299
25569
Rufus OXEYE Look after a bull for Daisy (2-3)
Daisy is a neat looker! (2-3)
Daisy is kind of neat to look at (2-3)
27191
26897
26700
Rufus CONCEITED Called round on one occasion in vain (9)
Called without once becoming stuck-up (9)
25132
21844
Rufus SPRAT Mackerel bait? (5)
Catch a right during a fight (5)
25132
26048
Rufus PITCHANDTOSS Gambling on ship's movement? (5,3,4)
Game causing ill feeling in the main? (5,3,4)
24750
22328
Rufus ARMBANDS Equip groups with swimming aids (8)
Member leads groups with signs of mourning (8)
25976
26777
Rufus OPENUP Speak freely and reveal what's there (4,2)
Reveal advice on how to be less reserved? (4,2)
Start firing to make things lively (4,2)
25976
22566
24910
Rufus SMASHHIT One blow after another makes great entertainment (5,3)
To break a strike is a tremendous success (5,3)
25976
25263
Rufus FREIGHT Charge soldiers found in brawl (7)
Charge made by soldiers in battle (7)
Charge about in battle (7)
25425
26090
24148
Rufus HOIST Give a lift to one in the army (5)
Elevate one among many (5)
Part of flag, one shot to pieces (5)
25425
26831
23270
Rufus MACEBEARER Official club servant (4-6)
Official club servant (10)
22006
22644
Rufus COMECOME Repeated invitation to adopt a more reasonable attitude (4,4)
Repeated invitation to adopt a more reasonable attitude (4,4)
22006
25287
Rufus DININGCAR Fast food outlet? (6,3)
Where the fare goes down as the journey lengthens (6,3)
26227
25982
Rufus KISS Touch with an oral greeting (4)
Bringer of life and love? (4)
25868
25132
Rufus EPEE Record the same note twice — it's sharp (4)
Handy fencing implement (4)
25868
27071
Rufus RAPID Blame one laid on head of Dean Swift (5)
Swift and quiet in attack (5)
Fleet is quiet in attack (5)
Fast, clear round for father in the ascendancy (5)
25868
25042
27281
26377
Rufus CAMERA Private room taken on holiday (6)
Painter appeared first — this followed! (6)
23700
27125
Rufus HEARHEAR Repeatedly try to express approval (4,4)
Try repeatedly to express approval (4,4)
23467
25821
Rufus TAFFRAIL Welsh river bird seen around the stern (8)
Found on a ship aft, perhaps, and fragile (8)
26730
22244
Rufus MALINGER Mother to hang about and waste a doctor's time (8)
Stay well away from work (8)
26730
24434
Rufus POST After a job (4)
The letters column (4)
22792
26903
Rufus ACUMEN The last word about copper's keen insight (6)
Perspicacity shown by a hundred university chaps (6)
Intelligence team headed by a copper (6)
22792
26640
23563
Rufus FREEZE Be still shivering (6)
Remain perfectly still and go cold all over (6)
22792
22464
Rufus POLICE Bill for keeping the peace? (6)
Control river pests (6)
23521
26108
Rufus CINCINNATI Service chief joins Tina in trip round US city (10)
Service chief's hotel at one US city (10)
23521
27023
Rufus ORATE Gold blend tea in spout (5)
Give an address or a note (5)
21868
22036
Rufus LIDO Swimming pool with nothing under cover (4)
Swimming pool with nothing under cover (4)
Duck takes cover on the beach (4)
I'd look around for bathing facilities (4)
21868
23998
26048
25569
Rufus GUESS Think of Americans (5)
Think of America (5)
23916
21683
Rufus EVELYN It's evenly distributed as a name for either sex (6)
Name evenly distributed among girls and boys (6)
It's evenly distributed as a name for either sex (6)
23916
23617
21826
Rufus BABEL Scene of a towering row (5)
Infant left in tower here (5)
25599
26831
Rufus PSALM Song initially sung in indication of victory (5)
Song of starling starting in tree (5)
22984
22978
Rufus CRUSADES Struggles to maintain faith in the past (8)
Struggles to maintain faith in the past (8)
25635
21707
Rufus PAINTER Artist keeps a boat by the bank (7)
Artist's bow tie? (7)
23036
25066
Rufus REDUNDANT Surplus to requirements and turned off (9)
Communist and German worker laid off (9)
23036
25144
Rufus ORIGINATE Start to make a speech without a single drink (9)
Start to speak without a single drink (9)
23036
27251
Rufus SLOT Opening for a machine operator (4)
An opening possibly lost (4)
24178
21850
Rufus NETS Where cricketers practise catches (4)
Where cricketers practice catches (4)
24178
21880
Rufus BABE Child born before Lincoln (4)
Child born before Lincoln (4)
21778
27227
Rufus CHICHI Affected a stylish greeting (6)
Affected stylish greeting (6)
21778
25779
Rufus ARMOUR Protection for a king in love (6)
Protection for king caught in an intriguing situation (6)
Rigid habit of old king caught in affair (6)
24898
23772
25287
Rufus PERMISSION Leave the wrong impression (10)
Authorisation provided by embassy (10)
Leave the wrong impression (10)
24898
24618
22382
Rufus SCAPEGOAT He's given unwarranted responsibility (9)
A pact goes awry — blame him (9)
23485
25707
Rufus SLAPDASH In second part of race, sprint recklessly (8)
Messy hit-and-run? (8)
25791
25575
Rufus FULLSTOP Period added to the end of a sentence (4,4)
The mark of a finished writer? (4,4)
The point of punctuation (4,4)
25791
22118
22714
Rufus ALPHA A classical type (5)
A letter to mark well (5)
24290
21928
Rufus EVICTION A compulsory turnout (8)
A compulsory turnout (8)
22100
25389
Rufus RESEMBLING Like gremlins, be mischievous (10)
Like gremlins, be mischievous (10)
22100
24398
Rufus BEAM Wide smile gives support (4)
Sunny smile? (4)
Some light or heavy timber (4)
Wide smile gives support (4)
Heavy piece of wood, though it could be light (4)
Wooden support for the shaft (4)
22100
26897
21844
26825
22912
23730
Rufus SECTIONAL Coastline irregular in parts (9)
Coastline that's rocky in parts (9)
23192
25395
Rufus RATE About to circle at speed (4)
Value mid-afternoon tea break (4)
23192
23892
Rufus LABOUR Left work (6)
Left work (6)
23192
21683
Rufus IMPASSE Deadlock in which the devil takes almost full advantage (7)
I'm old-fashioned, there's no getting away from it (7)
The setter's old-fashioned situation offering no way out (7)
26245
23288
27299
Rufus SEAL An Inuit is likely to see one close up (4)
Circus performer to making an impression (4)
23054
22334
Rufus ABSTAIN Refuse to vote, putting Jack on the spot (7)
Don't vote for a black mark (7)
Refrain from giving sailor a dirty look (7)
25635
27125
27233
Rufus DRIEDUP Forgot the lines in production (5,2)
Forgot production lines (5,2)
Helped with the dishes but forgot part (5,2)
23054
26437
25066
Rufus CLASPS Holds 150 serpents (6)
Their function is to secure quiet in class (6)
27275
27197
Rufus SUPERIOR Snooty head of a religious order (8)
The mother of all lakes? (8)
27275
24154
Rufus LENTIL Pulse found in virulent illnesses (6)
Fast, the Italian's pulse (6)
Pulse is fast — over one fifty (6)
27275
26006
24744
Rufus SCAFFOLD It's put up for work on the outside (8)
A spot of capital punishment (8)
27311
27095
Rufus DWELL Settle on the end of a bed spring (5)
Ponder at length on how long you may live (5)
24446
26933
Rufus ANIMATED Quick diet a man ordered (8)
I get married and set out full of spirit (8)
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22762
Rufus GENERALSTORE Soldier-husband who tries to supply all one's needs (7,5)
Ike and Monty rent a shop (7,5)
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26742
Rufus NOTICING Recognising gin and tonic ingredients (8)
Recognising gin and tonic ingredients (8)
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22118
Rufus STRIPOFF Remove a coat - or much more (5,3)
Remove a coat — or more! (5,3)
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26945
Rufus LEAFLET It's not bound to be distributed (7)
Tract of grassland left untidy (7)
A tract of meadow felt to be different (7)
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25761
Rufus ONSETS Attacks aimed at badgers? (6)
Rolling Stones' beginnings? (6)
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Rufus THROW Project to cause confusion (5)
Cast worth putting into new production (5)
Make a pot worth ordering (5)
Half of them brawl and hurl things! (5)
22882
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25239
26269
Rufus POMPOM Cannonball? (6)
Cannon ball? (6)
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22100
Rufus COURTDISASTER Be involved in a risky action - ruinous to the litigant? (5,8)
Risk total defeat at Wimbledon (5,8)
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24404
Rufus LINKAGE Badly leaking connection (7)
Badly leaking connection (7)
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21898
Rufus LIFER One unable to serve any longer? (5)
Criminal file that's wrong, then put right (5)
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26460
Rufus PROPRIETOR He holds his own (10)
One who minds his own business (10)
He minds his own business (10)
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23838
Rufus ANGLING The protracted use of lines (7)
The protracted use of lines? (7)
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21904
Rufus CLUTCH Seize an egg collection (6)
Eggs used for a change? (6)
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22566
Rufus ENTRYFEE A charge made upon income? (5,3)
An incoming charge (5,3)
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22906
Rufus BIGAMIST His second mate gets him into trouble (8)
He breaks more than one union law (8)
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26335
Rufus VERIFY Attest to extremely absorbing Kipling poem (6)
Check provided in extreme care (6)
Confirm if the light goes out (6)
25269
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26670
Rufus VERSATILE Poor relatives prepared to do a variety of jobs (9)
It's a lever that may be turned to many uses (9)
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27305
Rufus BIRTHDAYSUIT First-day cover? (8,4)
Nothing to wear for an age-old celebration (8,4)
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23916
Rufus LANDAU Transport for student with a university final (6)
Transport for student with a university final (6)
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23054
Rufus SCHOOLMATE Train officer, one of the same class (10)
A comrade in the class struggle? (10)
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Rufus TASMANIA It's a man in distress on a South Pacific island (8)
It's a man found shipwrecked on a Pacific island (8)
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22298
Rufus HONEST Just puts a point on blunt end (6)
Hospital notes doctor finds reliable (6)
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24262
Rufus SEPARATION One is apart, possibly result of marital trouble? (10)
Freedom from marital break-up? (10)
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23940
Rufus LITTER Refuse a stretcher (6)
Vehicle it is illegal to leave in the street (6)
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23036
Rufus ELATED In high spirits, drink up with Edward (6)
Story gets backing — editor in high spirits (6)
In high spirits, knock beer back with Edward (6)
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26275
Rufus FLAG Sort of stone sink (4)
Give a signal and slow down (4)
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25066
Rufus EASYGOING Simple departure is without formality (9)
Happy-go-lucky midshipman goes on leave (4,5)
Cheerful midshipman goes on leave (9)
Calm and painless death (4-5)
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21976
23335
22382
Rufus IMPS Military policeman is about to see mischief-makers (4)
One member's naughty children (4)
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24112
Rufus REINFORCE Check power of support (9)
Check power increase (9)
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25982
Rufus AGOG Eager to work in silver (4)
Eager to obtain grand ring set in silver (4)
Eager to go up after a key (4)
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26353
Rufus SWEDEN Japanese copper married in the country (6)
Journalist taken aback by news of the country (6)
Journalist upset amid bad news for the country (6)
Country editor beset with bad news (6)
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26383
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25779
Rufus IRONINGBOARD It provides a good base for an evening out (7,5)
I call round on committee for help with pressing business (7,5)
23718
26454
Rufus GAUCHO A cough mixture for a cowhand (6)
Cowboy developing a cough (6)
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26490
Rufus IRITIS Eye disease - girl catches it (6)
Eye disease — girl catches it (6)
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26329
Rufus SPOTLIGHTS They reveal the stars in all their splendour (10)
Focuses on positions to accommodate clue solution (10)
22542
24344
Rufus ABANDON Leave a bar with a university man (7)
Leave a musical group — no making a comeback (7)
And the sailor is first on leave (7)
21749
26383
26592
Rufus TOERAG Despicable person possibly got time inside (6)
Despicable person possibly got time inside (6)
21749
24302
Rufus ALASKA Naturally cold state, but sweet when baked (6)
Cold state of something oven-baked (6)
21749
25102
Rufus BETTEROFF How seasick people feel on disembarking? (6,3)
How seasick people feel on disembarking? (6,3)
21749
26640
Rufus YELLOUT Tell you it's wrong to shout (4,3)
Tell you it's wrong to scream (4,3)
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22054
Rufus DERIDES Mocks desired changes (7)
Laughs at what could be desired (7)
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26903
Rufus DUCAT Tube holding a gold coin (5)
There's money in education (5)
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22416
Rufus REFRAIN Stop in a few bars (7)
Do without the chorus (7)
Chorus of "don'ts"? (7)
27065
26694
21707
Rufus ARC Car negotiated a bend (3)
Bow comes from Africa, oddly (3)
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23300
Rufus TSUNAMI A big wave from chap coming back in a new suit (7)
Chap comes up in new suit, gets big wave (7)
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25341
Rufus ASSIGN Fix a direction indicator (6)
A direction indicator gains award (6)
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23521
Rufus ORPHANAGE Model paragon, he cares for deprived children (9)
Harp on about taking time with deprived children (9)
23377
23593
Rufus CLEMATIS Tenacious climber found in a variety of climates (8)
Lime and cats affected plant (8)
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26819
Rufus TRYOUT Go away and experiment (3,3)
About end of May, tutor arranged test (6)
26347
23694
Rufus PIPEDREAM Fancy being fostered by a churchwarden? (4,5)
Smoker's fancy (4,5)
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23658
Rufus DELFT A number left on a trip for the pottery (5)
Money comes in handy in China (5)
23258
23998
Rufus BLOOMERS Mistakes made by bakers (8)
Mistakes made by bakers, underwear suppliers and gardeners? (8)
23258
24160
Rufus CALM Philosophical student in academic stream (4)
Composed a piece of classical music (4)
23258
22298
Rufus CUTE Clever stroke to point (4)
Scored a point - could be winning (4)
22846
22196
Rufus RESIDENT Dwelling is rented out (8)
Study, entering further exam for junior hospital doctor (8)
Maybe his place is rented out (8)
22846
26227
24052
Rufus ARARAT Mount framing an artist in his element (6)
Company floated to avoid liquidation ended up here (6)
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24976
Rufus PAPERHATS Apt phrase to describe party wear? (5,4)
Capital decorations crackers provided, perhaps, at get-together (5,4)
Apt phrase describes party wear? (5,4)
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25198
26138
Rufus VENTILATOR Fan of sickness benefit? (10)
Fan of sickness benefit? (10)
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22124
Rufus EARWAX Organ swell may affect one's hearing (6)
Organ swell may affect one's hearing (6)
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24666
Rufus CAROUSING Many awakening us with their 28 across (9)
Awakening after hundred years heavy drinking (9)
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26867
Rufus FLAGRANT Crying, small boy rejects gift (8)
Below standard tirade is outrageous (8)
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25904
Rufus EGGNOG Warming drink that takes some beating (6)
Drink triple gin, init­ially, with one rum (6)
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25425
Rufus YEARBOOK 1984? (8)
Annual period of time on reserve (8)
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22674
Rufus EVENS Gets level, yet nothing is lost (5)
Levels the score and quits (5)
Levels the odds (5)
Level betting how Wenceslas found the snow, heading south (5)
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26138
Rufus BASEBALL It's played for the HQ dance (8)
Game for a dance at the depot (8)
Mean sailor upset students in game (8)
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24238
Rufus EVERAFTER They lived so happily in fairy tales (4,5)
Eternal pursuit of the happy ending (4,5)
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25371
Rufus BUTTS More than one barrel used in shooting (5)
Barrels used for target practice (5)
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22464
Rufus SATIRE It's a possibility concerning caricature (6)
Burlesque star that is ill-disposed (6)
24482
26616
Rufus WOODEN Vacant court room (6)
Court room is lacking animation (6)
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26251
Rufus CONSIDER Reckon to make a hundred on the side, right? (8)
Regard as deliberate (8)
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25425
Rufus INVOCATION A plea to be satisfyingly employed? (10)
A fashionable career in conjuring (10)
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27227
Rufus WEAPONRY Any power may produce armaments (8)
Armaments open war activity at the end of May (8)
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24554
Rufus CREDO Revolutionary firm about belief (5)
Statement of faith many repeat (5)
Communist firm about belief (5)
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26742
Rufus PARMESAN Grating that goes on top, of course (8)
Standard means for churning cheese (8)
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23491
Rufus TURNDOWN Refuse to reduce the volume (4,4)
Decline to fold over the sheet (4,4)
25755
25898
Rufus EUCLID Il Duce turned out to be a mathematician (6)
Dulcie's bad in geometry (6)
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23862
Rufus MENIAL Servant in upset during dinner, perhaps (6)
Servant turns in during dinner, perhaps (6)
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22792
Rufus COKE Drink approved in the church (4)
Common drink may provide warmth (4)
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24034
Rufus EPITOME The embodiment of a mince pie, in my opinion (7)
The embodiment of a mince pie, in my opinion (7)
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23330
Rufus LACERATE Slash the price of flimsy material (8)
Slash material price (8)
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22166
Rufus DRIFTERS Fishing boats that go with the tide? (8)
Vessels off course? (8)
27377
26114
Rufus CAMISOLE Scot came up with one single undergarment (8)
Lois came out in her underwear (8)
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24554
Rufus OUTRE Fantastic to be out and about (5)
Striking centre spread that's way out (5)
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24768
Rufus ORDERED Given command, other ranks run into action (7)
Given command (7)
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21880
Rufus APARTMENT Possibly meant to secure some accommodation (9)
Doctor meant to go round some accommodation (9)
23156
25982
Rufus ESSENCE The heart of a German city church (7)
Concentration required when driving in France (7)
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26437
Rufus RINGMASTER Chief whip, say, an expert on telephone (10)
Boxing champion employed in the circus (10)
22268
26478
Rufus UNSETTLE Trouble for international organisation to resolve (8)
Trouble for international organisation to resolve (8)
22268
23940
Rufus ONLY Simply unique (4)
Alone in Lyon, sadly (4)
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22602
Rufus STRAIGHTUP Sound of lost sheep? Honestly! (8,2)
On the level? Yes and no (8,2)
Shortest way to the top, believe me (8,2)
24106
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25395
Rufus TIDERACE Current champion tried to break first (4,4)
Current champion tried to break first (4,4)
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27383
Rufus REVOLUTION Rising, or just turning over? (10)
Heads rolled in this French affair (10)
24106
26329
Rufus UNITED University man gets married (6)
Joined a football club (6)
Joined the club (6)
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23491
25257
Rufus NATIONAL Composition on a Latin subject (8)
A race of more than local interest (8)
Grand occasion, of course (8)
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22124
25982
Rufus COHERE To be consistent, he must be in the middle (6)
The commanding officer must get present to be consistent (6)
26078
25198
Rufus GALLEON Bitterness associated with age-old craft (7)
Bitterness associated with an age-old craft (7)
26078
21928
Rufus SHEER Absolute quiet always required (5)
Simple but revealing (5)
26078
24052
Rufus UNEVEN Odd vigil held by distraught nun (6)
Rough? That's odd (6)
23048
22118
Rufus FIERCE Intense fire damaged church (6)
Intense fire damaged church (6)
22376
25401
Rufus ILL One needs £50 badly (3)
Fifty follows forty-nine? Well, no! (3)
Badly in need of medical care (3)
I shall be briefly unwell (3)
Unhealthy state of America, briefly (3)
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22542
22488
26933
24344
Rufus LAPTOP Appropriate cut-out for a computer (6)
Electronic equipment likely to go in cut (6)
24208
24798
Rufus ESTRANGES Greatness, sadly, sets one apart (9)
Greatness, unfortun­ately, makes enemies (9)
23252
27017
Rufus HYENAS The laughing stock of Africa? (6)
Has inherent desire for animals (6)
He's involved with any mistreated animals (6)
27167
24076
24332
Rufus ELIXIR Miracle drug for backside beset by nettle (6)
Miracle drug for backside in trouble (6)
27167
23557
Rufus IRONSIDE Puritan joins club team (8)
Puritan club team (8)
22078
26783
Rufus SECOND Time and place (6)
Not the first time (6)
Back for a place (6)
22078
26383
23563
Rufus CATACLYSM A number stay calm in disaster and upheaval (9)
Initially cats stay calm around upheaval (9)
24338
24404
Rufus WHOA How about a call to slow down? (4)
How odd a call to stop (4)
21820
22978
Rufus FETTLE A fine state to be in (6)
A fine state to be in (6)
22440
25018
Rufus ADAMSAPPLE It brings a lump to one's throat (5,5)
Presentation of papa's medal brings a lump to one's throat (5,5)
22440
22738
Rufus TIEDUP Engaged — or already married? (4,2)
Bound to have a prior engagement (4,2)
26586
23641
Rufus BASS Very low perch (4)
Deep sea fish (4)
Very low perch (4)
Deep sea fish (4)
26586
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21778
22786
Rufus DESCRIBE Bed in new seed and provide an account (8)
Label in new seed bed (8)
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27377
Rufus CENSUS It checks population growth (6)
When to tell all? (6)
It checks the growth of population (6)
It checks the growth of population (6)
26299
25209
25581
21880
Rufus CURATE A truce arranged for vicar's assistant (6)
Clergyman provides remedy without a word of thanks for showing up (6)
Copper to reprimand one coming between vicar and his flock (6)
Minister provides remedy without a word of thanks for showing up (6)
26299
25072
24046
24380
Rufus ADHERENT Tenacious advocate (8)
Supporter seen here and there, on the move (8)
Disciple to stick with the New Testament (8)
He will be embraced by wildly ardent disciple (8)
Disciple has to stick by holy writ (8)
Disciple has to stick to holy writ (8)
Ardent, he may be following a cause (8)
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23557
22304
27353
21707
25018
24600
Rufus INCREASES Grows wrinkled (9)
Gets bigger, though all screwed up (9)
25629
26167
Rufus WATERLOO Battle station (8)
Later exchanges in court battle (8)
25629
22382
Rufus STEER A good man always in control (5)
Cattle drive (5)
Ox and cox (5)
Direct supplier of beef (5)
25629
22792
22644
25761
Rufus NEGATE Agent upset over point in dispute (6)
Agent gets upset over point in veto (6)
21874
24696
Rufus MANIPULATE Use fingers to eat a plum in the break (10)
Chap to turn up after one, not on time for work (10)
21874
24296
Rufus GOOSEBUMPS Rising indications that one is frightened (5,5)
They may rise up in a frightening situation (5,5)
21874
26299
Rufus AGENTS They may be after estate — amen! (6)
They don't mind their own business (6)
A note sent out by representatives (6)
25443
24898
24344
Rufus ROUNDUP Gather that the boxer is slightly in the lead? (5,2)
Accumulate stock (5,2)
Gather that the bell has gone? (5,2)
22422
24536
22714
Rufus EAT Take courses in French and Armenian initially (3)
Take a course (3)
24982
23485
Rufus INRUSH Rapid inflow in light material (6)
Influx - one runs out before start of Hogmanay (6)
24982
24578
Rufus DRAPES Covers spread in disarray (6)
Covers spread out (6)
24982
25779
Rufus YIELDING Producing elastic (8)
Submissive bearing (8)
25874
21784
Rufus ESPOUSES Embraces sweetheart and wives (8)
Embraces sweetheart and wives (8)
25874
25198
Rufus ASSISI Part of the Mass is identified with St Francis (6)
Part of midnight mass is identified with St Francis (6)
A southern university river rises where Francis came from (6)
25874
24578
27197
Rufus ATHENS The short answer about foreign capital (6)
Capital A followed by S? (6)
Capital A followed by S? (6)
25874
25443
22172
Rufus ITCH Scratch starter? (4)
Football ground with no parking causes irritation (4)
25874
22488
Rufus ATTENTION Awareness shown by military command (9)
Army command to be rigidly obeyed (9)
Standing order, rigidly obeyed (9)
25910
26108
27227
Rufus ENAMOURED One thus may show soppy demeanour (9)
Fascinated by unusual demeanour (9)
So in love, with demeanour transformed (9)
25030
27275
26801
Rufus BAGS They were widely worn in Oxford in the ’20s (4)
Lots of trousers (4)
Childishly claims the luggage (4)
25030
25425
24302
Rufus LUGGER Sounds like a tugboat, but isn't (6)
Tugboat? (6)
26197
21982
Rufus INERTIA Strangely, I earn it in doing nothing (7)
Lack of action, but in time it returns (7)
Changes in it are due to inactivity (7)
Lack of action, but in time it turns up (7)
26197
24106
24588
22804
Rufus ENNOBLED Entitled to directions before turning blonde (8)
Entitled to directions before turning blonde (8)
Honoured with high rank in the finish (8)
22232
23617
22876
Rufus REMIT Put off mounting watch (5)
Right! Breathe out and relax! (5)
Suspend the terms of reference (5)
26197
22626
23940
Rufus SETTO Start to fight (3-2)
Determined to fight (3-2)
23324
24946
Rufus ENSNARED Turn and sneer when trapped (8)
Turn and sneer when trapped (8)
23324
21880
Rufus BALLROOM Where everybody goes in to sweep around the floor (8)
Where everybody goes in to sweep around the floor (8)
25940
22428
Rufus NOTEPADS They're used by writers and poets for revision (8)
Are they used for jotting down music? (8)
23324
26981
Rufus RELICS Churchgoers guarding priest's remains (6)
Churchgoers guarding priest's remains (6)
23324
22048
Rufus EON Time one changed (3)
One form of eternity (3)
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23694
Rufus COMPLAIN Grumble, having malady that's never-ending (8)
Express dissatisfaction with a break in service (8)
24386
25581
Rufus CATAPULT Stone pitcher (8)
Missile launcher fitted to aircraft carriers (8)
A stone pitcher (8)
23240
25868
23742
Rufus INCREASE Swell position for a batsman (8)
Swell position for a batsman (8)
Extra fashionable line in trousers (8)
Not liable to be stumped for a pay demand (8)
Extra fashionable line in trousers (8)
21653
25599
23335
24296
21826
Rufus HOLDUP Delay that gives serious offence (4,2)
Support by arms or threaten by them (4,2)
Kind of robbery most likely to occur in rush hour? (4-2)
Kind of robbery most likely to occur during rush hours (4-2)
21653
23036
25677
21761
Rufus STENCIL Rowdy clients cut by the typist (7)
Master copy of client's order (7)
21653
24536
Rufus ISAIAH Prophet is first-class, given a head start (6)
Prophet is first-class when given a head start (6)
21737
23437
Rufus KANGAROO Is the bounder brought before this court? (8)
Jumper with a pocket (8)
Jumper, pocket-size originally (8)
21737
24332
24380
Rufus DOMAIN Murder mother for the estate (6)
Estate of party chief (6)
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26586
Rufus AMBUSH In which the early bird lies awaiting the worm? (6)
In which the early bird lies awaiting the worm? (6)
22060
24726
Rufus WATERMILL Complain loudly about schooltime left — it may be grinding (9)
Riverside plant? (9)
26060
24928
Rufus AWFUL Legitimate student expelled with dire result (5)
Impressive, though not entirely legal (5)
26060
22084
Rufus ARCHES Search frantically for means of support (6)
They may have fallen on people's feet (6)
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25575
Rufus AEGIS A brief, for example, is for the defence (5)
Soldier in ebbing sea gets support (5)
25653
26311
Rufus KINGDOM Brunel's realm? (7)
State engineer's middle name (7)
25653
22912
Rufus FRINGE Edge hoop in iron (6)
Edge hoop in iron (6)
Gang surrounded by iron border (6)
25737
22268
27125
Rufus NURSEMAID Organises us a minder — for a small charge? (9)
Her charges are usually small (9)
25737
24780
Rufus INHALER Rough, long-haired dog taken out for a breather? (7)
Rough long-haired dog taken out - for a breather? (7)
25186
21898
Rufus POORRELATION The family's failure makes a wretched story (4,8)
The family's failure makes a wretched story (4,8)
22756
27377
Rufus FALLOVER Someone very fond of a Cornish river trip? (4,4)
Winter trip? (4,4)
Too late for an American cropper to come a cropper? (4,4)
25006
23814
25946
Rufus SPRIG Sucker in starting price swindle (5)
Head of school, goody-goody young man (5)
Twig a starting price swindle (5)
22632
27059
24768
Rufus GHOSTTOWN Community with spirit, though lacking humanity (5,4)
A spirited community? Surely not! (5,4)
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25934
Rufus ANTI Not in favour of social worker taking one (4)
Social worker takes one to be an opponent (4)
It turns on an opponent (4)
Not in favour of social worker being put over one (4)
Book in first-class accommodation for one in opposition (4)
Member of the opposition in Victorian times (4)
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24368
24262
26329
25072
21826
Rufus LIMB It's risky going out on this shoot (4)
Dance circle lost member (4)
23814
26377
Rufus OVA A number returning with duck eggs (3)
A five-nil reverse that may be scrambled (3)
The eggs are soundly done (3)
23814
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23300
Rufus LENGTH The long version lacks nothing in measurement (6)
A good one is important to one bowling from end to end (6)
23814
23521
Rufus CAREFOR Be fond of and look after (4,3)
Be fond of nurse (4,3)
23814
26203
Rufus IRELAND Composer close to Britten in sound (7)
Country music composer (7)
It's partly a republic, ie country without a king (7)
One about to settle in the country (7)
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25371
26114
25707
Rufus SIGHT Location in sound and vision (5)
Spectacle in which a bull appears? (5)
26413
26120
Rufus STEAMSHIP Eleven in one vessel start to cheer for another (9)
Shipmates set out in this vessel (9)
26413
23485
Rufus VICTIM Prey of little boys (6)
Two little boys in the quarry (6)
26413
21928
Rufus STAG Game unsuitable for women (4)
Guns are raised in this game (4)
Guns raised, when animal being hunted appears (4)
26413
22792
27305
Rufus TRACT Pamphlet followed by pronouncement (5)
Treatise closely followed, we hear (5)
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26353
Rufus AGGREGATE Collect material for concrete (9)
Get garage to assemble parts (9)
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22382
Rufus ENDSUP Finishes with tails in the air (4,2)
Finishes doing a headstand? (4,2)
26389
27347
Rufus SACK Rifle fire (4)
Fire an employee for drinking, perhaps (4)
Bag for loot (4)
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Rufus OKAY Certainly nothing to chatter about (4)
Approve of American fashion (4)
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Rufus DECOR Colour scheme for last month - heraldic gold (5)
Colour scheme for last month — heraldic gold (5)
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Rufus FOLLOW One won't be the first to do it (6)
Don't take the lead, but succeed (6)
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Rufus LIAR False witness who turns up to abuse (4)
False witness who turns to abuse (4)
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Rufus CAIRO Company about to broadcast somewhere in Egypt (5)
Capital atmosphere in a small business house (5)
Company about to declare capital (5)
The atmosphere in a small firm may be capital (5)
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Rufus PASTORAL Poem completed but not written down (8)
Famous symphony, also part variation (8)
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Rufus POUNCE Make sharp attack upon Reformed Church (6)
Penny puts on weight in spring (6)
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Rufus SKIT Take off garment right away (4)
Take off in second gear (4)
Take off in second gear (4)
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Rufus MINUSCULE Lacking a cryptic clue? It's not important (9)
Minute required — or two thirds of a minute — solving clues (9)
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Rufus POSSESS Hold police party on ship (7)
You have to do so (7)
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Rufus CUSTODIAN A discount off the Guardian (9)
Discount a misprint in Guardian (9)
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Rufus DENSITY Stupidity of trying to alter destiny? (7)
Refuse to hold pose — demonstrating stupidity (7)
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Rufus MAPS For centuries they ignored America (4)
For centuries they ignored America (4)
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Rufus ADVERSITY A setback — very sad to get upset about it (9)
Setback — very sad to get upset about it (9)
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Rufus TASK Job that's OK, oddly (4)
The head to apply for a job (4)
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Rufus NEED Lack, on the one hand, all the conclusions (4)
Lack, on the one hand, all the conclusions (4)
Want to work with the hands, say (4)
Born in Paris, died in penury (4)
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Rufus AMBULANCE In which somebody is travelling flat out? (9)
You may get a ride in it, if you're patient (9)
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Rufus ISAAC Numberless Visa bill for a patriarch (5)
Bill is a first name (5)
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Rufus CALLOUT Appeal — and how the umpire may react? (4,3)
Appeal - and how the umpire may react? (4,3)
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Rufus RAIMENT Object when put in torn clothing (7)
Wear and tear about target (7)
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Rufus ENTRECHAT The canter needs to be adjusted for the jump (9)
Bound to be performed by the ballet dancer (9)
Spring ballet performance (9)
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Rufus SCALE Go up an octave (5)
A model may be drawn to it, but not an overweight one (5)
Notes removed by a dentist (5)
Plate of fish (5)
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Rufus PEELER Old copper fruit knife (6)
Old copper useful in the kitchen (6)
PC Skinner (6)
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Rufus STEEPLE It may need a jack up before being repaired (7)
High point of religious architecture (7)
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Rufus WHIPPET One dog and two cats, perhaps (7)
Nick's favourite dog (7)
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Rufus SNEEZE Suddenly expire, having snuffed it? (6)
An explosion due to the cold (6)
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Rufus BASSET Barker is a fool to back the outsider (6)
Take a chance injecting dope in dog (6)
Wager about a dumb animal being a dog (6)
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Rufus COUNSEL Advice on clues in anagram form (7)
Advise a local authority, say (7)
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Rufus TASKMASTER Teacher after a job for a demanding employer (10)
Disciplinarian marks a test roughly (10)
Cook makes tarts for demanding employer (10)
Teacher after job for a demanding employer (10)
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Rufus SECONDRATE Sixty to the minute? Not so good (6-4)
Doesn't care about being poor (6-4)
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Rufus TAPSTER His drawings are refreshing (7)
Much of his time is spent behind bars (7)
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Rufus EXPOSE Unveil the ultimate sex op surgery (6)
Former model makes a revelation (6)
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Rufus BROWSE Casually raise the volume (6)
Idly read and eat (6)
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Rufus CHAUCER Middle-aged English travel writer (7)
Middle-aged English travel writer (7)
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Rufus SEAPOWER Main source of strength for a nation (3,5)
Main source of strength for a nation (3,5)
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Rufus STANDOUT Refuse to agree to project (5,3)
Refuse to agree to project (5,3)
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Rufus ENCLOSED Shut up tight in the terminus (8)
Bound to be stifling in the finish (8)
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24642
Rufus BEER Better the non-drinker leaves this (4)
Drink at Sheba's place? (4)
Worker right to be bitter sometimes (4)
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22172
Rufus AGREE About time to go out -- OK? (5)
Be of one mind about being in time (5)
Accept a proposal in Gretna Green (5)
Strangely eager to come to terms (5)
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Rufus REVENUE Income from flat in French street (7)
Money coming in from flat in French street (7)
Be sorry about unrising income (7)
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24148
Rufus GEAR Trendy clothes changed on inclination (4)
Equipment that is changed regularly in a car (4)
Outfit changed on inclination (4)
One of them will take you back in the car (4)
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Rufus OPPOSITION Work on site can cause obstruction (10)
Not the government's workplace (10)
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Rufus EMOTIONS Time soon modifies feelings (8)
Feelings shown by people put into some distress (8)
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Rufus NOAH He floated a company to avoid liquidation (4)
His vessel had a full complement of mates (4)
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Rufus MARASCHINO Liqueur makes chairman so drunk! (10)
Charmian so upset - a drink is needed (10)
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Rufus OUT Published in error (3)
Dismissed when on strike (3)
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Rufus ORDEAL Test gold before transaction (6)
Trial of gold with lead, perhaps (6)
Trial to find alternative to softwood (6)
Test of French in viva voce (6)
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Rufus ENTREAT Press hard for change in net rate (7)
Appeal for something nice to follow in French (7)
Beg for rent in order to have food (7)
Appeal in French to doctor (7)
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Rufus ARIA Song with a retrospective melody (4)
An uplifting tune for singing (4)
A tune-up during the opera (4)
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Rufus PERMIT Allow to advise on how to treat straight hair (6)
Let pass (6)
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Rufus TABERNACLE A celebrant dancing around the foot of the mast (10)
Temple altar, perhaps, inlaid with nacre design (10)
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Rufus SAVANT Scholar took exam, securing first place (6)
He's learned to park a vehicle in the street (6)
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Rufus APLOMB A quiet look by doctor showing confidence (6)
A quiet look by doctor shows self-possession (6)
Assurance that dad is about to see doctor (6)
Father about to see doctor in confidence (6)
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Rufus RIOT When corruption is about, I show no respect for authority (4)
When corruption is about, I show no respect for authority (4)
Rebel king I turn to (4)
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23383
Rufus JUSTTHEJOB Exactly what is needed in employment (4,3,3)
Exactly what is wanted in a situation (4,3,3)
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Rufus GALLERY Art exhibition venue for top people in the theatre (7)
It's high in theatrical circles (7)
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22226
Rufus AFTERMATH Results of changes at the farm (9)
A second mowing around at the farm (9)
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Rufus PLACEBO Locate unpleasant smell, but this won't cure it (7)
Identify unpleasant smell - but this won't cure anything (7)
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Rufus LASSO Catch a young lady with nothing on (5)
Look around a ship of the line (5)
See someone stupid caught up in a rope (5)
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26951
Rufus NEARED Earned aggravation, when closed (6)
Got close, earned review (6)
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Rufus LIVERY Left one extremely out of sorts (6)
Left one extremely out of sorts (6)
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Rufus ORATOR He's happy to give people his address (6)
He gives people his address (6)
A speaker returning brief thanks amid golden words (6)
Personage of good address (6)
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24666
Rufus AFRAID Far-flung relief for the fearful (6)
It is feared leader is missing in RAF raid (6)
RAF cook needs help with chicken (6)
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22572
Rufus PAGEBOY Bob is a hotel employee (7)
Bob is a hotel employee (7)
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Rufus ALERTED About time dodgy dealer was given a warning (7)
Broken treadle had a warning notice (7)
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Rufus TRANSEPT Wing patterns in metamorphosis (8)
A cross section of the church (8)
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Rufus DIRECTION Management course (9)
Point of order? (9)
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Rufus AUTOGRAPHS Star signs? (10)
Star names booked (10)
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Rufus HOBART Advocates breaking into stolen capital (6)
Advocates breaking into stolen capital (6)
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25132
Rufus MATCHMAKER Union agent responsible for strikers, perhaps (10)
Organiser of mixed doubles? (10)
Union negotiator (10)
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22572
Rufus CELTIC Church officer in charge of one side of Glasgow (6)
Cross one side of Glasgow (6)
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Rufus ROOSTERS Early callers get egg rolls outside (8)
Early callers get egg rolls outside (8)
Lists include love birds (8)
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22644
Rufus ROC Blimey! Is taken aback by fabulous bird (3)
This fabulous bird reciprocates a surprised expression (3)
Amazed expression, taken aback by fabulous bird (3)
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22668
Rufus PRICELESS Soft grain, inferior but still highly esteemed (9)
Highly esteemed? That's hilarious! (9)
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Rufus DESCENT Decline scented make-up (7)
Drop of French perfume (7)
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Rufus PINERO He acted and wrote a letter in Greek to a Roman (6)
He wrote a letter in Greek to a Roman (6)
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22572
Rufus COLD Frozen fish left inside (4)
Common complaint caught by the elderly (4)
Common complaint of many of advanced years (4)
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22464
Rufus SPARSE Rare fights with sweetheart (6)
Original spares may be few and far between (6)
Rows over sweetheart are not frequent (6)
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23796
Rufus PADDLESTEAMER Master pleaded for a change of ship (6,7)
Slept and dreamed about a new ship (6,7)
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Rufus HEARING Attending the trial? (7)
Trial makes sense (7)
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Rufus OUTPOST Letters awaiting despatch to a colonial settlement (7)
Letters being sent to distant branch (7)
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22596
Rufus ANISETTE Liqueur made in top Eastern state (8)
Perhaps it's eaten as an aperitif (8)
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Rufus TASKFORCE The initial question is put with vigour and detachment (4,5)
Service men who have a job to do (4,5)
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Rufus REHEARSAL What the listener does in actual practice (9)
Time to check the lines after casting? (9)
Tries to enter bona fide practice (9)
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Rufus LIE Be prone to untruth (3)
It's not true I was imprisoned by the French (3)
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24696
Rufus EAGERLY For example, rising in the morning with enthusiasm (7)
Organise gay reel with enthusiasm (7)
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Rufus ENZYME Enemy Zulu leader going round causing ferment (6)
Enemy Zulu leader going round causing ferment (6)
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Rufus INTHERED Suffering from a lack of balance? (2,3,3)
On the wrong side of banks? (2,3,3)
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Rufus INSTEAD I'd sent a replacement as a substitute (7)
A change in dates offered as an alternative (7)
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24214
Rufus MUSICHALL Form of variety before the '50s, much as I recollected (5,4)
Form of variety before the ’50s, much as I recollected (5,4)
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27059
Rufus CLOCKWATCHER He keeps an eye on the hands to avoid overtime (5-7)
He keeps an eye on the hands to avoid overtime (5-7)
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Rufus GOON Turn on a fool (4)
He's very stupid to continue (4)
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Rufus DISPERSE The last thing a crowd will do (8)
Move to break concentration (8)
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Rufus EYRIE Nursery for high-flyers? (5)
Nursery for high fliers (5)
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25174
Rufus FANCLUB Ardent followers form society on the blower (3,4)
Cool beat from the backing group (3,4)
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Rufus SEVER Cut, cut hard (5)
Cut and serve out (5)
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Rufus ADOLESCENT Youngster's grants in a foreign currency (10)
A colt needs schooling as a youngster (10)
Rise secures unemployment benefit for a youngster (10)
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Rufus APED Took off commercial about keep fit exercises (4)
Took off commercial about keep-fit exercises (4)
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Rufus ADVANCE Further progress (7)
Go ahead and make a loan (7)
Further progress (7)
Go ahead with borrowed money (7)
Go ahead — make a loan (7)
Increase progress (7)
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Rufus PICT Old northerner caught in trap (4)
Old northerner caught in a trap (4)
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Rufus CURING Finding a remedy for smoking, perhaps (6)
Copper band used for healing (6)
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Rufus RISER One is vertical in flight (5)
One is vertical in flight (5)
Revolting individual seen in flight (5)
It gives height in flight (5)
One out of bed seen going upstairs (5)
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27143
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Rufus BARGAIN The publican's profit is cheap at the price (7)
Lawyers' profit is cheap at the price (7)
Agreement lawyers attain (7)
Something so cheap as to rule out profit? (7)
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Rufus OBJECT Goal protest (6)
Aim for goal (6)
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Rufus SCRUB Scour the outback (5)
Get rid of undergrowth (5)
Take out and clean (5)
Brush and clean thoroughly (5)
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22226
Rufus PECCAVI Classical admission of guilt (7)
Classical admission of guilt (7)
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Rufus AGROUND Giving frolicsome dog a run on the beach (7)
Stranded silver ring (7)
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Rufus TRANSPORT Entrance for vehicles (9)
Joy ride? (9)
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Rufus ALLUDES Infers total used is incorrect (7)
Infers total used is incorrect (7)
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Rufus CHAIRMAN Yet he stands at the head of the board (8)
Yet he enjoys some standing at meetings (8)
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Rufus DOLLSHOUSE Ibsen's model accommodation (5,5)
Accommodation for a model family (5,5)
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Rufus RANGE Used for firing the stove (5)
Managed, say, to turn up the stove (5)
Scope for target practice? (5)
Mountains in cattle country (5)
Limits area where cattle may graze (5)
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26508
Rufus DOWNBEAT Relaxed, with lowered pulse (8)
Gloomy start to the music (8)
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Rufus RECESS Quiet place for a school break (6)
Holiday nook? (6)
A break in the depression (6)
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Rufus OASIS Deserted place of refreshment? (5)
Well-equipped place to ring a relative (5)
It is well used by desert travellers (5)
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22054
Rufus ASSUME Put in on without being told? (6)
Put it on without being told? (6)
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Rufus ENCROACH Intrude by chance or mistake (8)
Intrude by chance or accident (8)
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Rufus TANGO Colour and leave the dance (5)
It takes two to add zest to love (5)
Dance having beat and vigour (5)
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22084
Rufus EMPLOY Make use of unfinished polymer formation (6)
Take on work (6)
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Rufus DEADPAN Dad, after commercial, seen in study, expressionless (7)
Departed vessel, showing no emotion (7)
Notice dad in study, poker-faced (7)
Breathless piper lacks expression (7)
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27233
Rufus ABANDONONESPOST Ignore letters and leave the office (7,4,4)
Forsake your responsibilities, leaving letters unanswered? (7,4,4)
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Rufus NOTCH Nick's not going to church (5)
Make a record score (5)
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22346
Rufus VANILLA House includes an ice cream flavour for dessert (7)
House accommodating an orchid (7)
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Rufus TANGERINE Christmas fare from the Argentine (9)
Taste before consuming popular fruit (9)
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Rufus UNION Harmony in marriage (5)
A league match (5)
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Rufus AUDITS Searching investigations, by all accounts (6)
Exams on book work (6)
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Rufus LEANEDON Gangly English teacher put under pressure (6,2)
Obtained support, having used threats (6,2)
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Rufus CHAINGANG Prisoners closely linked at work (5,4)
Its members have strong links (5,4)
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22786
Rufus BUSTUP Row caused by an underwired bra? (4-2)
Row results from wearing an underwired bra (4-2)
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24434
Rufus LADDERS Many snakes are associated with them (7)
Fifty snakes — and their partners (7)
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27071
Rufus HEAVETO He gets a command not to stop at sea (5,2)
Stop at sea (5,2)
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25569
Rufus DIEPPE Put new pep into endless diet with port (6)
Port required to finish university course (6)
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Rufus DISAPPEAR Amend paper said to go by the board (9)
Female engineer without a pass (9)
Paper said to come out and leave no trace (9)
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27059
Rufus NINETEENTHHOLE The bar, of course (10,4)
A bar, of course (10,4)
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Rufus INCASE Those vanquished by the Spanish head east as a precaution (2,4)
Packed against the unexpected? (2,4)
Peruvians head east as a precaution (2,4)
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26975
Rufus OVERTURE Public union leader about to make a proposal (8)
Proposal to provide public with running water (8)
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26108
Rufus BOWLER Derby cricketer (6)
Delivery man? (6)
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Rufus INFORMER Sneak in late (8)
Sneak in late (8)
Grass seen at home earlier (8)
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Rufus PARALLEL Meeting in such bars would be quite inappropriate (8)
Corresponding but never meeting (8)
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Rufus EGGSHELL Type of porcelain food container (8)
Type of porcelain food container (8)
Food container origin­ally produced in layers (8)
Type of porcelain food container (8)
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Rufus APOSTROPHE When it's lost, it's indicating possession (10)
Punctuation mark perhaps too freely used (10)
To a shopper, oddly enough, it may indicate possession (10)
Sign for a missing letter (10)
It indicates I will be missing from "Who's Who" (10)
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22714
Rufus STUDS Outstanding bosses for the stables (5)
Bosses seen in boiled shirts (5)
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Rufus PLASTERED Rendered incapable through drink (9)
Rendered intoxicated (9)
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Rufus ELDERS Trees entitled to respect (6)
Yet they may be quite young trees! (6)
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27017
Rufus BEMUSE Provide inspiration for puzzle (6)
Stupefy live captive birds (6)
Live with inspiring woman in muddle (6)
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25365
Rufus BESTMAN The perfect chap to be a match official (4,3)
Presumably the bride wouldn't think of him as such (4,3)
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Rufus CONCLUDE Decide to terminate (8)
Finally decide (8)
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24946
Rufus SCAR A better mark (4)
Cliff shows where he was hurt (4)
Mark some golfer's cards (4)
Cutting reminder? (4)
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23461
25850
Rufus STERILISE Destroy bacteria, that is with Lister's treatment (9)
How to destroy bacteria, ie with Lister's treatment (9)
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25569
Rufus FREELOVE Uncommitted affect­ion? (4,4)
Unlimited affection? (4,4)
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21653
Rufus ENFORCED Might, in extremity, be unavoidable (8)
Compelled to use pressure in extremity (8)
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25982
Rufus OMNIBUS Large volume one may take to work (7)
Transport a large volume? (7)
Carrier gets warship in an instant to withdraw (7)
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Rufus LEVERAGE Purchase money always available on time (8)
Purchase from bar before time (8)
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23138
Rufus INVENT Create trendy opening (6)
In a hole? Use your ingenuity (6)
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24666
Rufus PARCEL Package is in the right place for sorting (6)
Pack up quietly and clear out (6)
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23455
Rufus PISA There's a marked inclination here to knock back a drink (4)
Location of well-known listed building (4)
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Rufus TELLER Does he issue bank statements? (6)
Counter-informant (6)
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Rufus CLERIC Clergyman in the Magic Circle (6)
Cloth worker? (6)
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Rufus ANTONYM Not many can provide a word of opposite meaning (7)
Many not able to provide a word of opposite meaning (7)
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Rufus POLISH Foreign language could be French (6)
European may be French (6)
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Rufus ERR Put a foot wrong doing right about turn (3)
Slip of a girl losing head on river (3)
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26951
Rufus CHID Told off when offspring left abandoned (4)
Infant missing start of lesson rebuked (4)
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23138
Rufus NEVERMIND Lice in the back room? Don't worry! (5,4)
Words of consolation always matter (5,4)
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Rufus LATERALLY Recovery in the closing stages by the side (9)
Eleventh hour revival from the side (9)
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22984
Rufus GOLDMEDAL Olympic award note to ancient, badly made by novice (4,5)
Fashion model glad to win first prize (4,5)
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25030
Rufus ENVELOP Cover of new novel breaks record (7)
Pen love letters, perhaps, and enclose (7)
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26586
Rufus ESPYING Discovering English work of intelligence (7)
Discovering English work of intelligence (7)
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22786
Rufus OVERCAST Getting on top of the players is not very bright (8)
Not very bright, so extra shy (8)
Accomplished players, but not very bright (8)
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Rufus PASSENGER Weak team member transferred by coach, perhaps (9)
Person who makes no effort to move (9)
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Rufus EARNED Got out of doing something (6)
With organ study over, got paid employment (6)
Got paid employment, providing organ study in return (6)
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26478
Rufus ARSENIC Poison scare in new development (7)
Poison scare in disaster (7)
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22244
Rufus ELYSEE Rarely seen part of the French President's residence (6)
Place for a president to see twice (6)
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27311
Rufus DEPRESSED Urge to go into action, though dispirited (9)
Urge to go into action when disheartened (9)
Put down action restricting newspapers (9)
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26251
Rufus BARBEDWIRE Sharply worded telegram warning us to keep out? (6,4)
Sharply worded cable about wartime obstacle (6,4)
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25803
Rufus FARFETCHED Strained, like Indian tea is? (3-7)
Strained, as Indian tea is? (3-7)
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27101
Rufus BIT Small amount put on a horse (3)
Piece of harness (3)
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22834
Rufus TURRET Revolutionary development in naval fire-power (6)
Revolutionary development in firepower (6)
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24512
Rufus FEELING Touching sympathy (7)
Sense and Sensibility? (7)
Touching emotion? (7)
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21737
Rufus AIDEDECAMP Generally helpful, he has the odd idea to abscond (4,2,4)
Military assistant has crazy idea to abscond (4-2-4)
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Rufus INTENDED One's fiancée proposed (8)
Fiancée at home and cared for (8)
One's fiancée proposed (8)
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Rufus ENORMITY An outrage otherwise concealed by ill-will (8)
Outrage otherwise concealed by ill-will (8)
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Rufus LISZT Famous composer? Hear, hear (5)
Composer expressing an inclination (5)
Famous composer? Hear, hear (5)
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Rufus HOBNOB Head of house, recent pupil and Head mix informally (6)
Without love, tramp and wealthy man don't do this (6)
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Rufus ABUNDANT Ample supply coming from British sailor and German worker (8)
Plentiful supply coming from British sailor and German worker (8)
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Rufus NEWDELHI Capital we held in another form (3,5)
Reserves we held in capital (3,5)
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Rufus ASCRIBES A writer's attributes (8)
Assigns to berth in stormy seas (8)
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Rufus SCOPE Room with a view? (5)
Scout leader to make do with compass (5)
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Rufus LATHE Turner writes bilingual articles (5)
The bilingual machine (5)
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Rufus ECHOED Breaking code, he made a resounding comeback (6)
Made a resounding comeback (6)
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Rufus CAMBRIAN Welsh river name (8)
Scotsman comes up with a chap totally Welsh (8)
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Rufus EXECUTOR Someone must have been willing to appoint him (8)
He has the will to settle things (8)
Someone must have been willing to appoint him (8)
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Rufus CIRCLE A group often described as vicious (6)
Charming woman, about 50, in society (6)
The never ending round (6)
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Rufus BRASSBANDS Musicians' money belts? (5,5)
Metal shackles keep men in step (5,5)
Finance companies issuing notes, not silver (5,5)
Metal shackles keep men in step (5,5)
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Rufus BRACE A boring couple (5)
Two support the church (5)
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Rufus MOORAGE Low gear involved, finding place to park? (7)
Bank parking fee (7)
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Rufus OVERDRAWN So greatly tempted, got into debt (9)
Too greatly tempted, being in the red (9)
Exaggerated account discredited (9)
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Rufus ETERNITY No end of time (8)
Time in its entirety, perhaps (8)
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Rufus ASTEROID A bodybuilder showing a heavenly body (8)
Starfish disclosed by tides or a storm (8)
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Rufus SEARCHME A blend of cashmere? I've no idea! (6,2)
Cashmere weave? I've no idea! (6,2)
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Rufus IMMEDIATE Means to enter a faulty item without delay (9)
I'm to intercede without delay (9)
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Rufus DISBELIEF Refusal to give credit? (9)
Refusal to give credit? (9)
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Rufus LARBOARD Old port of Labrador? (8)
Left to old seamen in Labrador resort (8)
Left fat pig inside (8)
Pig in fat calls for old port (8)
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Rufus TANKARD Volunteers drank rum from this (7)
Local vessel that can be managed single-handed (7)
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Rufus NEAR Close tight (4)
Easy to reach but hard to touch (4)
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Rufus ACCUSED The defendant also made charges (7)
Denounced a cricket club not new to exploitation (7)
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Rufus EARN Arne given order of merit (4)
In the clear — not by merit (4)
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Rufus GARDENOFEDEN It was heaven on earth while it lasted (6,2,4)
An end of greed perhaps? Paradise! (6,2,4)
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Rufus SHAKO French military cover (5)
French military cover (5)
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Rufus THEIR Her and it: conjunction or pronoun? (5)
The one on the right of them (5)
With time, successor of both (5)
The king trapped one of them (5)
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Rufus DURATION The length of time around it varies (8)
Length of time around it varied (8)
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Rufus VERYWELL All right for light and water? (4,4)
Fit as a fiddle? If you say so! (4,4)
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Rufus TYPESET The sort ready to compose something impressive? (7)
The sort ready to compose something impressive? (7)
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Rufus HEADON Not how Anne Boleyn's ghost will collide with you (4-2)
In direct opposition, before the guillotine's brought into action? (4-2)
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Rufus STICKOUT Continue to be stubborn, so cane produced (5,3)
Continue to be stubborn, so cane produced? (5,3)
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Rufus IMPLICIT Understood I am parking legally (8)
Understood devil comes to a lawful end (8)
Understood I am parking legally (8)
Bad spirit permissible — it goes without saying (8)
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Rufus ESPALIER It makes pears lie against the wall, for example (8)
It may make pears lie against a wall, for example (8)
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Rufus IRONICAL Press one to state conclusion is paradoxical (8)
Press one to state conclusion involving a paradox (8)
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Rufus LION Main shareholder? (4)
Main shareholder? (4)
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Rufus TWENTY Not a musical score (6)
Score a number (6)
Score is two-love (6)
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Rufus ARMPIT Under treatment, impart personal depression (6)
Under treatment, impart personal depression (6)
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Rufus MARK Identify the victim (4)
Indicate a suitable victim (4)
Old currency note (4)
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Rufus TIMELAG Some delay in imposing sentence on convict (4-3)
Some delay in imposing sentence on the convict (4,3)
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Rufus IDES Roman day that is endless (4)
Final date in the Julian calendar? (4)
Final date in the Julian calendar? (4)
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Rufus VIGOUR Potency of port half an hour later (6)
Madly devouring without end, showing gusto (6)
A port, half an hour later, shows potency (6)
Potency of port half an hour later (6)
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Rufus ORANGE Royal house, divided internally, naturally (6)
Tree house (6)
Colour ring on compass (6)
Stocking filler for the royal house (6)
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Rufus RESCINDS Discerns anomaly, so renders null and void (8)
Discerns confusion and withdraws (8)
Cancels order for windscreens — not new (8)
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Rufus CLEVER Talented leading counsel at the bar (6)
Shrewd number head for the bar (6)
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Rufus ASSESS Judge the fools will accept direction (6)
Give rating a note to be taken between ships (6)
Judge gives fools direction (6)
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Rufus TISSUE Paper required - the first edition (6)
Time to publish paper (6)
Sit out with a girl in gauzy fabric (6)
Time to publish paper (6)
Sit out with a girl in gauzy fabric (6)
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Rufus RAGOUT Serve up fish unacceptable for stew (6)
Soldier has complaint for stew that's highly seasoned (6)
Stew for which soldier has a complaint (6)
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21761
Rufus OKAPI A wild animal but it's all right, a quiet one (5)
Initially agreed, a mixed-up type of animal (5)
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Rufus RESISTANCE Underground movement providing opposition (10)
Insects are developing immunity (10)
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Rufus MARGINAL On the verge of alarming changes (8)
Sort of seat possibly alarming to an MP (8)
Such a seat may be alarming to an MP (8)
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24004
Rufus ROEDEAN Eggs on head of school — it's not for boys (7)
Put up alternative English academic for girl's school (7)
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Rufus PELICAN One with a large bill gets the Spanish into a dreadful panic (7)
Kind of crossing made by Drake's ship (7)
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Rufus OHMS Resistance units in the employment of the Queen (4)
Some resistance found over taxing demands (4)
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Rufus ACTION Fighting a case (6)
Order to start shooting in battle (6)
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Rufus LIEIN Don't get up early — about one is right (3,2)
Rise late - about one will be right (3,2)
Rise late, about one will be right (3,2)
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Rufus MAIDENSPEECH Chap seemed in trouble in debut as MP (6,6)
Chap seemed in trouble at his first address (6,6)
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Rufus CLINCH Not how boxers should settle matters (6)
Embrace large number left in church (6)
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Rufus PINNACLE First Lieutenant in boat gives a tip (8)
The top pub in the place, perhaps (8)
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Rufus ANDES High points of the danse macabre (5)
Range and directions (5)
Line of peaks and points (5)
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Rufus WELLINGTON Capital way to serve beef tenderloin (10)
Point to one duke or another (10)
General still a duke, even if losing his head (10)
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Rufus TENOR Course for a singer (5)
Singer put right after a wrong note (5)
Pavarotti, say, or that's the implication (5)
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Rufus TAKEON Overreact to challenge (4,2)
Undertake challenge (4,2)
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Rufus SIN Triangular relationship abhorred by the Church (3)
An ugly comparison? (3)
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Rufus GATHERS Collects the rags for recycling (7)
Collects the rags for recycling (7)
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Rufus UTOPIAN An ideal description, too good to be true (7)
Too good to be true (7)
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Rufus AXIS A cricket team's turning point (4)
A number set up an alliance (4)
Pin of a revolver? (4)
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Rufus STABLE Firm for horses (6)
Fast horses (6)
Building on firm foundations (6)
Fast horses (6)
Good man, competent and reliable (6)
Wound up the Spanish firm (6)
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Rufus PAGODA A deity father observed outside a temple (6)
Temple of a deity in Pennsylvania (6)
Temple where father is filled with a divine spirit (6)
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Rufus CORSET Stays in confinement (6)
Stays to give personal support (6)
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Rufus ANTITHESIS Direct opposite of a scholarly exercise? (10)
Is hesitant when perplexed? Quite the contrary (10)
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Rufus SOBER Thus three-quarters of the beer is not drunk (5)
Like a judge with robes in disarray (5)
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Rufus RIDDLE It may be used to sort out a difficult problem (6)
Its entertainment value is questionable (6)
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Rufus REBATE One's income tax return (6)
A bit of your own back (6)
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Rufus BUFFALOES Wild animals have to rub on trees (9)
Animals that have to rub on trees (9)
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Rufus ALARM This may cause a number to take up weapons (5)
Danger signal makes all but 50 prepare for battle (5)
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Rufus EVANGEL Unusually, Len gave four good books (7)
Gave Len unusually good news for Christians! (7)
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Rufus SCRATCHED Injured, withdrew from competition (9)
Slightly damaged, so withdrawn (9)
Scored, but taken from the field (9)
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Rufus GARIBALDI Red shirt for one getting into clothes laid out (9)
Soldier imprisons a licentious Italian union leader (9)
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Rufus GREENS Political party on course (6)
They're for putting on vegetables (6)
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Rufus PUMP Well-used footwear? (4)
It may be well-worn and well-used (4)
Question a cause of inflation (4)
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Rufus BUNG A bribe for Cork? (4)
Cork tip (4)
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Rufus REBUFF Brush off and polish again (6)
Brush off and polish again (6)
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Rufus AUDITOR His is a searching examination, by all accounts (7)
He will be called to account (7)
His examinations necessitate a lot of bookwork (7)
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Rufus LIPREADER He will see what others have to say (3-6)
He sees what one says (9)
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Rufus BLUES Music of the Depression? (5)
Is extravagant with music (5)
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Rufus EIGHTS Numbers set out in rows (6)
Figures in the University Boat Race (6)
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Rufus SHOESTRING Austerity budget afoot (10)
A sign of economy afoot (10)
Re-establish one's rights in austerity budget (10)
Low budget affecting one's rights (10)
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Rufus ALLEGE Maintain there's some body in the beer (6)
Maintain there's some body in the beer (6)
A school loses business claim (6)
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Rufus BADEGG Scoundrel best avoided by soldiers (3,3)
Unsavoury scoundrel (3,3)
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Rufus ISABEL Name one dreadfully blase (6)
Is the first murder victim a girl? (6)
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Rufus DRAWER Draughtsman gets rise in pay (6)
Prize returned to person picking the winning ticket (6)
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Rufus ANECDOTE Account with date once rendered (8)
Tale of love in a decent novel (8)
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Rufus TERROR Fear of finishing last by mistake (6)
The initial mistake causes panic (6)
Fear to make the initial mistake (6)
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Rufus CODE Set of rules the expert may break (4)
Laws that can only be broken by an expert (4)
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Rufus LEANDER Hero-worship was fatal to him (7)
Did he love to swim? Quite the opposite (7)
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Rufus CAUTIONED Admonished as a result of bad education (9)
Given a warning about education (9)
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Rufus GOLIATH Very big chap who went down to a stone (7)
Big chap who was catapulted to fame (7)
Very big chap who went down to a stone (7)
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Rufus SAUCER Dressing right for part of the service (6)
Cup-bearer? (6)
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Rufus ANNUAL Book to read in bed? (6)
Flower one sees periodically (6)
Flower book (6)
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Rufus ESCAPE Egghead organised space flight (6)
… and manage to avoid a leakage (6)
Duck in flight (6)
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Rufus ORIGINAL The prototype of a girl in love, perhaps (8)
First love, with a girl in torment (8)
The prototype of an oil rig installation (8)
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Rufus VEGETATION Flora vetoing tea break (10)
Flora vetoing tea break (10)
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Rufus LOOSELEAF Sort of folder extensively used by students? (5-4)
Extensively used sort of folder, found abandoned on table extension? (5-4)
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Rufus SERIAL Account that is allowed to run on to attract interest? (6)
A broken romance? (6)
A broken romance? (6)
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Rufus DESSERT Upbraided a fool, perhaps (7)
It comes last, locked in reverse (7)
Course set south in barren terrain (7)
Locked up as a final course (7)
Leave without a second course (7)
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Rufus BEAK The bill offenders may have to face in court (4)
Bill's teacher (4)
Magistrates's bill (4)
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Rufus FLOUNDER Fish thrash around wildly (8)
Swimmer appears to be thrashing about (8)
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Rufus FANCY Imagine being decorated (5)
Feel like something a bit extravagant? (5)
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Rufus RELUCTANCE Holding back lecture can upset (10)
Lecture can produce averse reaction (10)
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Rufus BONSAI Such trees show no great variety (6)
Various trees but no great variety (6)
Production of woods for indoor bowls (6)
Trees having no great variety (6)
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Rufus WORST Best, strange as it may sound (5)
Not the best way to beat an opponent? (5)
Best, strange as it seems (5)
Not the best way to beat an opponent (5)
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Rufus IDENTICAL A client I'd make perfectly agreeable (9)
I'd upset a client, just the same (9)
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Rufus OPERATIVE Skilled worker in force (9)
Prove a tie looks odd for a manual worker (9)
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Rufus TRACE Draw a small amount (5)
Wagon overturned on Eastern trail (5)
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Rufus TEMPORISE Procrastinate when it's time to get up (9)
Put off rate increase (9)
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Rufus RIALTO Repairs to rail or canal bridge (6)
Bridge, tailor-made for a canal (6)
Canal bridge in an industrial town (6)
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Rufus BELLOWS Shouts that fan the flames (7)
Roars, when seeing fire-raisers (7)
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Rufus ACUTEANGLE A smart point of view in a tight corner? (5,5)
This is too small to be right (5,5)
This is too small to be right (5,5)
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Rufus BOWER Man-of-war rounds the point for shelter (5)
One who submits to retreat (5)
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Rufus DOLDRUMS Barrels found around ancient dumps (8)
Barrels found around ancient dumps (8)
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Rufus CLUB Bat that may be held in the hand (4)
Union strike (4)
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Rufus LITERARY It rarely turns out like this in books (8)
It rarely turns out like this in books (8)
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Rufus MONARCHY Cast my anchor in Norway, say (8)
Harmony spray contains carbon by royal appointment (8)
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Rufus KIND Friendly type (4)
Charitable group (4)
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Rufus ENAMEL Gloss over title in the Spanish style (6)
Gloss over title in the Spanish style (6)
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Rufus AUDIENCE Public house? (8)
People at play (8)
Meeting house (8)
Interview everybody in the theatre (8)
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Rufus STRAYS Animals unleashed on society? (6)
Stragglers revealed in the street lights (6)
Doesn't go right inside, but wanders around (6)
Wanders away from street lights (6)
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Rufus EASTERN Orders are sent from Asia (7)
Fantastic seabird from the Orient (7)
Point behind the ship towards the sunrise (7)
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Rufus THRASH Defeat for party (6)
Lay on a party (6)
The endless wild party? (6)
Party defeat (6)
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Rufus OVERSIGHT Give short change in error (9)
It may be a mistake to express despair in public (9)
Finished with a sense of failure (9)
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Rufus UNDERGO Experience diminished energy (7)
Experience lower energy (7)
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Rufus ANCESTRAL These voices were heard in Xanadu (9)
Describing one's descent from Lancaster (9)
Down the line from Lancaster (9)
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Rufus PRISON Where you'll find screws on the door (6)
Where you must go if you have time (6)
Jug can clink (6)
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Rufus SHINDY Start an uproarious din inside, resulting in brawl (6)
Quiet during day without a lot of noise (6)
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Rufus EXUBERANT Possibly untax beer, but spirits remain high (9)
In high spirits, using once socially accepted form of banter (9)
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Rufus READER He takes in the letters (6)
Standard textbook just for you (6)
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Rufus TOIL One among many getting up to work (4)
One gets a large number upset about hard work (4)
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Rufus ROAD Where ships anchor in island sound (4)
Staff held a course (4)
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Rufus CASTLE Move king to a stronghold (6)
Keep a pupil in class (6)
Chessman in a defensive situation (6)
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Rufus REPAST The others pop in for a meal (6)
Pop into lounge for a meal (6)
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Rufus RESOLVE Firm purpose to settle (7)
Settle the will (7)
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Rufus SITAR Instrument for one in the performing arts (5)
Instrument is changing pitch (5)
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Rufus NOTEPAD Writer's block? (7)
Computer found after hold up of college flat (7)
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Rufus ELOPEMENT A run to clinch the match? (9)
Running away to join up? (9)
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Rufus SHUTUP Reduce to silence when imprisoned (4,2)
Imprison and reduce to silence (4,2)
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Rufus OVERTAKE Go by car, perhaps (8)
Completed snap overhaul (8)
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Rufus IMPOLITE Naughty child to lie when in trouble, being insolent (8)
Insolent little devil to lie when in trouble (8)
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Rufus SCARLET Colour of Sherlock's study? (7)
New cartels in the red? (7)
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Rufus ONCUE Where one may put the chalk before break, at the right moment (2,3)
At the right moment put chalk here (2,3)
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Rufus STRINGENT Rigid line taken by hospital department (9)
New net cord starts tight (9)
Rigid line taken by hospital department (9)
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Rufus TALENT Gift for producing story book in abbreviated form (6)
Story book is a gift (6)
A relation, not being heartless, makes a gift (6)
Money found by scouts? (6)
Money-making facility (6)
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24702
Rufus CODA Hoax article used as a tailpiece (4)
The last piece of music to be accepted by disco dancers? (4)
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Rufus DERIDE Ridicule made clear in a letter (6)
Scoff at journalist's return journey (6)
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Rufus NOON Refusal to start on time (4)
A time when there are most strikes? (4)
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Rufus DOWN Blue feathers (4)
Many have soft feathers (4)
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Rufus BEDE Old monk reciting part of the rosary (4)
A venerable name in our illustrious past (4)
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Rufus TIED Bound to sound like a current variation (4)
Drawn and knotted (4)
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Rufus EARNEDINCOME Returns from work (6,6)
Returns from work (6,6)
Means being out of employment? (6,6)
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Rufus GALOSH Worn-out shoe? (6)
A worn-out shoe? (6)
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Rufus DIVEST Strip joint is over the way (6)
Take off garment I'd first put on upside down (6)
Shed providing disreputable shelter beside the street (6)
Strip joints? You need the West End (6)
Strip joints opening tonight (6)
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Rufus ORDAIN Consecrate a Rodin sculpture (6)
Consecrate a Rodin sculpture (6)
Roadworks in order (6)
Road works in order (6)
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Rufus USELESS Economise in vain (7)
To economise is of no avail (7)
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Rufus TOUCHANDGO Close but brief contact (5-3-2)
To borrow money then move away is risky (5-3-2)
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Rufus MISSAL Religious book for a young lady — a student (6)
Islam's enigmatic religious book (6)
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Rufus ASTRIDE A way to be on a horse? Yes (7)
Position of jockey produces a certain pace (7)
Trade is bad, though up (7)
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Rufus STATED Way change of date may be expressed (6)
Said to be like America? (6)
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Rufus REARRANGED Fixed new date for back garden makeover (10)
Fixed new date for back garden makeover (10)
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Rufus PANTECHNICON Innocent chap in trouble driven to remove chattels (12)
Innocent chap in trouble driven to take away furniture (12)
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Rufus TEAGARDEN Is it all leaves and no flowers? (3,6)
Place of refreshment for Great Dane off the leash (3,6)
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Rufus NOTHALF Certainly less than 50% (3,4)
Certainly less than 50% (3,4)
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Rufus DUNGEON Prison for old debt collector who has gone astray (7)
Where one may spend time underground (7)
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Rufus HANDCUFFS Worker strikes result in restriction on movement (9)
Restriction on movement, as worker strikes (9)
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Rufus SIGNET Ring back a number of soldiers (6)
The sound of a swan or seal (6)
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Rufus SYNODS We hear wickedness has the advantage in church councils (6)
Church councils saying wickedness has the advantage? (6)
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Rufus ADAGES Sayings of modern times (6)
Sayings of modern times (6)
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Rufus THIMBLE Metal cover for the sewer (7)
Handy cover for a sewer (7)
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Rufus PRAYER Plea to the pleader (6)
Collect rands clutched by one who is settling up (6)
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25952
Rufus RESIGN Abandon school subject and make one's name as a writer (6)
Give up playing chess (6)
Make someone take notice? (6)
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26700
Rufus ABOARD Time to admit pig on a bus? (6)
Abeam on a ship? (6)
Time to admit pig on a bus? (6)
A panel on an aircraft, perhaps (6)
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22714
Rufus GENII One repeatedly after information found in Arabian tales (5)
Gin that is a mixture of bottled spirits (5)
Gin that is a form of bottled spirits (5)
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22280
Rufus ETAL Others also turn up late (2,2)
The others coming from Latin and elsewhere (2,2)
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Rufus TEMPERA Paddy has a wash (7)
Modify a painting technique (7)
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25707
Rufus ALLEGED Declared a supporter in possible deal (7)
Declared as supporter in possible deal (7)
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Rufus PERSIST Keep on being saucy about half-sister (7)
Press it, rudely and obstinately? (7)
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21653
Rufus SAFETYNET It may catch one in the act (6,3)
A device for catching people in the act? (6,3)
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27311
Rufus NONSENSE Production of Lear? Don't believe it! (8)
Fool's speech in production of Lear (8)
Absurd production of Lear? (8)
Fool's speech in production of Lear (8)
Negative poles seen to change? Absurd! (8)
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23700
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Rufus COLOMBO See jazz group going round Asian capital (7)
Capital boom develops after depression (7)
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Rufus DEFENDER Challenged champion's delay about the final (8)
Back one aiming to retain his title (8)
Back one aiming to retain his title (8)
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23796
Rufus GREET Welcome cry up North (5)
Hail or drops of water in Scotland (5)
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27233
Rufus PATIENCE A woman's resignation (8)
Waiting without complaint, head accepts nice break (8)
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25737
Rufus CLEAN Broken lance not spotted (5)
How one comes to confess (5)
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25683
Rufus LLAMAS A small variety of beasts of burden (6)
A small assortment of animals (6)
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23892
Rufus ERNE The main type of eagle (4)
A bird in danger — nesting (4)
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27299
Rufus SLEEPERS Retired train-bearers? (8)
Retired train-bearers? (8)
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21683
Rufus STORK Baby bird? (5)
Go hunting, we hear, for a bird (5)
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25647
Rufus AMERICA Article on a crime wave in the country (7)
A married woman in the country (7)
A married woman in the country (7)
Article on a crime wave discovered in the Western hemisphere (7)
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22984
21946
25605
Rufus DRAUGHT The depth one may sink to as a sailor (7)
Checker of drawing (7)
Drink to give us the shivers? (7)
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25006
25827
Rufus ADHERE Stick unusually hard with twice the initial efficiency (6)
Dare he twist or stick? (6)
Stick a number in this place (6)
Stick the notice in this place (6)
Dare he twist or stick? (6)
Does he read badly? Stick at it (6)
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27377
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23617
Rufus ERATO Uplifting holy books are an inspiration to poets (5)
Time to finish is what poets may need (5)
Time to invoke the Muse (5)
Muse takes a long time to identify (5)
She inspired the lyrics in the opera "Tosca" (5)
Time to muse (5)
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23186
21647
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21898
Rufus RENDER Give up and get plastered (6)
Submit and face the wall (6)
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23497
Rufus ARITHMETIC Crime that somehow involves one in school subject (10)
One in crime that upset school discipline (10)
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21647
Rufus PREDATORY Wrongly portrayed as a hunter (9)
Falsely portrayed as being rapacious (9)
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24952
Rufus BERTHA Girl in the bar getting drunk (6)
Bunk with a woman! (6)
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25635
Rufus APPROACH Offer made by pilots before landing (8)
Start overture (8)
Proposal made by pilots before landing (8)
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21749
Rufus SHABBY To hush an upset baby is rather mean (6)
Quiet seaman gets by, looking scruffy (6)
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22172
Rufus LILAC Shrub I ring up about (5)
Shrub, one that's in rising demand (5)
I ring back about the shrub (5)
Colour I call unusual (5)
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23347
Rufus TAKETHEWRAPSOFF Reveal what offers kept a reserve (4,3,5,3)
Disclose what offers kept a reserve (4,3,5,3)
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27251
Rufus DIRTCHEAP Yet such things don't cost the earth (4,5)
Yet such things don't cost the earth (4,5)
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24822
Rufus EXORCIST You're out of spirits when he leaves (8)
His is a dispiriting occupation (8)
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23521
Rufus TESTMATCH Checkmate in sporting event (4,5)
Try out striker in international game (4,5)
River lighter may transfer the ashes (4,5)
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26550
Rufus OROTUND Utterly pompous (7)
Duck, plump and mouth-filling (7)
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22590
Rufus PITCHER One throwing a pot (7)
Vessel without stabilisers? (7)
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26197
Rufus STASH One way to get a warning to keep quiet and hide away (5)
Good man has crim­inal to hide away (5)
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25599
Rufus AGEGROUP Urge pa, go around with people of the same generation (3,5)
Mature pop band, all as old as each other (3,5)
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26777
Rufus SNATCH A quick grasp of music (6)
Pluck shown in American kidnapping (6)
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26197
Rufus DEPOTS Headquarters of the French vessels (6)
Wrongly posted to headquarters (6)
Could be posted to headquarters (6)
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23641
Rufus ACTOR Agent loses fine performer (5)
Playboy? (5)
His professionalism may be brought into play (5)
Current rock player (5)
This person's work is another's play (5)
He's not himself when working (5)
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25341
Rufus SALMONELLA Bacterium may be found on all meals badly cooked (10)
Fish woman a source of bad feeling (10)
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23258
Rufus STAFFA Man - a Scottish isle? Yes (6)
Office workers go to a Scottish island (6)
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27017
Rufus HOWAREYOU A question of personal welfare (3,3,3)
Questionable greeting (3,3,3)
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21844
Rufus SIERRA International codeword is rare in operation (6)
Code word for "S" is rare in operation (6)
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26819
Rufus TABULATE Catalogue banned, not before time (8)
Catalogue banned at the last minute (8)
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22178
Rufus ABUNDANCE Plenty of light refreshment available during a ball (9)
Plenty having a ball, eating cake (9)
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27299
Rufus CANARD Article in paper is a hoax (6)
Article in paper is a hoax (6)
Paper contains an unfounded rumour (6)
Brief message about an unfounded report (6)
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22632
23892
23886
Rufus DEGREE Graduate's graduation? (6)
The extent to which undergrads work? (6)
Qualification awarded in sixty minutes (6)
Extent of one's education (6)
Educational measure? (6)
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23539
24726
27383
Rufus EVENSONG Nevertheless netting first and last service (8)
Service is nevertheless no good (8)
Nevertheless, netting first and last service (8)
Regular air service (8)
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21623
25497
Rufus DISOWN Refuse to acknowledge down is out (6)
Refuse to acknowledge down is out (6)
Row about pig — say it isn't yours (6)
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26783
Rufus FORTUNATE Lucky yet strange turn o' fate (9)
Lucky one's strong point is catching fish (9)
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24982
Rufus STAGEDIRECTIONS Coach given guidelines for players to follow (5,10)
Rules of play? (5,10)
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26813
Rufus UNDER French and German articles appear below (5)
Not above using two foreign articles (5)
Commanded by junior (5)
Commanded by junior (5)
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27143
21761
26664
Rufus STROPS Brings back games and increases keenness (6)
Sharpens games up (6)
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26108
Rufus IMPUTE Credit charge (6)
I am given place at Cambridge finally, gaining credit (6)
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25365
Rufus AMUSES Diverts with morning exercises (6)
A group of inspirational females entertains (6)
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26143
Rufus MYOPIC Limited in one's outlook (6)
Limited in one's outlook (6)
My work in charge of those limited in their outlook (6)
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22858
26945
Rufus ONEDGE Very nervous near the brink (2,4)
Near the brink and very nervous (2,4)
Understandably, one is nervous here (2,4)
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23623
Rufus CONFISCATE Appropriate change of accent is made (10)
Cost in café outrageous - get takeaway (10)
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24178
Rufus CABIN Shanty for the rest of the sailors (5)
Shanty for the rest of the sailors (5)
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26377
Rufus FLOTSAM Flotilla leader almost wrecked — some debris seen (7)
Leading frigate almost wrecked, debris seen (7)
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26299
Rufus AGITATE Stir it in a football crowd (7)
Stir it in a football crowd (7)
It takes a crowd outside to cause trouble (7)
It takes those attending outside to excite trouble (7)
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22644
25880
Rufus CAPITAL Major city investment (7)
Major city investment (7)
City finance (7)
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25144
Rufus AVARICE It makes a man keen on money and a woman on food (7)
It makes a man keen on money and a woman on food (7)
Girl, given Chinese food, wanting more (7)
21916
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22346
Rufus NETGAME As played by the advanced tennis player? (3,4)
As played by the advanced tennis player? (3,4)
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26245
Rufus LETDOWN Failed to deflate (3,4)
A failure to deflate (3-4)
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25910
Rufus BASEMETAL Ideal material for a plinth? (4,5)
Teams able to move into the lead, say? (4,5)
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25623
Rufus DRAWING Attractive artwork (7)
Attractive artwork (7)
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25755
Rufus RUNRIOT After multiple gigs new trio perform without restraint (3,4)
After several appearances, new trio perform without restraint (3,4)
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26006
Rufus COMBAT Struggle for doctor getting into his overall (6)
Doctor in habit of fighting (6)
Doctor in habit of fighting (6)
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21743
25443
Rufus MORTAR May help in building a house, or destroying it (6)
It may help in building up or knocking down a house (6)
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22124
Rufus ARMS Prepares to fight artist about manuscript (4)
They may hold one in affection (4)
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21790
Rufus SCUT Rabbit's tail trimmed to a point (4)
Tail trimmed to a point (4)
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23192
Rufus ADMIRER A lover — married, unfortunately (7)
One who goes to court? (7)
Throw out married lover (7)
One who loves being unhappily married (7)
Possibly married one who thought a lot of another (7)
A man in love may well get married (7)
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24262
23461
Rufus ACTS Book of plays (4)
Legislative measures followed by Romans (4)
Book some variety turns (4)
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22100
Rufus SUSPENDERS Stocking up attachments (10)
Uncle Sam's braces (10)
Uncle Sam's braces (10)
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24214
Rufus ROTATOR A muscle that turns up and down (7)
A muscle unaffected by retraction (7)
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23509
Rufus TREK Suffering stroke, so missing journey (4)
Travel after star of film and TV (4)
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25503
Rufus RATIONALE Limit the drink - it stands to reason (9)
Motivation to share drink (9)
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24822
Rufus INOFF Batting cricket side to pocket the ball (2-3)
Scoring shot in billiards or from batting cricket side (2-3)
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25096
Rufus ISHMAEL An outcast, his meal is cooked for him (7)
Elisha ordered to take in male Biblical outcast (7)
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25874
Rufus CHANNEL TV line between Britain and France (7)
A waterbed? (7)
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22346
Rufus LIST Lean over table (4)
Pay attention, or bend over (4)
26000
22674
Rufus ODER Find love on the German river (4)
River that's Polish - or German (4)
23874
22310
Rufus EXCEL We hear forty of the Romans do better (5)
Do well, taking about ninety fish (5)
Ninety, in general, to rise and shine (5)
We hear forty of the Romans distinguish themselves (5)
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27071
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26927
Rufus ESPLANADES Fresh sand, please, for use by the sea (10)
Sends a plea for restoration of seaside walks (10)
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24136
Rufus CASTAWAY One abandoned by actors on tour (8)
Unfortunate craftsman left to fend for himself (8)
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26819
Rufus COFFER Chest is tender after cold (6)
Careful opening bid for chest (6)
Collector's opening bid for chest (6)
23874
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24296
Rufus DECORATE Confer a medal on deck (8)
Give one an order: "Put up the ornaments!" (8)
Give one an order to paint? (8)
23790
25509
27131
Rufus CLEF Musical character to have on the staff (4)
Key almost split (4)
24422
22572
Rufus FAST Moored fleet (4)
Refuse to eat quickly (4)
How to lose weight quickly (4)
Moored fleet (4)
24422
27101
26724
25287
Rufus CLEAR Empty vault (5)
Establish one's innocence but get bound over (5)
24422
26395
Rufus SATAN First job-finder for the unemployed (5)
Enemy the Salvation Army has to beat (5)
24422
26185
Rufus EVIDENT It's apparent I've been set back by depression (7)
I'd fill in result - it's obvious (7)
It's obvious I've been set back by depression (7)
24422
22596
26867
Rufus LAYETTE Set of clothes awaiting a delivery date (7)
Complete outfit for a small charge (7)
25042
26203
Rufus VEAL Meat for a prodigal son (4)
Carve a large slice of meat (4)
23443
22304
Rufus MALADY Complaint of youth in spring (6)
Complaint made by qualified woman (6)
23443
25317
Rufus VILLAIN Criminal gets in at the back of the house (7)
No hero of football team at home (7)
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26329
Rufus ADHERENTS Supporters now in new stand (9)
Followers stand here, confused (9)
Fans present in stand run riot (9)
The supporters present in the new stand (9)
The followers stand here when assembled (9)
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25371
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21761
Rufus IMPEL Project that is captivating politician leading the left (5)
Force politician into clumsy lie (5)
Drive for a mile trip round pithead (5)
23443
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24148
Rufus ALIEN Foreign article contains inaccuracy (5)
A right outsider (5)
A right to be different from others (5)
Strange story told in article (5)
23706
27167
26114
26981
Rufus TOUR Trip to the city (4)
Round trip to ancient city (4)
23706
24554
Rufus ROUGHHOUSE Log cabin brawl? (10)
Log cabin brawl? (5-5)
23706
21647
Rufus ATTACHE Diplomat made to stick to the point (7)
A whip-round held by the junior diplomat (7)
Stick to point as a junior diplomat (7)
23706
23557
23294
Rufus COWARD One that would be a drawback to the commanding officer? (6)
Animal on a road is easily frightened (6)
26736
27113
Rufus CUPOFTEA One drink that refreshes but another is a different matter (3,2,3)
One drink that refreshes, but another will be a different matter (3,2,3)
26736
22078
Rufus SALVO Ovals? Possibly rounds (5)
Shots of Surrey opener stir the Oval (5)
Discharge from the Royal Artillery (5)
26736
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23694
Rufus RUDE We hear old area of land is uncultivated (4)
Regretted sounding discourteous (4)
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24702
Rufus CRAWL Stroke fawn (5)
Swim before one can walk (5)
26736
23808
Rufus LOADED Rich and having the power to fire (6)
Packed and ready to go off (6)
Being rich, packed it in (6)
Wealthy drunk (6)
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22780
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Rufus RAILED Was abusive, yet guarded (6)
Upset about article, complained strongly (6)
Annoyed about article, became abusive (6)
Exchanged abuse with a guard (6)
Lost one's temper with a guard (6)
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23515
Rufus BACKDOWN Face up? It might mean the opposite! (4,4)
Face up, perhaps, but not to a challenge (4,4)
Face up? Quite the opposite (4,4)
Face up, perhaps, but not to a challenge (4,4)
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24952
23479
22232
Rufus SCOTCHMIST Alcoholic haze? (6,4)
An alcoholic daze? (6,4)
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27383
Rufus INDONESIA Is done in a different way in the Far East (9)
Units seen in one Eastern country or another (9)
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25317
Rufus TITAN Giant bird on a pole (5)
Small bird and an enormous one (5)
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27227
Rufus STRIFE Fighting prevalent on street (6)
Battle raging on the street (6)
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23922
Rufus RAKEOFF A roué not waiting for his cut? (4,3)
Clear share of the profit (4-3)
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23365
Rufus ADIEU A valediction is something cast in gold (5)
Farewell notice that is given to union leader (5)
Valediction announcement that is given to university (5)
Impressive stamp edged with gold — the last word in France (5)
Leave word for the French (5)
Last word to the French about to expire (5)
So long to suffer in a university (5)
Goodbye for new aide to union leader (5)
Farewell announcement that is socially acceptable (5)
Final word from new aide to union leader (5)
Farewell notice that's going to university (5)
Last word to the French about to expire (5)
Something cast in gold - the last word in France (5)
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25192
26969
21749
27275
27017
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24600
23838
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23730
Rufus ASSEGAI A ship, say, with first-rate weapon (7)
A ship has, for example, first-rate missile (7)
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22738
Rufus TEACHERS Young trainers coming from the races (8)
Masters the conversion of hectares (8)
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24946
Rufus ABSENTEE A worker interrupted by euphoric non-worker (8)
Though he's not there, he's proverbially conspicuous! (8)
A busy worker sent in for a shirker, perhaps (8)
Sailor sent to quarters for being a defaulter (8)
Sailor banished to quarters for being a defaulter (8)
24648
27017
25168
27383
23216
Rufus STAGEWHISPER Dramatic confidence? (5,7)
The confidence of one taking part (5,7)
House address (5,7)
24648
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22542
Rufus DASH A mild imprecation - here's an example (4)
Bother! Make a run for it! (4)
A touch of style (4)
Signal for Morse to make a quick move (4)
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22906
23796
Rufus AJAR A grating not fully closed (4)
It could contain jam, but is certainly not jammed (4)
Open with a shock (4)
Just open a grating (4)
Just open - so have a glass of ale (4)
Just open for a drink (4)
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26490
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21982
23002
Rufus PROMPT Line call (6)
Supply lines (6)
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Rufus ARCHIMEDES Man of principle made riches in a way (10)
Man of principle made riches the right way (10)
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26329
Rufus IGNOMINY Move west from Wyoming in terrible disgrace (8)
Head off from Wyoming in terrible disgrace (8)
Go in — in my discomposure, shame (8)
Move west from Wyoming in terrible disgrace (8)
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27191
23790
Rufus REVUE Verbal criticism of the show (5)
Show, we hear, to look back on (5)
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22786
Rufus CAMERASHY Unwilling to go into print (6-3)
Unwilling to go into print (6-3)
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21952
Rufus CHEETAHS Spotted animals involved in the chase (8)
Animals involved in the chase (8)
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23377
Rufus TIER A row about it mounts (4)
Restrict river level (4)
Time that is right for a row (4)
24314
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25677
Rufus EASING Relaxation, say, about a moral slip (6)
In the East a strange sign, giving relief (6)
24314
25305
Rufus CAPEHORN Chaperon needed going round place with a rough reputation (4,4)
Chaperon needed going round place with a rough reputation (4,4)
24314
21743
Rufus REAMER It bores me in the back (6)
It bores me in the back (6)
24314
23455
Rufus HUB Revolutionary Schubert piece (3)
Centre of radiation? (3)
24314
27179
Rufus SKELETON Sort of key found in a cupboard? (8)
Framework keels over with added weight (8)
Not wanted at the feast, best left in the cupboard (8)
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24976
Rufus FATE Lot of grease going on bearing (4)
Female consumed the lot (4)
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24136
Rufus RIFLE Weapon in sack (5)
General carries sovereign's weapon (5)
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26646
Rufus GRAMMY An award for record achievement (6)
An award for record achievement (6)
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21850
Rufus TAKEAWAY Remove portable meals (4,4)
Detract from a Chinese restaurant? (4,4)
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23868
Rufus CORRESPOND Agree to write (10)
Agree to write? (10)
26628
27143
Rufus CLAMP Murphy's pile (5)
Murphy's pile? (5)
26628
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Rufus INTOW Pull in first behind another vehicle (2,3)
Two in difficulties, being pulled along (2,3)
26628
23431
Rufus THOUGHT Idea for consideration (7)
The first half of this should be considered (7)
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25874
Rufus INTER Bury in Milan? (5)
In the meantime, I'm after this (5)
Put down as late (5)
In the meantime I am off to Bury (5)
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23443
25821
23515
Rufus ULYSSES Sly Sue's destroyed Joyce's character (7)
Greek hero, oddly sly in habits (7)
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26580
Rufus SHAKEUP Mix a cocktail to revitalise people (5-2)
Get fish in to eat for a complete change (5-2)
26155
23425
Rufus FANTAIL Flier in a flat spin (7)
Flier in a flat spin (7)
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22060
Rufus LEOPARD Often behind bars when captured, but may be paroled (7)
Its quarters are not spotless (7)
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26730
Rufus ELSIE She has no right to leave Hamlet's scene (5)
Girl's back to oriental island (5)
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27311
Rufus STYMIE Snooker, of course, in the old days (6)
Snooker on the green? (6)
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22810
Rufus OGLES Makes eyes at a man on turning to leave (5)
Looks to be an own goal by Leslie (5)
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23772
Rufus NICETY Little distinction (6)
Fine quality diamonds worn with shirt in New York (6)
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26861
Rufus BEAT Start the game and win (4)
Raise game although ready to drop (4)
Worst — and best! (4)
Wager about a pound (4)
Cane provided by master (4)
Wager about a pound (4)
Put on about a pound (4)
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25874
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27071
22298
22762
Rufus UMPIRE He'll tell us when it's over (6)
The Lord's judge (6)
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25605
Rufus STODGE Indigestible food, for example Dorothy's turnover (6)
Indigestible food, for example ... - sent back (6)
26526
23192
Rufus TIGHTS Temptress finally put on figure-hugging garment (6)
Things loose women won't wear? (6)
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23335
Rufus BRASILIA Blair's going out on first-class return to acquire foreign capital (8)
Blair is changing note in foreign capital (8)
26526
22006
Rufus TROUGH In depression, find somewhere to drink (6)
Vessel among the waves, perhaps (6)
Depression pigs get into (6)
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23294
24028
Rufus BRASS Comparatively bold material (5)
Nerve - but not of steel! (5)
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24392
Rufus AGED Silver-headed editor, getting on a bit (4)
Agreed, but not about being old (4)
Being old, agreed about being dropped (4)
Old silver used before notes (4)
Old notes used after silver (4)
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27281
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23730
Rufus ABUSED Took advantage of American in a plot (6)
Sailor accustomed to being reviled (6)
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Rufus SCARAB Mark, the sailor, is a six-footer (6)
Rat swallows a river insect (6)
Rat swallows a river insect (6)
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Rufus ORCHESTRA Band of gold put on box by artist (9)
Short race organised for a play group (9)
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Rufus ADDLED Confused tot given guidance (6)
Rotten theologian in crooked deal (6)
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Rufus ELECTION A time when the populace is at cross-purposes? (8)
A time when the populace is at cross-purposes? (8)
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Rufus SENIOR No rise for those more advanced in service (6)
No rise for those more advanced in service (6)
Elder in sore distress (6)
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Rufus SLEIGHT Cunning action made with the French in view (7)
Trickery that doesn't amount to much by the sound of it (7)
Cunning oriental with slender frame (7)
Cunning action made with the French in view (7)
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Rufus LEFT Withdrew labour (4)
Naval port (4)
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Rufus CHARITABLE Kind of folding chair and table (10)
Generous daily help, albeit disorganised (10)
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Rufus FAUCET Not sound advice if this tap gets stuck! (6)
Not sound advice, when this tap gets stuck! (6)
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Rufus COMMANDMENTS Moses received them in order, ten set out in writing (12)
Holy orders? (12)
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Rufus CAPSULE Medicine used by astronauts? (7)
Medicine used by astronauts? (7)
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Rufus UNDERARM How one may serve as subordinate member (8)
How one may serve as subordinate member (8)
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Rufus COMEDIC Company doctor is amusing when in theatre (7)
Company doctor is amusing (7)
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Rufus HELSINKI He has broken links with one foreign capital (8)
He has broken links with one foreign capital (8)
He has one pound, about to invest in foreign capital (8)
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Rufus FIREARM Gun company occupied by receiver (7)
Weapon company gets receiver in (7)
Gun company occupied by receiver (7)
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Rufus TEHRAN Confused sunbather misses bus to capital (6)
Sunbather getting dressed misses bus in capital (6)
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Rufus CUSTARDPIE Results are laughable when this missile is launched in panto (7,3)
Results are usually laughable when this missile is launched (7,3)
It may be thrown in car dispute that's unsettled (7,3)
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Rufus ALADDINSLAMP Whence came the magic spirit of panto? (8,4)
Magic lantern - a feature of Christmas entertainment? (8,4)
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Rufus BLOC State obstruction to an alliance (4)
Look in British Columbia for powerful alliance (4)
United Nations look into pre-Christian era (4)
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Rufus NAUTCH Aunt about to get a distinction in Indian dance (6)
Aunt about to get a distinction in Indian dance (6)
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Rufus REPRESENT Speak for traveller with grudge (9)
Stand for soldier's award (9)
Play the part of engineer on stage (9)
What MPs do about now (9)
Act for traveller with grudge (9)
Stand for soldiers' salute (9)
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Rufus AGITATOR A good mixer, maybe, but a troublemaker (8)
One causing trouble in a washing machine? (8)
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Rufus ABHOR Shun sailor with horror? Not half! (5)
Shrink from hunting initially — there's wild boar around (5)
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Rufus AILS Is indisposed to alter sail (4)
Flags and sail adjusted (4)
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Rufus TATE Where hangings still take place in London (4)
Old music-hall comedian remembered in the gallery (4)
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Rufus DODGE A ruse to avoid (5)
Avoid Kansas city (5)
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Rufus RURITANIA Land of Hope? (9)
Land of Hope and Glory? (9)
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Rufus MINER Underemployed gallery worker (5)
One employed to unpick seams? (5)
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Rufus HOARD Gather a large crowd, we hear (5)
To save is difficult with nothing coming in (5)
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Rufus NORM Mean? No, jolly! (4)
The average Pole or Frenchman? (4)
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Rufus ASCERTAIN No less sure to find out (9)
Settle sectarian differences (9)
Confirm when definite (9)
Confirm when definite (9)
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Rufus TALKINGTO Addressing some criticism (7-2)
Addressing some criticism (7-2)
Number sitting in beginning to enjoy lecture (7-2)
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Rufus STOKERS Firemen? (7)
Crew men showing little variation in strokes (7)
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Rufus TERMINI Ends interim arrangements (7)
There's merit in unhappy endings (7)
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Rufus ARMOURY Soldiers take in our weapons (7)
The military impound our weapons (7)
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Rufus TELL One who refused to accept tyranny to work as a bank clerk (4)
Heroic Swiss count (4)
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Rufus AGILE Gets the 1:50 in time, being nimble (5)
Quick to move, I left in time (5)
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Rufus JUNIOR Minor French king returns after short month (6)
Sort of school French king goes up to after short month (6)
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Rufus ADULT Infantile converse (5)
Responsible person gives notice last month (5)
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Rufus LEAPYEAR Springtime's for female proposals (4,4)
Springtime, when women may propose (4,4)
Springtime — when women propose to break with tradition (4,4)
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Rufus INTERN Confine one after another, we hear (6)
Detain one after another, we hear (6)
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Rufus SHEARS Cuts and shares out (6)
Try to get aboard cutters (6)
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Rufus EXIST Be way out about a point (5)
Be quick! (5)
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Rufus ANTIDOTE Changing diet not a remedy (8)
Poison counter (8)
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Rufus NOTON Either way, it's unacceptable (3,2)
Impracticable, whichever way it is viewed (3,2)
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Rufus GNUS They run well, naturally, and their rise is celebrated (4)
They naturally run well and their return is celebrated (4)
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Rufus SYMMETRY Mystery involved a number in regular correspondence (8)
Regular correspondence between sides (8)
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Rufus RECIPE I creep around helping in the kitchen (6)
Crêpe one cooked — instructions provided (6)
Prescription for success in the kitchen (6)
Ingredients relating to cold mince pie (6)
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Rufus OMEN Sign to appeal to males (4)
Sign on to tour the Middle East (4)
Topless females - a bad sign (4)
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Rufus NUTS They may be eaten slowly or bolted (4)
They may be nibbled or bolted (4)
Stagger back, deprived of one's wits (4)
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Rufus PLEASANT Delightful lake in rustic surroundings (8)
Delightful lake in rustic surroundings (8)
Change at Naples for Nice (8)
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Rufus COPPER Metal washing machine? (6)
A good conductor works on the beat (6)
Metal detector (6)
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Rufus DIESOUT Poor side away from home fails to survive (4,3)
Poor side away from home fails to survive (4,3)
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Rufus LOTTERY Gamble a great deal on a patched-up tyre (7)
Game that ends in a draw (7)
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Rufus BEESKNEES Worker's joints are wonderful (4,5)
Low joints for workers? That's outstanding! (4,5)
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Rufus ITALIC Literary type with a leaning to the right (6)
Emphatic type (6)
Literary type inclined to impress (6)
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Rufus POOL Game reserves (4)
People available for a game (4)
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Rufus FALTER Note to change flag (6)
Not the way to walk or speak, surely? (6)
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Rufus BUCKRAM Two animals bound for cover (7)
Two animals bound into cover (7)
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Rufus COTERIE Set resting place above lake (7)
Exclusive group with resting-place up-country (7)
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Rufus ROCOCO Gold backing used by two firms for decoration (6)
Gold goes up when two firms are after it for decoration (6)
Two firms after gold mounting for decoration (6)
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Rufus CARNAGE Showing concern about horse slaughter (7)
Ran wild in captivity, causing dreadful loss of life (7)
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Rufus PALM Sign of victory on hand (4)
One always on hand for a date, say (4)
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Rufus THATCH Roof covering yonder church (6)
Do a rush job on the roof? (6)
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Rufus ABOVEALL A lovable disposition may be most important (5,3)
Particularly the highest (5,3)
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Rufus ALPS Lake in rising resort in the mountains (4)
Rising resort includes lake and mountains (4)
A record, second highest in the European charts (4)
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Rufus INELEGANT "Get in lane" order unfinished (9)
Crude, but in a gentle fashion (9)
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Rufus RADII They meet in the centre of the ring (5)
Bones placed in a circle (5)
More than one spoke of bones (5)
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Rufus BALLOONIST One seen in a hanging basket? (10)
He hopes to avoid getting chicken in the basket (10)
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Rufus USANCE American church accepts an interest in redemption (6)
Period for redemption states article on church (6)
Period for redemption, states article by church (6)
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Rufus SLACK The last of the coal in the bag? (5)
Coal left in fire (5)
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Rufus SEVERN River veers roughly north (6)
River veers roughly north (6)
It flows always from south to north (6)
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Rufus SATANISM Perverted anti-Mass in devil worship (8)
Anti-Mass movement? (8)
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Rufus ABIDE A newly married woman has no right to stay (5)
Stay in Lincoln - I would (5)
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Rufus ELEVATE Cheer for most of the players at end of game (7)
Leave scribbled note offering lift (7)
Cheer most of the players at end of pantomime (7)
Cheer a team endlessly at entry (7)
Cheer a team endlessly at entry (7)
Cheer a team endlessly at finale (7)
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Rufus IDEAL Perfect profession for a croupier? (5)
Showing no flaws, though I have a lot (5)
Thought leading lady to be perfect (5)
Conception many find immaculate (5)
The best of friends (5,9)
Thought first of ladies a model of excellence (5)
Thought a pupil perfect (5)
Perfect cards came from me (5)
Fancy Luxembourg as Utopia? (5)
Indeed, all the odd bits are perfect (5)
Thought trainee perfect (5)
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Rufus TODATE Hitherto the aim of boys wanting to go out with girls (2,4)
Hitherto, why boys may telephoned girls? (2,4)
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Rufus CONCERTI Compositions one added to the performance (8)
Pieces played in correct, but not right, order (8)
Pieces played in correct order? Not right (8)
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Rufus EASE Take a sea voyage - relax! (4)
Leisure facility (4)
Relax! Take a seat inside! (4)
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Rufus GENOA Sail out of port (5)
Sail Columbus raised here (5)
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Rufus OVAL Square cuts, surprisingly, may be seen there (4)
Love girl's curved shape (4)
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Rufus BULLETIN A loaded statement? (8)
Loaded statement? (8)
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Rufus MARESTAIL New materials could appear sky-high (5,4)
Marsh plant providing a variety of materials (5-4)
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Rufus PRAISE Quietly uplift with encouragement (6)
Pleads, we hear, for approval (6)
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Rufus OBSCENE Filthy bones scattered around church (7)
Offensive alumnus put on some act (7)
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Rufus IGLOOS Endless darkness is found around northern blockhouses (6)
Icy blockhouses (6)
Northern blockhouses (6)
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Rufus LANDSCAPE It involves places and composition (9)
Painters may paint it — and in a variety of places (9)
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Rufus ABOUT Not exactly up and doing (5)
Sailor dismissed roughly (5)
Concerning a fight (5)
A fight in the neighbourhood (5)
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Rufus COBWEB He plays Shakespearean part for the network (6)
Horse and trap showing sign of neglect (6)
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Rufus LEES Grounds or pastures, say (4)
General's remains (4)
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Rufus BARNDOOR You can't miss this store opening (4,4)
One shouldn't miss this store opening (4,4)
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Rufus SENORITA Foreigner who loses it when she gets married (8)
When this foreign girl gets married, she loses it (8)
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Rufus CHOCOLATE Snack bar? (9)
Drink most commonly sold in bars (9)
Bar snack? (9)
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Rufus YANKEES Statesmen making bets (7)
Keen, say, to make bets (7)
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Rufus DEADHEAT A double first (4,4)
Preliminary race neither quick nor decisive (4,4)
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Rufus ICEHOCKEY Puck gets the push in this (3,6)
Chill wine to go with ends of turkey and cold game (3,6)
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Rufus RAWDEAL Rough treatment for unseasoned wood (3,4)
It would be if you bought it as seasoned timber (3,4)
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Rufus AUKS Bird rears others (4)
Birds another turns to? (4)
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Rufus DODO Prepare and serve a bird, none now left (4)
Double act no longer seen (4)
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Rufus CHICAGO Elegance given a trial in Illinois (7)
US city that was smart in the past (7)
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Rufus REVEAL The French always turn up for this show (6)
Make merry, take in a show (6)
A lever used to take the lid off (6)
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Rufus STRESS Emphasise need for second lock (6)
Emphasise the consequence of overwork (6)
Beat nervous tension (6)
Strain to find way about the ship (6)
Tension disturbed rest on ship (6)
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Rufus SCANDAL Con man turns up in disgrace (7)
Shocking subject for play school? (7)
Caught in something afoot — it's disgraceful! (7)
Playschool syllabus is a disgrace (7)
Shocking subject for play school (7)
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Rufus EMANATE Spring issue (7)
Manatee is about to emerge (7)
Issue call-up to rising Greek character (7)
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Rufus ATSEA Sailors are all so perplexed (2,3)
Sailors are often so confused (2,3)
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Rufus PHARAOH Old Egyptian gambling game, its said (7)
Old Egyptian gambling game, it's said (7)
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Rufus PROPERTY A characteristic of houses, say (8)
Quality homes (8)
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Rufus ASCETIC His view of life is austere, one might say sour (7)
His view of life is austere, one might say sour (7)
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Rufus GOODLOSER An admired sport (4,5)
He won't complain when he gets a beating (4,5)
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Rufus OTHELLO Look after new hotel for one who couldn't trust his wife (7)
Shakespearian character to rise with a greeting (7)
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Rufus STREW Sprinkle the last of the pepper in the hash (5)
Wrest apart and scatter (5)
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Rufus FECUND City investment is about to be productive (6)
City investment is about to be productive (6)
Point to a hundred in stock that's prolific (6)
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Rufus RECEDED Soldiers gave up and retreated (7)
Troops gave up and retreated (7)
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Rufus BYGONES They should be allowed to be themselves, we're told (7)
They should be allowed to be themselves, we're told (7)
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Rufus ONESTEP Dance apace (3-4)
Dance all beginners should take at a time (3-4)
The easiest dance to learn? (3-4)
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Rufus CIRCULAR Looking round for a letter? (8)
Looking round for a letter? (8)
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Rufus PENANCE For punishment, keep in and cane, perhaps (7)
Last character leaves Cornish town in humiliation (7)
Coppers must accept an imposed punishment (7)
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Rufus LYRICAL Enthusiasts may wax it (7)
Enthusiasts may wax it (7)
Enthusiasts may wax it (7)
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Rufus CHARM Bad spelling in Daily Mail's leader (5)
Captivate a church member (5)
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Rufus PAIR [Match's quiet atmosphere] (4)
Piano music - a duet (4)
Match's quiet atmosphere (4)
I knock back about a couple (4)
Mean to accommodate one or two (4)
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Rufus PROD Push money over bar (4)
Prompt and quiet staff (4)
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Rufus DESERTRAT Soldier serving in North Africa made to turn traitor twice (6,3)
Run away twice? Not this soldier! (6,3)
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Rufus RIOJA European agreement on port wine from Spain (5)
Wine and port provided with German agreement (5)
Wine jar I put out when empty (5)
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Rufus TROOPER He swears he's a soldier (7)
One expected to swear he's a soldier (7)
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Rufus HANDLE Manage to get a title (6)
Held with an awkward grip (6)
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Rufus SENTRY Enraptured railway guard (6)
He may challenge you for record after slow start (6)
Dispatched by railway guard (6)
Guard dispatched to the lines (6)
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Rufus ACCUSATIVE A case for making a charge (10)
The case for the prosecution? (10)
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Rufus TETHERS Ties the rest in knots (7)
Ties the rest in knots (7)
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Rufus CLEANSLATE Chars at night to gain freedom from debt (5,5)
Fresh start for an old scholar? (5,5)
Char works overtime to wipe off debts (5,5)
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Rufus ABHORRENT Those that do will probably have a mortgage, though it's horrid (9)
Those that do may have a mortgage, though it's hateful (9)
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Rufus THROUGH Finished, being nothing less than painstaking (7)
Having finished a boring job? (7)
Finished, being nothing less than painstaking (7)
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Rufus PROTEST In favour of nuclear experiment — or against it? (7)
Object is to get a tiresome person to admit corruption (7)
Outcry in favour of a trial? (7)
Object is to get an annoying person to admit corruption (7)
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Rufus ADVICE Counsel may remind us of the wickedness of our times (6)
Publicity wrong for counsel (6)
Publicity in place of helpful suggestions (6)
Plug evil counsel (6)
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Rufus ADVERTISER He pays the price of publicity (10)
He announces drivers' tea break (10)
He has his own ideas on hoarding (10)
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Rufus ENCODE Create a secret passage (6)
Don't make a message plain (6)
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Rufus DEDUCTION Rational conclusion to be drawn from one's earnings (9)
Taking away Sherlock Holmes's secret of success (9)
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Rufus NUANCE Shade of nun seen round a religious establishment (6)
Shade that makes little difference (6)
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Rufus MERE Nothing more than two notes (4)
Only I object to scripture lessons (4)
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Rufus LIONSDEN Home to have pride in (5,3)
Dangerous position, where pride goes before a retreat (5,3)
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Rufus ELECTORATE Voters choose to speak (10)
Choose to speak for the voters (10)
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Rufus SPIRIT Demon drink? (6)
Alcohol providing animation (6)
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Rufus RAPT Transported for regimental training? (4)
Very interested in the paper, say (4)
Utterly absorbed in something, say (4)
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Rufus IMPLORES Simple or complicated requests (8)
Prays for urchins without learning (8)
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Rufus UPRISING Mounting a revolt (8)
Mounting disorder (8)
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Rufus PLEA Call for energy in mountain climb (4)
Copperfield may be guilty (4)
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Rufus SHELVE Gradually descend to procrastination? (6)
Make provision for volumes put aside (6)
Put off by girl wanting affection but no ring (6)
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Rufus CINDERS A burnt-out pantomime character? (7)
A burnt-out pantomime character? (7)
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Rufus RALLYING Gathering round about a friend (8)
Encircled friend making a comeback (8)
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Rufus BEAGLE Darwin's crafty dog (6)
Start breeding a bird dog (6)
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Rufus EXEUNT "Cast off" order? (6)
They walk out of the play (6)
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Rufus SIDEREAL Team with genuine line-up of stars (8)
Genuine support for a team of stars (8)
Team not assumed to be of star quality (8)
Team not made up of stars (8)
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Rufus TALKOVER Discuss and OK travel arrangements (4,4)
Discuss after the lecture? (4,4)
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Rufus REPLENISH Helpers in mess supply seconds (9)
Stock up with helpers in break (9)
Fault admitted by assistant setting up store (9)
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Rufus ABEL Third man sounds competent (4)
Abraham Lincoln, to start with, was murdered (4)
Abraham Lincoln, to start with, was murdered (4)
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Rufus ELEVATION Part of plans for promotion? (9)
Architect's plan for advancement (9)
The height of architectural draughtsmanship (9)
Drawing showing face lift (9)
Face lift? (9)
Part of the plans for promotion (9)
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Rufus COMIC Cause of cracks that can bring down the house (5)
Funny business with three blind victims? (5)
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Rufus ELATION Euphoria makes family member lose her head (7)
Delight in storytelling right from the start (7)
Tail one wags in delight (7)
Tail one wags in delight (7)
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Rufus NASAL Like the accent of US space admin figure? (5)
Alan's wrong to be nosy (5)
Sort of organ that sometimes needs a blow (5)
Alan's unusual manner of speaking? (5)
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Rufus PENNYFARTHING Old coppers went by foot (5-8)
Cheap transport (5-8)
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Rufus VANDAL Old German destroyer still active today (6)
Old German destroyer still active today! (6)
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Rufus RARELY Seldom depend on the Gunners (6)
Seldom depend on an arty type (6)
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Rufus STONEHENGE Rock group that's been around for a long time (10)
Antique stones set in a ring (10)
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Rufus RELIC Priest depicted in church memorial (5)
Priest in church demonstrates holy memento (5)
Memorial of old priest outwardly Roman Catholic (5)
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Rufus NOOSE End of the line for an old criminal? (5)
Loop line quickly going north, then east (5)
Loop line quickly turns east (5)
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Rufus CONSECRATE Venerate actor in scene in new production (10)
Vow to re-write scene or act (10)
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Rufus OFFERS Remove top of boxes to reveal presents (6)
Presents for volunteers (6)
Proposals for heartless transgressors (6)
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Rufus WISDOM Property of the Magi (6)
Prudence West is taking Benedictine (6)
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Rufus ORNAMENT Pretty useless object on the tree? (8)
Deck of a thousandtonner at sea (8)
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Rufus CHAINS China's unusual Christmas decorations (6)
Restrictive measures (6)
China's new restrictive measures (6)
They are linked with land measures (6)
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Rufus COMFORTER Woollen scarf worn in cold weather — Job's one wasn't much help! (9)
Job wasn't made any easier by advice from this dummy (9)
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Rufus SNOWBALL Winter dance thrown for enjoyment? (8)
Winter dance thrown for enjoyment? (8)
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Rufus NOWHERE Two presents impossible to locate (7)
At present not there, nor anywhere else (7)
Just come in, unplaced (7)
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26185
Rufus LIEDER Songs the first violinist heard? (6)
Sound conductor of works by Schubert (6)
Sound conductor of German songs (6)
Songs the Führer sang? (6)
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Rufus CHAPEL Union members' oratory (6)
The Spanish man comes first in place of worship (6)
Press union members for oratory (6)
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25533
Rufus DERANGED Barking when called into action (8)
Not all there when called into action (8)
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Rufus SIFT Riddle involves Kipling poem, in a way (4)
Riddle provided in a way (4)
Carefully analyse Kipling's work, in a way (4)
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Rufus VETO Block vote? (4)
Refuse to allow a free vote (4)
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Rufus FLAIR Talent shown by a number in entertainment (5)
Instinct for money in the market (5)
Gift is just about a pound (5)
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Rufus INPUT Putin may produce new data (5)
Putin ordered data insertion (5)
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Rufus NONET Lack of practice for players in group (5)
Musical composition to catch on the heart (5)
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Rufus LEAPFROG A golfer gets upset about first putt in game (8)
A golfer upset about pro's first game (4,4)
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Rufus LIED The song told a story (4)
I was first out but refused to admit it (4)
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Rufus RUNACROSS Rush over to meet (3,6)
Rush over to meet (3,6)
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Rufus HEADWIND It's a blow that has to be faced (8)
It's a blow that has to be faced (8)
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Rufus GAMBLE Speculation is in the wind about doctor (6)
Chance taken by doctor in storm (6)
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Rufus AKIMBO A disposition of arms (6)
A disposition of arms (6)
Arms displayed openly? (6)
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23694
Rufus WARCRY Call for action put out by the Salvation Army (3,3)
Call for action put out by the Salvation Army (3,3)
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Rufus ATHLETES Runners allowed to enter various heats (8)
Runners allowed to enter various heats (8)
Let heats decide those who run (8)
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23497
Rufus APERTURE Opening for a photographer (8)
Opening here for a photographer (8)
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Rufus INFORM Where teachers teach? (6)
Expected to do well at school (2,4)
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Rufus CASCADE Fall of rotter in lawsuit (7)
Fall of rotter in lawsuit (7)
Caught a fish near eastern waterfall (7)
Flower sprays falling over the edge (7)
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Rufus HATES Can't bear inordinate haste (5)
Doesn't take kindly to making haste (5)
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Rufus ELABORATE Unexpectedly able to speak in a flowery style (9)
Complicated to work out (9)
Package turned up, given address with added detail (9)
Not at all simple to work out (9)
Freely able to speak with added detail (9)
Complicated to work out (9)
Extravagant garnish (9)
Package returned, give address with added detail (9)
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Rufus INCUMBENT Living man (9)
Obligatory for a clergyman (9)
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Rufus AFTERNOON For No 10 a new PM (9)
PM comes out of No 10 for a break (9)
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Rufus TREND Mind about mid-14 drift (5)
Mind about mid-afternoon drift (5)
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Rufus EMBARGO Measure lawyers try to ban (7)
An order to stop amber changing to green? (7)
Ban involving English doctor on Greek ship (7)
Stop and go after amber changes (7)
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24994
23048
Rufus BIRETTA Capital investment for father? (7)
A bitter brew that might go to father's head (7)
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24214
Rufus CEREAL A grain of genuine support for the church (6)
Pure corn, but sounds as if it might run (6)
Harvest genuine support for the church (6)
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24696
Rufus DISPENSE Do without work at the pharmacy (8)
Do without and give to others (8)
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22714
Rufus JEKYLL Stevenson's better half (6)
Stevenson's better half (6)
Stevenson's better half (6)
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22596
Rufus SANDCASTLE Coastal defence that is soon liquidated (10)
Keep on the beach: it will be soon liquidated (10)
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Rufus GRATIS Note deserter is not charged (6)
Soldiers holding deserter without charge (6)
Free a deserter held by soldiers (6)
Deserter held by soldiers is not charged (6)
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Rufus ANALGESIC Bill without a single wrong number (9)
Bill without a single wrong number (9)
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Rufus IRENE She made peace in Greece (5)
Girl providing passion to one lacking love (5)
She shows anger with heartless nurse (5)
Girl showing passion over loveless one (5)
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21946
Rufus ENTRAIN Net adjustment by water board (7)
Board transport in a violent rainstorm (7)
Net adjustment by water board (7)
Net adjustment by water board (7)
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22704
Rufus BROKERAGE Exploded with fury when there's commission to pay (9)
Exploded with fury, where there's commission to pay (9)
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Rufus MATISSE Sea mist represented by painter (7)
Miss tea when involved in painting (7)
Miss tea when involved in painting (7)
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21928
Rufus RELAPSE To fall back, a mistake made by soldiers (7)
A cause of repeated ill-feeling (7)
Not a change for the better (7)
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25635
Rufus MOOSE Animal's low points (5)
Low quarters of the elk (5)
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Rufus STANDBY Be prepared to defend (5,2)
Be ready to give support (5,2)
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Rufus RESTRAINT Others take exercise in moderation (9)
Teach the others about self-control (9)
About to teach the others self-control (9)
No action required about coach reservation (9)
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25497
Rufus ONTHELINE Using the phone when one is at risk (2,3,4)
At risk when making a call (2,3,4)
Telephoning, hung up (2,3,4)
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23998
Rufus STIFFEN Strengthen dispute in foreign currency (7)
Strengthen dispute in Japanese currency (7)
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Rufus SKID Row of drunks (4)
Small child to go out of control (4)
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Rufus EXIT Get out of this! (4)
Point of issue (4)
Players leave English football team before time (4)
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24952
Rufus ASSENT Nod when told to go? (6)
Express approval when posted (6)
Approve a head's elevation before time (6)
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22720
Rufus HALO Upper Circle (4)
An overhead light (4)
A light headband (4)
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25904
Rufus TED Hal stopped with him (3)
He means to make hay while the sun shines (3)
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Rufus AESOP He told tales for soap set around English capital (5)
A model upstanding moralist (5)
A reflective attitude taken by a storyteller (5)
Writer of bad English soap (5)
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23090
Rufus TRAINEE One under instruction to make a stand about wet weather (7)
Learner encountered bad weather in driving area (7)
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Rufus ACCURATE Precise bill supported by a junior minister (8)
Right to get junior minister to foot the bill (8)
A copper-lined box produced with pre­cision (8)
Account by clergyman should be reliable (8)
Correct for clergyman to foot the bill (8)
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25677
Rufus USES Takes advantage, gaining three points on centre court (4)
Customs of the American Middle West (4)
Customs of the American Middle West (4)
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23198
Rufus CHARTERED Accountant may be after this three-card trick (9)
Three-card trick has been given a licence (9)
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Rufus MALLET Striker appears satisfied about everything (6)
Everybody satisfied about powerful striker (6)
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Rufus OWNER One has to be what one is (5)
Man of property, three quarters in gold (5)
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Rufus STAIRCARPET It may have a good nap on the flight (5,6)
Cover for the flight may also include landing (5,6)
It reduces the noise on some flights (5,6)
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27101
Rufus ORAL A student is after an alternative exam (4)
A moraliser, not someone like Scrooge, it's said (4)
Marks dropped in proper examination (4)
It can't be passed in silence (4)
Large number leave lesson for exam (4)
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24214
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23694
Rufus CRUISER Not quite a heavyweight vessel? (7)
Crafty boxer? (7)
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Rufus COMPASS Range of company found by MP on a ship (7)
Scope for firm with a thousand to spend (7)
Drawing instrument traditionally boxed (7)
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22840
Rufus SOURGRAPES Unpleasant bunch's dismissive attitude (4,6)
Envious reaction not worth pressing? (4,6)
The fruits one can't have decried (4,6)
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22762
Rufus OAST Ring road goes round a kiln (4)
This oven has a ring outside for roasting (4)
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24268
Rufus PROOF Evidence of spiritual strength (5)
Demonstration of spiritual strength (5)
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Rufus OPPOSITE Work back-to-back on location across the way (8)
It comes in to resist on the other side (8)
It comes in to fight on the other side (8)
It comes in to resist, or just the contrary (8)
It comes in to fight on the other side (8)
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22178
26108
25569
Rufus CANARIES Is able to sign for Norwich City FC (8)
Is able to sign for cage birds (8)
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Rufus BALI Bail out in the Indian Ocean (4)
Jump bail in Asian isle (4)
Jump bail in Asian isle (4)
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21850
Rufus CHAGRIN Embarrassment of companion ends with a smile (7)
Embarrassment of companion ends with a smile (7)
Arching in embarrassment (7)
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26155
22786
Rufus BRISTOL Fashion city (7)
Port or sherry? (7)
Fashion city (7)
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21880
Rufus AGENT A fellow spy (5)
A male delegate? (5)
Get involved with an intermediary (5)
Get an order for the middleman (5)
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27371
22112
25066
Rufus TRIPOLI Stumble on crude oil in Africa (7)
Oil change needed after journey in capital (7)
On tour I look round capital (7)
Journey to oil rig in North Africa (7)
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26335
25174
22470
Rufus IDAHO State aid distributed by the Home Office (5)
State aid distributed by the Home Office (5)
Girl has half an hour in a state (5)
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26383
27095
Rufus UNLIT One left in dark (5)
One accepts student as dim (5)
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25239
Rufus COOP Firm with little work is shut up (4)
Shut up firm having little work (4)
Firm work with the pen (4)
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26383
26670
Rufus AMMO Doctor on morning rounds (4)
Large number seen in a doctor's rounds (4)
Short of ammunition (4)
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25018
Rufus ENTRANCE The way in which one may charm (8)
Actor's arrival on stage produces delight (8)
Recent furore about an actor's appearance (8)
Charm one's way in (8)
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27377
26006
21982
Rufus SENSE Many ways to show feeling (5)
One of five, one may feel (5)
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27347
Rufus EBBING Falling off Big Ben (6)
Falling off Big Ben (6)
22512
25910
Rufus DRAWINGPIN Means to secure artistic work? (7-3)
Means to secure artistic work? (7,3)
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26652
Rufus HACK Kick from a horse (4)
Even a dull writer may deliver a kick (4)
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26969
Rufus INTHEEND Finally need hint, perhaps, to solve this clue (2,3,3)
Mean to arrest man, eventually (2,3,3)
22512
26514
Rufus SPRANG Telephoned after the odds leapt up (6)
Telephoned after the odds leapt up (6)
22512
26018
Rufus FEINTS Threatened strikes that don't come off (6)
Threatened strikes that don't come off (6)
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24332
Rufus SCOOTER Pedestrian transport (7)
Transport that gets up speed by putting one's foot down (7)
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22106
Rufus SEDANCHAIR Old personnel carrier, powerfully armed? (5,5)
Drunk crashed in a single seater (5,5)
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22858
Rufus ENLISTED Went into service? (8)
Registered requirements for presents, getting one finally in consequence (8)
Registered having listened for a change (8)
21719
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21802
Rufus COMEON Show progress? Don't exaggerate! (4,2)
Show progress? Don't exaggerate! (4,2)
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24524
Rufus HEEL Sound cure for cant (4)
Not the sole order dogs learn to obey (4)
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Rufus INSET It has a small part in a big picture (5)
Not flush, but accepted by the social clique (5)
Not flush, but accepted by the social clique (5)
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21898
Rufus LEADIN Introduce Daniel, perhaps (6)
Go before Doctor Daniel (4,2)
Introduce Daniel incorrectly (4,2)
22322
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23144
Rufus OILS Well-produced paintings? (4)
Lois becomes a medium (4)
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21623
Rufus KEEP Detain in a safe place (4)
Hold a strong position (4)
Hold the fort (4)
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26616
Rufus ELDORADO Place represented as loaded with gold (8)
Adore old novel featuring a place of wealth and opportunity (2,6)
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27341
Rufus GARRET Slip up in gunroom (6)
Slip back into the gun room (6)
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24082
Rufus CASTIRON Sort of alibi that has not been forged (4-4)
The actors have to press hard (4,4)
Strong players joining club (4-4)
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24672
Rufus NIGHTFALL Day trip? Quite the contrary (9)
Dark autumn evening (9)
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Rufus FORBID Though in favour of an offer, say no (6)
Veto for proposal (6)
Ban bird of passage (6)
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23461
Rufus DETACH The cad is out to break the engagement (6)
The cad is about to break off the engagement (6)
Part the cad needed to play (6)
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27095
Rufus FINN You may meet one, if coming up north more than once (4)
Scandinavian drink Mickey introduced (4)
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Rufus FENCE Fight to protect one's property (5)
This criminal may be cleared (5)
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27101
Rufus CLASP Embrace for a bemedalled warrior (5)
Embrace for warrior previously decorated (5)
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26096
Rufus INRETREAT Going back to renewing one's faith? (2,7)
Going back to living quietly (2,7)
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23347
Rufus APPEAL Please request a re-trial (6)
How's that for charm? (6)
How's that for charm? (6)
Beg for a retrial? (6)
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23802
26383
Rufus SCHOONER Drinking vessel (8)
Vessel sunk at the bar (8)
Church enveloped in rather ornate glass (8)
No chores undone in this vessel (8)
Vessel that crosses the bar? (8)
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24892
24952
25683
21647
Rufus BAIT The lure of old-fashioned sex appeal to some degree (4)
Entice one into a club (4)
Lure one into a club (4)
25809
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22416
Rufus ONEWAY No traffic is met in this street (3-3)
A method for dealing with traffic? (3-3)
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27311
Rufus DEPRESSION Slump causing gloom (10)
Blues associated with the early 1930s (10)
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24070
Rufus DISCERN See Cinders in transformation scene (7)
Spot Cinders acting up (7)
See Cinders in transformation scene (7)
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26138
Rufus DESTROYERS Naval vessels for the breakers (10)
Seagoing vandals (10)
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Rufus STRETCH Extend a term of imprisonment (7)
Eke out the bird (7)
Time for expansion (7)
Eke out the porridge (7)
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22756
Rufus CHIP Murphy sliced a golf shot (4)
Slice the approach shot (4)
Approach shot that may be sliced (4)
Cooked potato with cold joint (4)
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24542
23862
Rufus UPTURN Recovery vessel to put out first (6)
Recovery vessel - put out in it (6)
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22422
Rufus INFRINGE Poach refining process (8)
Break popular with those on edge (8)
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26221
Rufus UPLIFT Improve one's bust line? (6)
Improve one's bust line? (6)
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Rufus TRANSIT Moving passage from "Tristan" (7)
Opposing points in characteristic passage (7)
Tidy up — start in the passage (7)
Passing through Turkish capital, changing trains (7)
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25144
27251
Rufus REIN Sappers in control of cavalry (4)
Sappers in control of cavalry? (4)
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25096
Rufus TRAPDOOR Gin before opening may let down an actor (8)
A gin before opening may let an actor down (8)
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25904
Rufus NOSEDIVE Even so, I'd resolved to take the plunge (4,4)
Sharp decline in air traffic (8)
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22232
Rufus WHEEZE Breathe with difficulty and gag (6)
Strained inspiration to produce a joke (6)
23312
23455
Rufus NUDE Having nothing on a dark horse, back the favourite finally (4)
Having nothing on a dark horse, raised stake finally (4)
23312
22428
Rufus CLOUTS Belts from old clothes (6)
Patches cuffs (6)
Patches cuffs (6)
Look into injuries from blows (6)
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23886
Rufus ONTHESLY Honestly in distress, trying to avoid publicity (2,3,3)
Honestly in distress, trying to avoid publicity (2,3,3)
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Rufus ATTEND Be there at the start and finish (6)
Wait on nondrinker, whose after a tip (6)
Be there at the beginning and end (6)
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23455
Rufus VIZIER Old court official, specifically one preceding the queen (6)
Old court official — namely one standing over the Queen (6)
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26149
Rufus SURETIES Guarantees certain bonds (8)
Guarantees certain bonds (8)
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Rufus PERNOD Drink obtainable by agreement (6)
Drink for each returning academic (6)
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Rufus REWARD Payment for artist making a comeback (6)
Artist's backpay (6)
One who picks the winning ticket goes up for the prize (6)
23359
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Rufus IDIOT What I'm called when I do it all wrong (5)
One to do it wrongly (5)
I do it when playing the fool (5)
23359
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25557
Rufus OYSTER Taciturn native? (6)
Funny story about Oriental, one spending life in bed (6)
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24488
Rufus SERGEANT Russian insect with stripes? (8)
NCO set about constructing range (8)
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27371
Rufus OVER Finished in a superior position (4)
Left in charge (4)
About finished (4)
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25557
Rufus NUTMEG Mace bearer (6)
Head girl is a macebearer (6)
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22804
Rufus FELLOWSHIP Postgraduates may hope for such camaraderie (10)
Camaraderie sought by ambitious academics (10)
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Rufus ENOUGH What is needed is no huge change (6)
To have one return a casual hug is sufficient (6)
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Rufus NICHE Start of holiday in delightful nook (5)
Recess in pleasant hospital (5)
Hospital situated in pleasant nook (5)
Where a saint could be standing still? (5)
24094
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27329
Rufus SOHO So hard to get round parts of London and New York (4)
Staff officer with small house in London area (4)
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27023
Rufus STOCKSTILL Holds until completely motionless (10)
Unmoving shares to cultivate (10)
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Rufus DEIFIC It''s divine if iced ingredients are used (6)
Divine is providing one in the last month (6)
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23916
Rufus BETA Offbeat classical character (4)
Thanks be given first for letter from Greece (4)
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Rufus FIDDLESTICKS Bows and scrapes to obtain indications of approval (12)
Rubbish played on violins (12)
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24696
Rufus ALCOVE In retreat, Capone stood at bay (6)
Opening vocal vari­ation to Elgar's first (6)
Small space where Capone stood at bay (6)
A niche for a fellow about fifty (6)
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22876
Rufus TAPER Get thinner and lighter (5)
Fall off in a spill (5)
Gradually reduce the light (5)
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26012
23383
Rufus AGAINST Opposed to profits at outset (7)
Profit in a way in opposition (7)
Not a word for a win on the way (7)
Opposed to profit in a way (7)
Anti-cooking, anti-gas (7)
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25964
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23335
Rufus EMPOWER Give authority to mounted soldiers to secure prisoner (7)
Give authority to a rising Middle East nation (7)
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Rufus VAUDEVILLE Poorly valued live entertainment (10)
Old Harry entertained by poor value variety show (10)
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23180
Rufus AUTUMN Fall back in common mutual defence (6)
Fall to the Americans (6)
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22422
Rufus CHARISMA Charm is a curious personal quality (8)
A Christmas saint leaves free personal gift (8)
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24578
Rufus STEALTHY Pinch your old-fashioned secret (8)
Being sly they last out (8)
Furtive sort of hat style (8)
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26646
26490
Rufus DISRAELI Edited fifty diaries of Victorian novelist (8)
Edited diaries involve Liberal PM (8)
About fifty diaries edited by Victorian novelist (8)
25006
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24256
Rufus DOWNCAST Dejected when name is not top of the bill? (8)
County players dejected (8)
Depressed by loss of feathers (8)
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24618
Rufus ALMANAC Girl able to set up a whole lot of dates (7)
Girl able to turn up on a whole lot of dates (7)
Girl can put up a calendar (7)
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22876
Rufus CEASE Finish with conclusion of judge in lawsuit (5)
Stop giving cold comfort (5)
Finish with conclusion of judge in lawsuit (5)
25838
27005
22036
Rufus HIGHTIME Drunk given prison sentence none too soon (4,4)
Jolly occasion, long overdue (4,4)
25838
22304
Rufus BEANFEASTS Parties of runners? (10)
Festive gatherings of runners? (10)
25838
23216
Rufus STANDUP Show politeness to a lady, but not to a girlfriend (5,2)
Comedian who may fail to keep a date? (5-2)
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27065
Rufus ENDANGERED Put in a difficult position when a tip gave offence (10)
Put in a difficult position and finished full of rage (10)
Put in a difficult position and finished full of rage (10)
Put in a difficult position when tip gave offence (10)
21665
27191
24636
23700
Rufus BOTTOMGEAR Shorts designed for hill climbing? (6,4)
Shorts designed for hill-climbing? (6,4)
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24588
Rufus MOWGLI Literary orphan who was accepted as a wolf cub (6)
Orphan who was accepted as a Wolf Cub (6)
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25874
Rufus CANOODLE What many a simpleton may do when courting (8)
What many a simpleton may do when courting (8)
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25689
Rufus PLEDGE Take it, if you mean to stay dry (6)
Loyal toast drunk in hock, presumably (6)
Take it, if you hope to stay dry (6)
21665
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27329
Rufus WRIST It enables one to turn one's hand to many things (5)
It enables one to turn one's hand to many things (5)
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26311
Rufus NETHER Name and number for subordinate (6)
Subordinate gives name and number (6)
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21659
Rufus APPOSITE Suitable belief accepted by primate (8)
A quiet river location, well chosen (8)
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25539
Rufus DISCREETLY Prudently involved city elders (10)
Prudently involved the city elders (10)
26604
21653
Rufus BINGE Begin drunken spree (5)
Party being organised (5)
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Rufus ROPES One knows them to be well-informed (5)
One knows them to be well-informed (5)
26604
22208
Rufus RELEASE Free delivery (7)
New pop CD — free! (7)
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26012
Rufus SIESTA Seat is free for the rest of the afternoon (6)
The rest of the afternoon (6)
Light sleep? (6)
Light sleep (6)
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26771
27299
Rufus NONONSENSE Sensible number join production of Lear (2-8)
Straightforward refusal to join production of Lear (2-8)
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22720
Rufus DRILL A bit of exercise? (5)
Not well, goes to doctor — that's the routine (5)
It makes a hole in material (5)
23880
26155
27125
Rufus AGHAST Horrified at being cut by jagged gash (6)
Taken aback by swindles, tag was changed outside (6)
Horrified — has the wrong tag showing outside (6)
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Rufus INSOLENT Saucy book going to part of Oxford? (8)
Saucy books supporting part of Oxford? (8)
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Rufus ACCIDENT Bill takes detectives to hospital department after crash (8)
I'd interrupted to stress something unexpected (8)
Dice can't change your bad luck (8)
Mishap caused by stress - I'd go into it (8)
Calamity — can't dice bananas (8)
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Rufus DESIGN Plan to uplift soldiers in retreat (6)
Plan to bring back soldiers in retreat (6)
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Rufus DOMINION Party underling to gain power (8)
Command a slave to serve one first (8)
Act before an underling gains control (8)
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Rufus ARMADILLO Mail a lord sent out, which is naturally under personal cover (9)
Support, from chair, fuss about sick animal (9)
Support fuss about sick animal (9)
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Rufus ANGINA An alcoholic drink leads to a complaint (6)
An alcoholic drink leads to a complaint (6)
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Rufus EXISTENCE Being a term for life (9)
That's life! (9)
Being in the wrong scene, exit (9)
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Rufus EMEND Right for boy to hold hands (5)
Troops invading England's boundaries? Correct (5)
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Rufus ENDYMION Poem done in my style (8)
Poem done in my break (8)
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Rufus TEAR Damage one's shed, sadly (4)
Saline drip? (4)
Drop in rent (4)
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Rufus RIDERS They sit for qualifications (6)
Conditions under which horses race (6)
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Rufus FOCI Withdrawal of 101 meeting points (4)
Upwards of 101 meeting points (4)
Provided encircled commanding officer upset with meeting points (4)
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Rufus ISLEOFMAN No end of cats here! (4,2,3)
There's no end of cats here (4,2,3)
Where the flag flies three feet off the ground? (4,2,3)
Starting place for the three-legged race? (4,2,3)
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Rufus CARDINAL Laird can stand for chief (8)
Prime minister? (8)
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Rufus DEFECT Fault or default (6)
Desert fault (6)
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Rufus AGONISED Worried about San Diego (8)
Suffered, so gained redress (8)
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Rufus OZONE Something in the air makes one put on weight? On the contrary (5)
Sea air adds a little weight to one (5)
One's put on weight — it's something in the air (5)
Snooze - head drops - rest could be a tonic (5)
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Rufus BARREL Gunsmiths will add it to their stocks (6)
A gunsmith will add it to his stock (6)
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Rufus FREEFALL A quick drop for one waiting for opening time (4,4)
A quick drop for one waiting for opening time (4,4)
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Rufus OPENING Door of opportunity? (7)
Moves at first opportunity (7)
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Rufus ALBATROSS A hole in one, perhaps, for mariner's dependant (9)
One was unlucky after shooting such a score, of course (9)
Ship's follower hung about an old sailor (9)
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Rufus HUBBUB Sounds confused (6)
Sounds confused (6)
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Rufus ESOTERIC Boy on toes, perhaps, sees secret (8)
Private escort that is arranged (8)
Boy on toes about to discover secret (8)
Secret coteries broken up (8)
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Rufus ENTIRE I enter amended total (6)
The whole country is full of conservationists (6)
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Rufus TACIT Tom came up with it, it's understood (5)
Bound by discretion, one is silent (5)
It's understood Tom came back with it (5)
Understood one to be in diplomacy (5)
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Rufus CLARINET Single reed blown in the wind (8)
It's instrumental in having wine around (8)
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Rufus ADORABLE Charming Arab about to swindle the French? (8)
Girl outwardly competent and very charming (8)
Lovely girl, outwardly competent (8)
It's lovely wandering abroad with the French (8)
Lovely girl, outwardly competent (8)
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Rufus INTACT It can't be made whole (6)
Perfect diplomats excel thus (6)
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Rufus IDA She's in peak form in Crete (3)
Girl who could have a lead in opera (3)
Girl Friday, no cook (3)
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Rufus ONONESTOES Where a dancing partner shouldn't tread, if alert (2,4,4)
Running nose to nose and ready (2,4,4)
Nose to nose, perhaps, and alert (2,4,4)
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Rufus BEAD Drop of moisture round bearing is not good (4)
Drop of moisture round bearing is not good (4)
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Rufus YOKED Bound to pull together (5)
Bound to pull together (5)
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Rufus ALLEGORY Go really wild with a symbolic tale (8)
Go really wild with "Pilgrim's Progress", for example (8)
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Rufus AFFAIR A very noisy bearing causes concern (6)
Business concern (6)
A very strong atmosphere of romance (6)
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Rufus GLEBE Does it soil the cloth? (5)
Land of the living (5)
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Rufus ETHER Number three is wrong (5)
Bearing the right number (5)
What might be there to put you out? (5)
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Rufus PUPA It's not fully-grown, anyway (4)
Not a fully grown creature, whichever way you look at it (4)
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Rufus MALICE Many caught in a lie show spite (6)
Ill-will of many to a girl (6)
Married girl from spite (6)
Married woman showing ill will (6)
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Rufus SLUR A slight incoherence in speech (4)
Slight legato effect (4)
Slight drawl (4)
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22566
Rufus SPROUT Spring vegetable (6)
Grow something to eat (6)
Shoot something to eat (6)
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Rufus ELEMI Something fragrant returned in the time left (5)
Emile provides something fragrant - could be myrrh (5)
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Rufus PALMOIL Bribe with hand lotion? (4,3)
Handy lubricant? (4,3)
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Rufus ISLET A bit of land is granted to a tenant (5)
Bit of land one's leased (5)
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Rufus MAMBA A poisonous creeper (5)
It's poisonous, so mother gets a doctor in (5)
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Rufus AIDS It's said to produce a killer disease (4)
Helps in case of serious disease (4)
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Rufus NATURE An upright and stylishly true character (6)
Kind disposition (6)
Motherly type? (6)
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Rufus EARTHWORKS Banks that can stop advances (10)
Banks can stop advances (10)
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Rufus AGNOSTIC Acting so strangely, not knowing what to believe (8)
Acting so strangely when in doubt (8)
Christmas carol coming up in a moment? One doubts (8)
In a religious sense, he believes in coasting freely (8)
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Rufus ARTDECO Firm follows new trade style (3,4)
Redcoat dressed up in 1930s' style (3,4)
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Rufus ARISTOTLE Old Greek totaliser cock-up (9)
A great thinker tries a lot to be different (9)
Totaliser beaten by great logician (9)
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Rufus DERVISH Man in a whirl — fuel's his trouble? (7)
He needs religious ecstasy to fuel his whirling (7)
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Rufus IMPI Jet fighters? (4)
Self-righteous declaration made by black militants (4)
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Rufus OUTOFSIGHT Proverbially, it leads to madness! (3,2,5)
Proverbially it implies madness (3,2,5)
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Rufus ELIOT Priest and Old Testament poet (5)
Samuel's teacher turns to George (5)
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Rufus YACHT Chay Blyth's fourth refurbished boat? (5)
Cathy rocks the boat (5)
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Rufus PAID Settled one into residence (4)
Settled one in a small apartment (4)
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Rufus CROOKED Warped, like the criminal mind (7)
A number swindled — that's dishonest (7)
A number swindled - that's dishonest (7)
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Rufus ASSENTS Agrees when ordered to go aboard a ship (7)
Agrees to be transported in a ship (7)
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Rufus STEAMER The craft of the cook? (7)
Not a galley, but may be found in one (7)
Large vessel used as a pressure cooker (7)
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Rufus CONCLUSIVE Convincing vice-consul is difficult (10)
Final move for vice-consul (10)
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Rufus ENLIST Join forces? (6)
Come into force? (6)
Join silent order (6)
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Rufus COMEDOWN Humiliating return from a summit meeting? (8)
Humiliating return from a summit meeting? (8)
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Rufus HUSBAND He's married, so means to economise (7)
Be frugal, mate! (7)
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Rufus ASSAULT Make an attack on an old sailor, we hear (7)
Attack by a saint about one who became one (7)
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Rufus ATHLETIC A wild cat, lithe and muscular (8)
Wild cat, lithe and muscular (8)
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Rufus MOON High light, low point (4)
High light, low point (4)
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Rufus ELLA After the salmon she gets food poisoning (4)
She follows one sort of track in pantomime (4)
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Rufus PSALTER David's work book (7)
A seaman's got in by the book (7)
David's work book (7)
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Rufus IMPLY Hint that simply pointless (5)
Suggest I am to practise a trade (5)
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Rufus SLALOM Look in to criticise a winter sport compet­ition (6)
In which one goes downhill fast and in an dodgy way (6)
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Rufus UNLOAD Take off some weight (6)
Put in charge? Quite the opposite (6)
Free of charge (6)
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Rufus DONKEYWORK Academic gets important job, but it's drudgery (6,4)
Academic gets important job, but it's drudgery (6-4)
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Rufus YIELDED Gave way under pressure and resigned (7)
Produced admitted superiority (7)
Produced admitted sup­eriority (7)
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Rufus APPARENT Dad's backing Mum perhaps, that's obvious (8)
When father came up by himself, the rift was unmistakable (8)
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Rufus SPORADIC Picadors are involved here and there (8)
Picadors get injured now and then (8)
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Rufus ADOPTION Notice work getting into shape for a takeover (8)
These days an alternative to fostering (8)
Acceptance of notice before election (8)
Taking trouble to point out (8)
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Rufus GEESE Silly things, but capital savers (5)
About to notice, for example, returning birds (5)
Look back in Middle Ages for capital savers (5)
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Rufus ABASEMENT A shop floor humiliation (9)
A low place to live brings humiliation (9)
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Rufus ODDS Matters of give and take between our betters (4)
Advantage at which disagreement arises (4)
The chances of racing (4)
They give better prices (4)
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Rufus CONSONANT There's only one in Eire (9)
Agreeing to study issue with worker (9)
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Rufus ESPERANTO Not one's mother tongue but could be pater's one (9)
Language that provides neat prose (9)
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Rufus ASHEN An embrace for Lady Grey (5)
She appears in an ensemble that's rather colourless (5)
He splits a couple of poles made of wood (5)
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Rufus EVENSUP Makes things balance and quits to eat late meal (5,2)
Quits at university levels (5,2)
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Rufus MIGHT Russian fighter gains height and power (5)
Synonymous with right? Could be (5)
A possibility of power? (5)
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Rufus PHENOMENA Wonders when phone exchange changed name (9)
Wonders when phone is out of order and name has changed (9)
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Rufus GREAT Leading gangster about and at large (5)
Big jar, say (5)
Gang leader about — at large (5)
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Rufus TANGIER More tasteful port (7)
Port of granite construction (7)
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Rufus ENTRIES Competitors making records (7)
Competitors making records (7)
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Rufus STRIKER Match for a football player (7)
He refuses to work for more pay, perhaps (7)
One refusing to work in the forward line (7)
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Rufus ARMSRACE What gunrunners take part in? (4,4)
What gun-runners take part in? (4,4)
Is it won by the fastest guns in the West? (4,4)
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24010
Rufus TEETOTAL What the driver needs on the whole is to be sober (8)
What the driver needs needs above all is to be sober (8)
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Rufus BROADBEANS They're widely grown for eating (5,5)
They're widely grown for eating (5,5)
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Rufus SEAFEVER Masefield's mal-de-mer? (3-5)
Masefield's main complaint (3-5)
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Rufus DEADLOSS Mortality figures are a complete write-off (4,4)
Mortality figures are a total write-off (4,4)
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Rufus BARK What dogs do around trees (4)
What dogs do around trees (4)
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Rufus DEADCERT No racehorse alive is one (4,4)
No racehorse alive is one (4,4)
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Rufus HABITAT Where one lives a little in Panama, for example (7)
Where one lives a little in Panama, for example (7)
Practice at home ground (7)
Tabitha abandoned her natural home (7)
It's the custom at home (7)
Tabitha changes one's environment (7)
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Rufus BELLBUOY Buttons said to represent danger to sailors (4-4)
It gives warning to sailors affected by the drink (4,4)
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Rufus ELEVATOR Resort to a lever to provide lift (8)
Air traffic control (8)
Its users have no need to take flight to reveal confusion (8)
Resort to a lever to provide lift (8)
Lift to reveal switch (8)
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Rufus EDIT Prepare to put out with the rising tide (4)
Correct reversal of flow (4)
Correct rise in current (4)
Rise in current is correct (4)
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Rufus ASTONISH Cause amazement, seeing a holy man on his mobile (8)
Surprise shots in a melee (8)
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Rufus CHAINGANGS Their members were bound to work under strict supervision (5,5)
Their members were bound to work under strict supervision (5,5)
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Rufus VEERS Newly written verse takes a new direction (5)
Takes a new line in free verse (5)
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Rufus LOOKOUT Guard gives a warning (4,3)
A warning to those who are too introspective? (4,3)
Cave used as an observation post (4,3)
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Rufus ERROR Fear head chopped off in mistake (5)
Queen Elizabeth - right or wrong (5)
Panic, losing head, and slip (5)
It's a mistake to be led astray over gold (5)
One may slip and fall into it (5)
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Rufus ADMISSION Leave to enter guilty plea? (9)
Commercial delegation gets right of entry (9)
Entry to a commercial office (9)
Entry to a profession (9)
Right to enter guilty plea (9)
Right to enter guilty plea (9)
Commercial delegation gets right to enter (9)
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Rufus ATROPHIED A drink knocked over ran away swiftly — wasted (9)
Aphrodite's emaciated form (9)
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Rufus SERVANT He may have to wait for his money (7)
The civil type won't wait for a job (7)
He may have to wait for his money (7)
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Rufus ARENA Engagement ring from one who will care, naturally (5)
Scene of combat in an era that was backward (5)
A period return to Wembley, say (5)
Scene of conflict a long time back (5)
Boxing ring takes an age to erect (5)
A period return for Wembley, say (5)
Region holding northern sports venue (5)
Engagement ring? (5)
Earn a special place in the sporting world (5)
Northern region about to hold sporting events (5)
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Rufus AGUE A complaint I'd not put in a guide (4)
Illness makes the French quit league (4)
Complaint may be socially acceptable in time (4)
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Rufus EUNICE She's seen in a classy French resort at end of June (6)
She can turn out to be an upper-class niece (6)
She finds English university pleasant (6)
She finds English university pleasant (6)
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Rufus ZEROHOUR It's when to start, but nothing's on time (4,4)
But it's not the time nothing happens (4,4)
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Rufus OBSESS Torment bosses in difficulty (6)
Loosened bosses grip (6)
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Rufus AHEAD More advanced as a teacher? (5)
Given such a start, where you should be (5)
Winning article by school principal (5)
A capital position to be in (5)
A capital forward (5)
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Rufus RESIDENCE Home one left when decree nisi brought round (9)
Decree nisi produced when one abandoned home (9)
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Rufus APSE Primate seen around Sunday in church (4)
Mock taken around start of school recess (4)
Seen in church when spring returns before Easter starts (4)
Point primate out in church (4)
Primate embraces son in church recess (4)
Keys admit private secretary to part of church (4)
Primate embraces son in church (4)
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Rufus CAIN Bill turned in a murderer (4)
Fratricide put one in jail (4)
One imprisoned as a murderer (4)
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Rufus ASTRINGENT Following terrible strain chap becomes acerbic (10)
Severe strain breaks a man (10)
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Rufus MACABRE Ghostly appearance of horse without carriage (7)
Taxi runs into a horse - ghastly! (7)
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Rufus ADDICT One habitually taking things did wrong in law (6)
Drug user did wrong as lawbreaker (6)
A pothunter? (6)
One habitually taking things did wrong in law (6)
Drug user did wrong in law (6)
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Rufus OFFSTAGE Where prompt action is requested (3-5)
Non-playing coach attached to cricket side (3-5)
Not playing - cancelled coach (3-5)
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22906
Rufus STALAGMITE One growing up in a cave (10)
A prison camp child growing up (10)
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Rufus INITIATE Begin to explain what I did at the restaurant (8)
Start to teach (8)
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Rufus LIBRETTI Books for the opera (8)
Books for more than one opera (8)
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Rufus ACCEDE Agree to take the throne (6)
Agree it's of small account and acquiesce (6)
Agree current yield (6)
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Rufus SKETCHY Sailing boat seen in seaway in extremis — it's rough (7)
Rough cast to entertain king and others (7)
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Rufus INFERNO Fail to draw positive conclusions from Dante's work (7)
The hell of inner turmoil (7)
Conclude there's no place for the damned (7)
It's hell for nine at sea (7)
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Rufus ARROWS New wars or old weapons (6)
Gunners come up to the lines with weapons (6)
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Rufus ONTAP Where to keep one's hose readily available (2,3)
Where to find a washer permanently available (2,3)
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Rufus UNSEEN Nun wanders around diocese without being observed (6)
Nun wanders around diocese with unprepared translation (6)
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Rufus CINDERELLA Rags-to-riches story recalled in new adaptation (10)
She may be recalled in pantomime (10)
Rags-to-riches story recalled in new adaptation (10)
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27263
Rufus KEEPOUT A sign that visitors aren't welcome (4,3)
Peek, perhaps, but don't go in (4,3)
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Rufus COMPLETE Perfect finish (8)
Engage in competition without money to finish (8)
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Rufus IMPAIR Damage results from one member being overbearing (6)
I'm not one to weaken (6)
One member bearing harm (6)
Undermine brat with a look (6)
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Rufus OPERATION Musical production turned into theatrical work (9)
Relation seen in public performance (9)
Get choice about time for exercise (9)
Medical treatment in battle (9)
Performance in the theatre switched to open air (9)
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Rufus GREASE A fat lot of good as a lubricant (6)
Oil found somewhere in southeast Europe, say (6)
Agrees to make a film musical (6)
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Rufus ECONOMY Saving firm beset by money trouble (7)
Firm in money management? (7)
What's needed by firm in money trouble? (7)
Saving firm in money difficulty (7)
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Rufus GENERAL Officer in uniform or overall (7)
Officer showing intelligence and real potential (7)
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Rufus SPINACH Various chaps in vegetable production (7)
Drinks up with a companion and leaves (7)
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Rufus DICTATOR Secretary's boss can be a tyrant (8)
A tyrant will appear the day Riot Act is reformed (8)
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Rufus SPAGHETTI Diners wind up eating it (9)
You may wind up eating it (9)
Kind of Western food that's long in the cooking (9)
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22036
Rufus ENGAGEMENT Battle that led to union? (10)
Promise a fight (10)
Date of a battle? (10)
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Rufus UPTHEPOLE In great difficulty, but the flag is still flying (2,3,4)
In trouble, but the flag is still flying (2,3,4)
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Rufus MERCEDES Car, after hesitation, gives way on motorway (8)
Car, after hesitation, gives way on motorway (8)
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Rufus CRACKS Tells these jokes (6)
Stop these jokes (6)
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Rufus NEAREST Certainly it's not far eastern in origin (7)
Certainly it's not Far Eastern in origin (7)
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Rufus OPPOSED Objected to work, took up modelling (7)
Work put forward, but not accepted (7)
Popped the question after work but not accepted (7)
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Rufus INTERIM One kept in during school break (7)
Termini switched for the time being (7)
Fit, full of energy for the time being (7)
One kept in during school break (7)
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Rufus LORD Gracious! What an uncommon chap! (4)
In speech, commend one in the Upper Chamber (4)
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Rufus TIEBREAKER Decisive court action for a divorcee? (3-7)
Divorce in decisive court action? (10)
Decisive court action for one seeking a divorce? (10)
The services may prove decisive in this struggle (10)
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25850
Rufus SLIGHT Minor shows discourtesy (6)
Minor shows discourtesy (6)
Small - that's how it's meant to make one feel (6)
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24326
Rufus DREARY Gloomy doctor takes year off (6)
Gloomy feature in arid surroundings (6)
Dispirited doctor takes a year off (6)
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23138
Rufus UNCLEAR One of the family assumes a right, which is questionable (7)
Uncle Arthur's day off? It isn't apparent (7)
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Rufus DUENNA Young female accompanist (6)
Governess expected girl to stand up (6)
Spanish gooseberry (6)
Chaperon is expected to bring the girl back (6)
Governess is expected to bring the girl up (6)
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Rufus INANE When at home an Oriental looks foolish (5)
Silly girl that is going out (5)
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Rufus TESTCASE Two trials setting a precedent (4,4)
Matchbox model (4,4)
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Rufus RAMP It's a swindle to put a penny on farm butter (4)
Incline to drive quietly (4)
Parking on drive may be exploitation (4)
Storm caused by parking on drive (4)
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Rufus TOTE It's on course to work for the better (4)
System for better transport (4)
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Rufus REEF The knot sailors try to avoid (4)
Bank sailors try to avoid? (4)
Knot sailors try to avoid (4)
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Rufus THUMB One of two up for approval (5)
It's quite rough and ready as a rule (5)
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Rufus POD Pea jacket? (3)
It's evacuated during shelling (3)
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Rufus COLON Stop, or pass on (5)
Stop firm acquiring half the capital of England (5)
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Rufus CARVE Number feel concern about cut (5)
Cut number in custody (5)
Slice the turkey with five in mind? (5)
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Rufus INKIND How one may receive payment of a sort (2,4)
How one may receive payment of a sort (2,4)
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Rufus ADROIT On a winding road it is showing skill (6)
Road is renovated — it is skilfully done (6)
On a winding road it shows skill (6)
Expert — for a doctor, nothing to it (6)
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Rufus BUSYBODY An energetic group out to make mischief (8)
Energetic group, one out to make mischief (8)
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Rufus BACON Meat company included in embargo (5)
Breakfast food firm breaks an embargo (5)
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Rufus NICENE A number embracing church creed? (6)
A number embracing church creed? (6)
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Rufus OUCH Pained expression when top of bed falls off (4)
Pained expression when top of pocket is ripped off (4)
Pained expression when top of finger is cut off (4)
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Rufus BURN Fire and water (4)
Cold running water is treatment for it (4)
Poet's endless stream (4)
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26598
Rufus ECLIPSE Cuts in the middle of Greece produce blackout (7)
Obscure point repeated about prunes (7)
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Rufus INEQUITY Unfairness in the value of shares (8)
Injustice in the players' union (8)
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Rufus ODESSA From this port seas do appear rough (6)
Lines up a ship in port (6)
Lines going to a ship back in port (6)
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Rufus CONFETTI Paper for a union meeting? (8)
Papers thrown at union meeting (8)
Paper that's bought to throw away (8)
Papers thrown at union meeting (8)
Paper thrown at the match (8)
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27383
Rufus REAP Exceptional pear crop (4)
Harvest a variety of rape (4)
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Rufus LUDO Number taking turn at party game (4)
I play in Roman children's game (4)
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Rufus SWATHE Hit with explosive, required bandage (6)
Sort of hats we put bands round (6)
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Rufus RATING Deserving a reprimand (6)
Grade scrap metal inside (6)
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Rufus BREAKTHROUGH Penetrate enemy defences in a major advance (12)
Penetrate enemy defences — a significant development (12)
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Rufus ITERATE Repeat it in front of English judge (7)
Repeat treat that is arranged (7)
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Rufus TROT Left-wing movement (4)
Go for a jog, taking wrong turn (4)
Easy pace of David Copperfield (4)
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23114
Rufus TITLE The name is right (5)
Name and rank (5)
Handle right (5)
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22280
Rufus ERNIE Irene ruined the bondsman (5)
Irene may appear when he's around (5)
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Rufus EQUIP Fit of wild pique (5)
Provide the point before the joke (5)
Provide some point to a joke (5)
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Rufus SICKLEAVE An off break? (4,5)
Is one ill at ease with this? (4,5)
Period when one is not well off (4,5)
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24952
Rufus NOMINEE He must have a supporter and may get one in me (7)
A man who's proposed? (7)
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Rufus EQUITY Union left got in extremely easily (6)
Right sort of stock (6)
It's members want fair play, presumably (6)
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23587
Rufus DRAMATIC Sort of society in which people want to take part? (8)
People are keen take part in such a society (8)
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Rufus AMPS A chemist using current measures (4)
Current assertion of private secretary status (4)
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25862
Rufus CONTENDER One who struggles to steer a boat (9)
He tries to swindle with a business offer (9)
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26771
Rufus ROYAL Sail with two little boys (5)
Put up wager with gold sovereign (5)
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23383
Rufus NAIL File often found after this arrest (4)
It has a point, which may need filing (4)
A hard thing to catch (4)
To expose a lie, it needs hammering home (4)
A love outwardly secure (4)
Catch or fastener (4)
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27299
Rufus SANCTUM Private study (7)
Where man cuts adrift? (7)
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Rufus FEEL Have some sense and charge a pound! (4)
Be under the impression the charge is over a pound (4)
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Rufus ELOPE Make a run for the match (5)
Run away to marry East European on the rebound (5)
Run away to marry East European on the rebound (5)
Make a run to clinch the match (5)
Take sweetheart and run (5)
Leave secretly for the match (5)
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Rufus OCEANLINER Developed reliance on ship (5,5)
Ship wrecked in lone race (5,5)
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Rufus AFAR Prophet leaves seafarer well off (4)
A service rise that makes one well off (4)
A service rise that makes one well off (4)
A rise for flying men, now well off (4)
A force raised at some distance (4)
A return of service which is some way off (4)
A long way off getting a rising service (4)
A long way off getting a return of service (4)
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Rufus NAILED Fixed form of denial (6)
Notts opener wasn't well caught (6)
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Rufus ONTHELEVEL Not inclined to be fair (2,3,5)
Honestly devoid of cant? (2,3,5)
No tipping? Honestly! (2,3,5)
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26664
Rufus SENESCHAL She cleans out for the steward (9)
She cleans out for the steward (9)
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Rufus DOT Stop that girl! (3)
The point of a dowry (3)
I will need it, when small (3)
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24554
Rufus COSTS Expenses legally incurred (5)
The price of a suit (5)
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Rufus TITANIC Enormous disaster struck it (7)
It's flipping Brown in charge — what a disaster! (7)
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Rufus AGREEMENT Enter game play, making contract (9)
Fellows entering into a welcome correspondence (9)
People engaged in a welcome correspondence (9)
People engaged in a welcome correspondence (9)
Compact correspondence (9)
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Rufus ADORATION Commercial address brings high esteem (9)
Love helping after a party (9)
A girl getting into giddy hero worship? (9)
Greatest respect for commercial delivery (9)
Love a girl, one not otherwise engaged (9)
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26586
Rufus PLANTAIN Worker in the prairie producing fruit (8)
A fruit worker in Spartan accommodation (8)
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Rufus FATHOM Think in depth (6)
Investigate in depth (6)
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Rufus PLAN Unfinished aircraft design (4)
Blueprint for a tailless aircraft (4)
Plot a tailless aircraft (4)
Blueprint of factory nearing completion (4)
Design a tailless aircraft (4)
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22006
Rufus SPOONERISM That half-warmed fish, for example (10)
Belly jeans, for example? (10)
Is bird-watching an appropriate example of this? (10)
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22762
Rufus AIR Dry bearing? (3)
Inspired piece of music (3)
Piece of music that's inspired (3)
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23862
Rufus PETITION Tiptoe in order to get round robin, perhaps (8)
Tiptoe in order to get round robin, perhaps (8)
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Rufus INDIGO Looking blue, I'd go in for treatment (6)
Colour I associate with wrongdoing (6)
Duke Ellington's mood? (6)
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25257
Rufus OUTRIGHT Completely wrong direction (8)
Rejected just for being unqualified (8)
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Rufus SCORED Kept a record that's scratched (6)
Achieved one's goal? (6)
Hit orchestrated (6)
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26114
Rufus TALLIED Agreed everything was bound to come out (7)
Agreed everything was bound to come out (7)
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Rufus ROASTBEEF Cooked best o' fare? (5,4)
Boar's feet cooked as traditional English fare (9)
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22202
Rufus ATLARGE General on the loose (2,5)
General on the loose (2,5)
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Rufus SCANDALOUS Describing a school at play? (10)
Describing a school at play? (10)
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Rufus ELBOWROOM Space for army manoeuvres? (5,4)
Space for joint study (5,4)
Space for army manoeuvres? (5,4)
Sufficient for a joint operation in space? (5,4)
Joint study produces scope for expansion (5,4)
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25761
Rufus REARRANGE Back to stretch and score again (9)
Back stove put in new order (9)
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Rufus CRUSOE Robinson, of course (6)
He could get his work done by Friday (6)
Off course, he was shipwrecked (6)
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23557
Rufus ACIDTEST Dictates new chemistry examination involving litmus paper (4,4)
Dictates one way to prove gold genuine (4,4)
Dictates new chemistry examination involving litmus paper (4,4)
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22166
Rufus CHANGE Cash difference (6)
Novelty trade (6)
Church is about to suspend innovation (6)
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25683
Rufus COLT Two officers, one gun (4)
Horse pistol (4)
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Rufus CRACKPOT Crazy to take two banned substances (8)
Fool to pocket a ball at the end of break (8)
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23114
Rufus UNTIE It returns in June, having got the tip-off it's free (5)
Sort of nut that is loose (5)
Loose relative seen topless (5)
Loose relative seen topless (5)
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22202
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24380
Rufus REASSESS Soldiers on ship have to accept turbulent seas or reconsider (8)
Think again about seas breaking over ship (8)
Think twice about seas breaking over ship (8)
Reconsider about seas breaking over the ship (8)
About to start, seas break over ship — so reconsider (8)
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27377
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Rufus ANGEL A spirited harpist? (5)
An ugly leg but a heavenly body! (5)
Guardian article wins back support (5)
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23772
Rufus FACADE Commercial set in new cafe may give a false impression (6)
Walton's deceptive appearance (6)
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22780
Rufus DRINK Tea and toast (5)
Tea and toast (5)
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Rufus HANDBAG Most women have this combination of give and take (7)
Most women have this combination of give and take (7)
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26155
Rufus TREMOLO How to sing a piece written in quavers? (7)
Musical effect that's a lot more complicated (7)
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23114
Rufus HASTE It may be called for as the situation changes (5)
Expedition has only half a tent (5)
One is quick to make it (5)
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22524
Rufus ARCHENEMY One bent on trying to destroy you? (4-5)
Many cheer the reformation of Satan (4-5)
Many cheer reformation of Satan (4-5)
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26245
Rufus SECTION Notices faulty part (7)
Notices deployed military group (7)
Notices damaged part (7)
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26556
Rufus ERRATUM Singular mistake in Latin translation (7)
Singular mistake in Latin translation (7)
Mistake by deserter trapped by signs of hesitation (7)
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26664
Rufus STUDIO A Broadcasting House workshop? (6)
The artist's sitting-room (6)
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22470
Rufus ERASURE Removal time guaranteed (7)
Removal time guaranteed (7)
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26179
Rufus MEASURE Act or dance (7)
I object to a certain extent (7)
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24488
Rufus LOYAL Alloy turns out to be dependable (5)
Dependable form of alloy (5)
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23144
Rufus NASSAU It may be recommended as a sun resort (6)
Capital resort to give Susan a break (6)
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25623
Rufus ESPRIT Wit of a turbulent priest (6)
Wit of an animated priest (6)
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25377
Rufus EYEWASH England's first two trees? Nonsense! (7)
Asian trees? Nonsense! (7)
It clears one's view - to humbug? (7)
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23551
Rufus TENNIS Game won by the overforties (6)
Set up games around pub — one game in particular (6)
A real sport! (6)
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23258
Rufus CLAN Family is able to provide accommodation for a student (4)
Scots they may be, but they put a pound in the tin (4)
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23491
Rufus AGEOLD A ruined lodge that's been around for centuries (3-3)
Gaoled drunken ancient (3,3)
Gaoled drunken ancient (3-3)
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Rufus THETA A letter is all the thanks you get (5)
He's in race with a foreign character (5)
Letter that he takes to heart (5)
The thanks one gets from a Greek character (5)
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24648
27017
Rufus ROSE Stood up for a lady (4)
Adjourned for some wine (4)
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Rufus ARTISAN Possibly train as a mechanic (7)
Sinatra, swinging expert (7)
Made a move to train as a mechanic (7)
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26454
Rufus CAROUSEL Musical baggage carrier (8)
Girl secures employment as baggage carrier (8)
Girl secures employment in musical (8)
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25497
Rufus ALLITERATION Repetition is, after all, Peter Piper's speciality (12)
Repetition is, after all, Peter Piper's speciality (12)
Initial repetition is only repetition after all (12)
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27095
Rufus HAM Radio operator who performs badly (3)
Food served at Noah's table (3)
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Rufus CIVIL Polished Roman figures (5)
Polite sort of servants (5)
Are these servants always polite? (5)
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25102
Rufus MAINLINE Mother queueing for Inter-City travel? (4,4)
Principal occupation of a railway? (4,4)
Mother queueing for InterCity travel? (8)
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26048
Rufus CONVEYANCE A vehicle drawn up in accordance with the law (10)
Legal document that could be a trap (10)
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24244
Rufus GRIT Courage needed on icy roads (4)
Courage needed on icy roads (4)
Courage needed by chickens? (4)
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22948
Rufus ABSTRACTED Summarised and withdrawn (10)
Summarised and withdrawn (10)
Daydreaming, make wrong bet at cards (10)
It's taken out in wool-gathering (10)
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26831
Rufus MANILLA Chap unfit to work on a tough paper (7)
Paper obtained for one pound in Asian capital (7)
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Rufus TREACLE Well content in Wonderland (7)
Syrup well described by the Dormouse (7)
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Rufus NEGLIGENT Has a fresh egg in Lent, regardless (9)
Has a fresh egg in Lent, regardless (9)
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Rufus NOTES Marks or pounds? (5)
Cash registers? (5)
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Rufus DIAMOND Area inside American bases (7)
No heart of stone (7)
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Rufus EARL Noble brew of ale that's about right (4)
Listener and learner in the Lords (4)
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26694
Rufus LOSING Defeat looks far from good in the record (6)
What is wrong in record being beaten? (6)
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26257
Rufus OFFENDER Criminal purpose in proposal (8)
The culprit's proposal about the outcome (8)
Criminal making last bid to get outside (8)
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Rufus BEES Their quarters are combed for food (4)
Their quarters are combed for food (4)
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Rufus SQUATTED Settled without recourse to law (8)
Settled without recourse to law (8)
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Rufus EAGER Agree to differ, being passionate (5)
Keen to agree to differ (5)
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23527
Rufus SERVETIME Go to prison for bad verse and metre (5,4)
Work for the enemy, as a prisoner might do (5,4)
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Rufus OFFAL Refuse of autumn left out (5)
Refuse to be seen away with a student (5)
Waste parts of Cornish river (5)
Refuse organic food? (5)
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26670
Rufus PIQUE Resentment at card game not finishing (5)
It sounds like the height of irritation (5)
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Rufus LICKED Lapped and beaten (6)
Gave tongue, though subdued (6)
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Rufus HEELED Carried out shoe repairs as listed (6)
Angled and he'd caught a fish (6)
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Rufus GRIEVE Suffer changing rig with first mate (6)
Mourn for George, King-Emperor, the night before (6)
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Rufus EMIGRATE Move to a new country home (8)
Travel overseas to get home (8)
Government leader in Arab state made to leave home (8)
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24642
Rufus TABLET One may take this battle formation (6)
It may be prescribed or inscribed (6)
Prescription for sober man with a healthy heart (6)
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Rufus EFFETE Spent two notes at gala (6)
Spent two notes at the fair (6)
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Rufus CORPSE Subject in a stiff examination? (6)
Body found right in the middle of a small wood (6)
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Rufus ASSERTS Maintains a rising pressure (7)
Maintains a back pressure (7)
Maintains a return pressure (7)
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Rufus RESPONSE Angrily press one for an answer (8)
Improperly press one for an answer (8)
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Rufus ENBLOC Altogether, Ben mis­directed back pass (2,4)
Altogether Ben fails to set up pass (2,4)
Noel with balloons and chains, initially well turned out, as a whole (2,4)
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Rufus TEAL Duck leaves lake (4)
After tea make a half century, or a duck (4)
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23150
Rufus FIRED As good and bad employees may be, with enthusiasm (5)
Given the sack with enthusiasm (5)
As good and bad employees may be, with enthusiasm (5)
Sacked and burnt (5)
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26275
Rufus ACETIC One with nervous trouble can be really sour (6)
One getting over show of nerves can be really sour (6)
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Rufus INTHEBAG Sacked, no doubt (2,3,3)
Sacked, no doubt (2,3,3)
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Rufus INDICATE Cat Enid and I groomed for show (8)
Cat Enid and I groomed for show (8)
One acted in variety show (8)
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Rufus BEHINDBARS Where publicans may be locked up (6,4)
Where publicans are locked up? (6,4)
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Rufus OTIC Notice part of the ear (4)
Ring starts nervous reaction in the ear (4)
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Rufus EXTRA Run out of pictures to back (5)
Run a special edition (5)
Run over? (5)
A minor player makes more (5)
Non-striking bonus (5)
Run out of paintings for mounting (5)
Another run (5)
More than usually wide (5)
Small part actor gets a run (5)
Tear out about ten more (5)
More or less important player (5)
He's paid to say nothing (5)
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Rufus PACIFIC Calm sea (7)
Seeking peace between China and the US (7)
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Rufus NAIVETE I have innate artlessness (7)
New native quarter shows simplicity (7)
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Rufus CHEEK The nerve of the chap (5)
The nerve of the chap (5)
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24756
Rufus HASHISH Finding cannabis will settle his hash (7)
Drug used when man's between hospitals (7)
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27005
Rufus RUSTLER Specialist in stock­taking? (7)
Thief starts right but gets wrong result (7)
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26951
Rufus EMENDED Turn me over - that's better! (7)
Chaps caught in foul deed are corrected (7)
Turn me over - that's better! (7)
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23330
Rufus TABOO Label a pair socially unacceptable (5)
Expressions of gratitude and disapproval are forbidden (5)
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23862
Rufus LORDOFTHERINGS Book champion boxer? (4,2,3,5)
Film boxing champion? (4,2,3,5)
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25084
Rufus AWARD Assign a key part (5)
A minor scholarship (5)
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Rufus POLESAPART Irreconcilable Europeans have to be separated (5,5)
Very different from East Poplar (5,5)
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Rufus PUTOUT Annoyed at being inconvenienced (3,3)
Yet you may feel so, if taken in by somebody (3,3)
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26927
Rufus CROSSBOW Travel through East End district with offensive weapon (8)
They make a bolt for it (8)
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22834
Rufus QUARTERDECK Clubs, possibly, where naval officers may be found (11)
Suit for naval officers (11)
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26646
Rufus LUNATIC Involved in a cult that's crazy (7)
Involved in a cult that's crazy (7)
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Rufus PLOT Ground needed for play (4)
Plan to put money in the kitty (4)
Ground plan (4)
Aviator lacking a single chart (4)
Flier without a single chart (4)
Plan shows parking place (4)
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24112
Rufus UNGAINLY Being awkward in an ugly development (8)
Drunk in an ugly situation gets awkward (8)
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Rufus CASINO Counterfeit coin as used by gamblers (6)
Where people make pots on a wheel (6)
A coin's tossed in a gambling situation (6)
One takes no end of cash in, finishing with nothing (6)
One takes no end of cash in here, finishing with nothing (6)
Group going round an evil gambling den (6)
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23437
Rufus UPBEAT Favourable pub cooking — tuck in! (6)
Pub arranged to have meals in every bar (6)
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23377
Rufus OSIER Rosie's willowy form (5)
Wild rose one found growing by the river (5)
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Rufus RENEGES Pulls out Greene's novel (7)
Pulls out Greene's novel (7)
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21731
Rufus FOUNDLING Abandoned infant discovered by Heather (9)
Abandoned type petting outside university (9)
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Rufus TIDETABLE Publication showing current changes (4,5)
Its ups and downs may be studied by the pilot (4,5)
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21916
Rufus TORPEDO It sinks below the waves (7)
It sinks beneath the waves (7)
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24898
Rufus IRONS Restrictions for members in clubs (5)
People are clapped in these clubs (5)
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26167
Rufus GUNPOWDER Explosive magazine article (9)
Contents of magazine now purged, re-issued (9)
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25269
Rufus ASSETS When companies provide capital (6)
Fool set about things of value (6)
Capital for a ship holding company (6)
When collections are worth having (6)
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Rufus CAWS Reason heard for bird cries (4)
Cries of ravens or motherless parrots (4)
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Rufus EASY Take it away from work (4)
It's not difficult to name a novel midshipman (4)
A piece of cake for a midshipman (4)
Soft piece of cake (4)
Yet it is difficult for busy people to take it (4)
Simple? Yes, with a new form (4)
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Rufus INNOVATION Hostelry needs plaudits for introduction of something new (10)
Pub needs approval for modernisation (10)
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Rufus AREA A touching article or tract (4)
Time to come up before a court (4)
Space evolved a long time back (4)
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Rufus PLUS A positive sign (4)
A sign of increasing significance (4)
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Rufus TAFFETA Obtaining material, staff head missed tea break (7)
Staff head missing tea break to obtain material (7)
Fine stuff for a Welsh banker at tea break (7)
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21904
Rufus ESPY Yes, about to include parking spot (4)
Spot for parking inside, yes? Possibly (4)
See key goes to the agent (4)
Leading estate agent's notice (4)
Spot for parking inside? Yes, possibly (4)
Yes! About to accept parking spot (4)
See a letter goes to the agent (4)
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22006
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22602
Rufus ALLTHESAME There's a lack of variety, still (3,3,4)
Nevertheless, shows no distinctive qualities (3,3,4)
Identical, nevertheless (3,3,4)
Still a lack of variety (3,3,4)
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Rufus ASIA Part of the Burma-Siam landmass (4)
Like to take one to a region where Jesus was born (4)
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Rufus SACREDCOW Scared, possibly by bully — one given undue respect (6,3)
Papal bull's counterpart that's beyond criticism (6,3)
Counterpart of a papal bull that's above criticism? (6,3)
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Rufus DATES Fruit goes out of fashion (5)
Takes a girl out fruit (5)
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Rufus SWELL Splendid organ effect (5)
Waves get bigger (5)
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Rufus ERRATA In time, deserter will make mistakes (6)
Bookmaker's slips? (6)
Mistakes in Latin translation (6)
Such mistakes are holding a sailing man up (6)
Subjects of Shakes­pearean comedy in Latin (6)
Mistakes upset sailor in time (6)
Mistakes are holding sailor up (6)
In time deserter will make mistakes (6)
Time conceals deserter's mistakes (6)
Rising in time, sailor rectified mistakes (6)
Mistakes are holding a sailor back (6)
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25743
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21946
Rufus EYES They see and give audible approval (4)
Witnesses a key agreement (4)
They look for sounds of agreement (4)
Potato peelers may miss them, if they don't keep them peeled (4)
They're down to play bingo (4)
One may get one's hooks into them (4)
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25102
Rufus ANGELA Girl writing Guardian article (6)
She writes Guardian article (6)
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Rufus LEADON Persuade one to believe the dog's ready for walkies (4,2)
The dog's ready for walkies - go ahead (4,2)
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Rufus SIDEISSUE Team result is not the main topic of conver­sation (4,5)
Team result of little importance (4,5)
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Rufus ENDLESS Coming to no conclusion (7)
Descriptive of an eternity ring? (7)
Not interrupted without reason (7)
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22446
Rufus EASYCHAIR Academic sinecure to fall back on? (4,5)
Comfortable situation for a professor (4,5)
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Rufus GLOBAL Comprehensive to throw girl out (6)
Comprehensive to throw girl out (6)
Going round the world is smashing opportunity for girl to take in (6)
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25713
Rufus TOWER Wrote off loom (5)
Building quarters within a rock (5)
Building quarters inside a hill (5)
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22160
Rufus PEDANTS They're out of step and overfussy (7)
They're out of step and overfussy (7)
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Rufus HYMN Air of sanctity (4)
An air of sanctity (4)
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Rufus EXCERPT It may be taken from a book but is about right (7)
Passage taken from book unless grabbing reader at the start (7)
Small passage runs into bar (7)
Right in, but it's taken out (7)
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Rufus LADIESMAN He might take advantage of a damsel in distress (6,3)
One fond of the girls puts damsel in a turmoil (6,3)
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Rufus ALLOCATION Assignment left in a particular spot (10)
Assignment requiring a number and place (10)
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Rufus OBSTACLE A barrier to progress for some races (8)
The problem of race? (8)
Check repair to cables (8)
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26347
Rufus REMEMBER Recall soldiers and arm (8)
Recall soldiers and arm (8)
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Rufus SHEET Paper put to bed (5)
Such music is not bound to sell (5)
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23365
Rufus BISTRO Way out writer in French restaurant (6)
A bar across the channel? (6)
Writer, a good man, seen inside foreign restaurant (6)
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Rufus SPIRAL The continual round of wage increases? (6)
April's wild wind (6)
April's turning out to be spring-like (6)
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Rufus OFFEND Annoy by leaving on purpose (6)
Insult by leaving a tip (6)
Insult by leaving a tip (6)
Break the law, but not on purpose (6)
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24882
Rufus ENVIED Resented having to struggle in the final stage (6)
Begrudged having to compete in the final round (6)
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Rufus STEPDOWN Don swept out when made to resign (4,4)
Demotion? Resign! (4,4)
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Rufus OFFA Who ditched England and Wales of all football clubs? (4)
A bad start for an ancient king (4)
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Rufus DIDO Hearing of Troy's fall, she took no action (4)
Mythological princess performed with nothing on (4)
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Rufus BUTTONHOLE Waylay Rose, perhaps (10)
Collar — or another part of the shirt? (10)
Part of a shirt and collar (10)
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23892
Rufus NOODLE Mug one may put one's teeth into? (6)
One old silly (6)
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Rufus CARESS Pat is anxious, starting school (6)
Worries over second stroke (6)
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Rufus IGUANA Lizard again becoming animated around mid-January (6)
Union leader upset again about a creeper (6)
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Rufus BUTT The barrel end of a gun (4)
Barrel and stock of gun (4)
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Rufus ALBS A pound's put on for services (4)
A pound's put on clerical wear (4)
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Rufus PERSISTENT It's present in a constantly recurring form (10)
Prettiness in a constantly recurring form (10)
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Rufus ANTE A stake in a buoyant economy (4)
Hothead raised the stake (4)
Sounds an unfavourable bet (4)
Stake for backing a mount (4)
Dined about noon, or before (4)
Back a mount, ie bet (4)
Back a mount, ie bet (4)
Payment before mountain ascent (4)
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24898
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Rufus TRENDY Close in an attempt to be fashionable (6)
With it, the essay is without purpose (6)
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Rufus ATTEMPT A shot at test (7)
Trial at court (7)
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Rufus DORMANT Possibly asleep, certainly inactive (7)
Walked back around a chap sleeping (7)
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Rufus ENTER Go in for chips without fish (5)
Appear to act? (5)
Go in for chips without fish (5)
Accept an invitation and stop being an outsider (5)
Record some inadvertent errors (5)
Put your name down to go in (5)
Record a stage direction (5)
Record a stage direction (5)
Come in to register (5)
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26006
21868
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25761
Rufus SPAR Box of ship's timber? (4)
Fight possibly rigged (4)
Hits back in fight (4)
Knocks over box (4)
Fight taking one second on average (4)
Fight blows up (4)
Beats up a Pole (4)
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24958
25689
21874
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24238
Rufus WING It may be used to lift a football side (4)
Part of a building — birds may be on it (4)
Elevator for part of the building (4)
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24798
Rufus COAXED Persuaded firm to cut down (6)
Induced firm to cut down (6)
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Rufus AGEING Throwing out an egg I found no longer fresh (6)
An egg I scrambled, obviously not new-laid (6)
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Rufus CHEESECAKE Pin-up of uncovered tart (10)
Tasty dish, or picture of one? (10)
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24482
Rufus ROMANCE Account for two Christian churches (7)
Love of fiction (7)
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Rufus TESTCASES Experiment on patients may set precedents (4,5)
Experiment on patients may set precedents (4,5)
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Rufus IDEALS Things difficult to live up to in one's trade? (6)
Reformed ladies highly thought of (6)
Ladies in fashion or models (6)
Naughty ladies men dream of (6)
Ladies in fashion becoming models (6)
Models or ladies in fashion (6)
Naughty ladies that men dream of (6)
Models or ladies in fashion (6)
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22166
26090
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24238
Rufus EXPRESS Push former wife in front of train (7)
Say, that's quick! (7)
Speak fast (7)
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Rufus MAISONETTE No estimate for rebuilding home (10)
Make use of one's time at home (10)
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Rufus TSETSE Repeatedly set about a fly (6)
Come up with trial bearing on African fly (6)
Repeatedly set about a bloodsucking fly (6)
New set admits another set in insect life (6)
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26700
Rufus FETE Sounds a lot to make much of (4)
Fair to put the head in charge (4)
Putting the head in charge is fair (4)
Carnival produces a lot of sound (4)
Shuffling feet in the bazaar (4)
French summer celebration (4)
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24398
Rufus DARWIN Draw in new capital (6)
Inward-turning scientist (6)
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Rufus STAMPEDE Stock reaction to panic? (8)
Running out of stock, all at once (8)
Impressed by eastern flight (8)
Run caused by panic in the stock market? (8)
Flight impressed about a quarter (8)
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22846
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Rufus ESTRANGE Sergeant out to part friends (8)
Part friends? (8)
Cut off with wrongly set compass (8)
Split up and set off with compass (8)
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27131
Rufus ICICLES They're frozen in suspense (7)
They're frozen in suspense (7)
They are suspended in cold weather (7)
They hang about in the cold (7)
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26951
Rufus KIMONO A book Kipling wrote on love — it's popular in Japan (6)
Oriental cover for doctor in family circle (6)
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Rufus FLEACIRCUS Where one may find a small jumper with a big top? (4,6)
Where to find a small jumper with a big top? (4,6)
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Rufus APPEARANCE It's put in by an attendant or 3 down in 21 down (10)
One turns up to put one in (10)
It's put in by an attendant (10)
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Rufus JOBSATISFACTION People do what they like with it (3,12)
People do what they like with it (3,12)
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Rufus LIEN Right position of course - north (4)
Right position of course — north (4)
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Rufus INTEGRAL Possibly relating to the whole (8)
Whole triangle is out of kilter (8)
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Rufus ALLSAINTSDAY Festival in various lands - Italy's a possibility (3,6,3)
Festival in various lands - Italy's a possibility (3,6,3)
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24398
Rufus JACOBEAN 17th century girl straddles a horse (8)
17th-century girl astride a horse (8)
Girl straddles a horse belonging to James (8)
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Rufus SQUEAL Cry out - to the police? (6)
Cry to the police? (6)
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Rufus COVERED Reported to be held at gunpoint (7)
Hidden - but not from a gunman? (7)
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Rufus USURER Loan shark certain to be found in the City (6)
Loan shark employer admits game is up (6)
He takes more interest than you would wish (6)
Loan shark certain to be found in the city (6)
One who takes great interest in business (6)
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26251
Rufus SKEWBALD Spotted horse thatês white, not black (8)
Spotted horse that's white — not black (8)
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26161
Rufus CARRIER Naval ship requiring quarantine? (7)
Naval ship requiring quarantine? (7)
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Rufus STRUGGLE Try hard to get free labour (8)
Try hard to get free labour (8)
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Rufus OUTTRAY Where office work is seen to be done (3,4)
Where office work is seen to be done (3,4)
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Rufus UTAH State university backed capital investment (4)
State without a health centre (4)
State university raising capital investment (4)
State university raising capital investment (4)
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25168
Rufus COOK Captain's favourable report on the colonel (4)
Chef's firm "Yes" (4)
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Rufus REVISION The last thing those taking exams should do (8)
Preparing for exam? That makes a change (8)
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Rufus BEELINE Quickest way home for some workers (7)
No deviation from a working party policy? (7)
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Rufus SPLIT A sign of disunity in Croatia (5)
It may describe the infinitive "to separate" (5)
Breakdown in disagreement (5)
Disunity seen in former Jugoslavia (5)
Rent a place in Croatia (5)
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25880
Rufus OLDHANDS Elderly crew of experienced campaigners (3,5)
Elderly crew of experienced campaigners (3,5)
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Rufus AFTERTASTE Behind gets a smack, leaving a lingering sensation (10)
A smack on the behind gives a lingering sensation (10)
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Rufus ISLE Land in the water (4)
Small marine detachment (4)
Setting up Italian agreement, the French give ground (4)
What divides the Church, say, in Ireland, perhaps (4)
In French is it spelt without the S? Yes (4)
I stole away to an isolated spot (4)
Key heading is missing from passage (4)
Little land is left to the East (4)
Land in Paris (Le Bourget) (4)
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26257
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24560
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26167
Rufus ALLOTMENT Allowance for home-grown food provider (9)
Does this imply sharecropping? (9)
Share in a growing concern (9)
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22912
Rufus FLUE Outlet for dispersing fuel (4)
Fuel designed to deal with smoke problem (4)
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23054
Rufus VICTORIA Queen's state carriage (8)
State carriage? (8)
Old coach station (8)
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25874
Rufus COURAGE Bottle about as old as we are (7)
Bottle company prompt, coming about midday (7)
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Rufus SCOTCH The spirit of Hogmanay? (6)
Stop and have a drink (6)
Put down a whisky (6)
Crush the spirit (6)
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24482
Rufus SETFAIR Party with blonde when weather forecast's favourable (3,4)
Weather forecast favourable ? fear it's incorrect (3,4)
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Rufus TAKEITORLEAVEIT Shoplifter's dilemma? (4,2,2,5,2)
Fancy Kate over Letitia? It's Hobson's choice (4,2,2,5,2)
Hobson's choice (4,2,2,5,2)
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Rufus IRISH Hibernian flag on hospital (5)
Flower head of hydrangea comes from Ireland (5)
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Rufus INERT It holds the unloved emperor motionless (5)
Nitre treated like nitrogen (5)
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Rufus EBOR Archbishop has to dress up (4)
Dress up as an archbishop (4)
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Rufus LOITER Toiler disposed to belie his nature (6)
In a new role it may make no attempt to hurry (6)
Hang around and see it turn up again (6)
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24554
Rufus AUGRATIN Gold rating for cooking grilled dish (2,6)
Cooking technique gets gold rating, perhaps (2,6)
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24888
Rufus ACIDIC Sharp detectives in US intelligence set-up (6)
Sharp detectives in rising American intelligence organisation (6)
Detectives in US agency retired, remaining sharp (6)
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25419
Rufus ODES Does wrong, gets lines (4)
Does wrong, so gets lines (4)
Some poetry does need editing (4)
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26006
Rufus OBELI Samuel's teacher is after old boy with daggers drawn (5)
Daggers drawn? (5)
Nigerian tribesmen hold up the French with daggers drawn (5)
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25132
Rufus EPITAPH Deadlines (7)
It's usually written to one unable to read it (7)
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22118
Rufus GREMLIN Aviation spirit? (7)
Aviation spirit (7)
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Rufus SHRED She would pack a right in a scrap (5)
Scrap when Communist is told to be quiet! (5)
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27203
Rufus CHEERUP Take encouragement in comfort (5,2)
Take encouragement in comfort (5,2)
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Rufus LYRICS Cyril's playing with words in numbers (6)
Cyril's odd odes (6)
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Rufus PARENTAL Torn between father and a love initially of mother? (8)
A payment covered by friend of father, perhaps (8)
Fatherly friend swallows a tear (8)
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23240
Rufus COMMERCE Business force established around the last millennium (8)
Business award in force (8)
Force acquiring thousands by way of business (8)
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Rufus THRESHOLD Starting point is no walkover for the bride (9)
The bride will be up in arms over it (9)
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Rufus MAILED Posted under protective cover (6)
Posted under protective cover (6)
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Rufus ACROSS A vote to the other side? (6)
A vote having gone to the other side (6)
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Rufus LEAKAGE Unofficial news of an escape (7)
A breach of security (7)
A breach of security (7)
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22280
Rufus ORGANDIE Instrument to stamp fine material (8)
I'd turn up in a sort of orange fabric (8)
Instrument to stamp fine material (8)
Fabric on instrument to perish (8)
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26143
Rufus KISMET A thousand odd times is a lot (6)
Musical destiny (6)
Lot of Arabs (6)
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Rufus ACHE A pain in the stomach eased by treatment (4)
One outside hospital may need treatment (4)
Pine used in making a tea chest (4)
One seen outside hospital may need treatment (4)
Current male desire (4)
Yearn for each other (4)
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23407
Rufus SPLASH Excitement created by man overboard? (6)
Excitement created by the astronaut's comedown (6)
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24398
Rufus DESPAIR A spider possibly saved Bruce from it (7)
Padre is sunk in gloom (7)
A spider possibly saved Bruce from it (7)
Aspired to be a giant in the literary world (7)
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Rufus UMBRELLA It gets held up when the weather's bad (8)
It's always used up when needed (8)
Handy personal cover? (8)
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26813
Rufus PROPERTIES Playthings? (10)
Building constructed with joints in natural colouring (10)
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Rufus ALTO He is used to having high scores (4)
A number given to someone to sing (4)
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Rufus LINING It conceals the seamy side of our habits (6)
It conceals the seamy side of our habits (6)
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Rufus ASSEMBLE See lambs rounded up and put together (8)
Collect up jumble in efficient fashion (8)
See lambs rounded up and put together (8)
Bless me! A strange get-together (8)
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26347
26945
Rufus ANCIENT Article on foreign currency includes one that's out-of-date (7)
Article on foreign currency includes one that's out of date (7)
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26454
Rufus ARRESTED Stayed in custody (8)
Stayed in custody (8)
Stopped and taken into custody (8)
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26927
Rufus ATREST Doing nothing right in an examination (2,4)
Doing nothing right in an exam (2,4)
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25791
Rufus ULCER Cruel doctor causes pain (5)
Cruel doctor may give continuing pain (5)
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24892
Rufus TRADEUNION Working association involves routine and order (5,5)
Order and routine for working organisation (5,5)
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23455
Rufus APPENDICES Writer's additions that may be cut out in the theatre (10)
Writers' additions? They may be taken out in the theatre (10)
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21653
Rufus TURNOVER Amount of business produced by a pie (8)
Business reverse? (8)
Pass on the takings (8)
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26120
Rufus CENTIMETRE Short measure I encountered in the middle of town (10)
Length of time in the middle (10)
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Rufus UNA One seen in France with a girl
One Italian girl's name (3)
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Rufus MIND No matter to object to (4)
Be careful - it's said to be booby-trapped (4)
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23808
Rufus PERCENTAGE Cut in decimal rates (10)
Part of centre page spread (10)
A cut in the rate (10)
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21946
Rufus SCRATCH Minor injury is no handicap (7)
Slight wound is no handicap (7)
Withdraw with a slight injury (7)
Make a mark as a non-runner (7)
Cancel score (7)
Retire from the contest - not up to it? (7)
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22602
Rufus HADRIAN He built a wall and kept rain out (7)
Pope with aspiration, leading to becoming emperor (7)
Pope with aspiration to become emperor (7)
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26329
21707
Rufus ABACI You can count on them (5)
Hand-operated computers (5)
On which adders slide to and fro? (5)
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Rufus DIABOLO Top game can be the very devil (7)
Game in which Diana and Jack have nothing on — look! (7)
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25587
Rufus ABOLITION There's no alibi to put out for the cancellation (9)
End of the act? (9)
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26132
Rufus PEKE Said to be the top dog (4)
Said to be top dog (4)
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Rufus AMID Between-maid after new position (4)
In the course of a lacklustre comeback (4)
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Rufus MIDAIR I'm mounting new raid above ground level (6)
I join Bond's boss arranging raid above ground level (3-3)
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26897
Rufus ENFORCE Clamp down in French army (7)
Demand observance in French Foreign Legion, say (7)
Clamp down in French Legion (7)
Clamp down in French Legion (7)
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21790
Rufus DANGEROUS Relaxing one's guard is risky (9)
Relaxing one's guard is risky (9)
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Rufus ALOFT A place to see pigeons flying (5)
Empty new flat on the top floor? (5)
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26161
Rufus ENMESHED Coming in last after me, she gets caught (8)
Engaged, that's the outcome about me and a girl (8)
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Rufus DIGITS Understand it's including one's fingers and toes (6)
Understand it's describing figures below ten (6)
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Rufus OKLAHOMA Musical state (8)
State accepted initially leaving Omaha out (8)
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24690
Rufus UNISON Agreement to give son in marriage (6)
International group is performing in concert (6)
Trade organisation about to start striking reaches agreement (6)
International group's performing in concert (6)
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22668
Rufus BRITANNIA Copper was impressed with the old Royal Yacht (9)
She backed the replacement of the ten-shilling note (9)
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Rufus GAGA Senile and repetitive state (4)
Lady in a senile and repetitive state (4)
Nuts: crack almonds to start with (4)
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23838
Rufus DIVIDEND Interest shared about a point (8)
Benefit is cut about a quarter (8)
A product of good stock (8)
Benefit from investment is cut about a quarter (8)
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26777
26233
Rufus BAILIE Scottish magistrate that is after guarantee of court appearance (6)
False alibi initially excluded by Scottish magistrate (6)
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25437
Rufus LAUGHINGSTOCK Comedian's repertoire is one that's ridiculous (8,5)
Butt for the flower under the ha-ha (8-5)
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22446
Rufus CYCLOPS Singular-looking giant? (7)
Singular-looking giant? (7)
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Rufus GOLDILOCKS Wealth is about to provide security for girl in panto (10)
Bears out what she found in story? (10)
Wealth is about to provide security for girl in pantomime (10)
25892
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23491
Rufus ACTRESS She plays with electricity switch (7)
Player inserts key in a lock (7)
She plays with key in a lock (7)
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23060
Rufus TERRAPIN I take new partner round to see small reptile (8)
Hardback produced by a printer (8)
Reptile bringing back one young salmon in ten (8)
Aquatic creature softly goes into ground (8)
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Rufus NICOLE She brings firm into line, perhaps (6)
Colin goes out East to see her (6)
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Rufus RATIO A trio involved with proportional representation (5)
A trio bent on making a relationship (5)
Relationship discovered in the maths class (5)
A trio's broken relationship (5)
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25024
Rufus TRADEWAR Exchange hostilities in commercial confrontation (5,3)
Exchange hostilities in commercial confrontation (5,3)
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26114
Rufus REVEILLE It brings about a military rising (8)
Army call-up (8)
The militant's first summons (8)
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21713
Rufus ETNA Mount hotly tipped to run (4)
Sicilian hothead (4)
Raising the stake for hotly tipped runner (4)
A feature of Sicily and French North Africa (4)
Mount found in Estonia, oddly enough (4)
Stake for backing hotly-tipped runner (4)
Raise the stake — this mount's hotly tipped (4)
Raise the stake for mount hotly tipped when it runs (4)
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Rufus ASSIST Help to ensure a ship is on time (6)
Fool it's silly to help (6)
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Rufus SCREAM Something very enjoyable is still second best (6)
Great fun for sadists? (6)
Second best part in a hilarious performance (6)
Indication of terror: how funny! (6)
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Rufus SPA A well-endowed result (3)
Spring in southern US state (3)
Health resort's endless boom (3)
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Rufus OBSTINATE Stubborn stain to be treated (9)
Stubborn stain to be removed (9)
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Rufus PENPUSHER Clerk gives pound to drug peddler (3,6)
Clerk to confine drug pedlar (3-6)
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Rufus NIAGARA A river once more rises and falls (7)
A river once more rises and falls (7)
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Rufus TILLAGE Cultivation that's up to date (7)
Cultivation that's up to date (7)
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Rufus AMENABLE The morning help is easily won over (8)
Willing to provide means in support of rising scholar (8)
Willing scholar comes up to help (8)
During stroll, girl is likely to be won over (8)
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Rufus MISUSE Brood about one's ill-treatment (6)
Brood about one's ill-treatment (6)
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Rufus NELSON Victory was doubly his (6)
You'll find this admiral in the hold (6)
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Rufus NITWIT A complete fool can be turned to a humorist (6)
He's stupid in trying to open it without a key (6)
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Rufus STAIRS Steps inside (6)
They include a case for those seeking a rise (6)
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Rufus RAREST Least common form of arrest (6)
Most unusual form of arrest (6)
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Rufus ENDEDUP Finally attained a high position (5,2)
Eventually made it to the top (5,2)
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Rufus MOROSE "Moody" could describe Romeo's disposition (6)
Romeo's disposition is melancholic (6)
Sad as the Walrus swallowing first of the oysters (6)
Doctor got up and down (6)
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Rufus UPRIGHT Part of one's goal at university? Correct! (7)
Moral support (7)
Moral support (7)
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Rufus GLAZIER His work is often framed (7)
His work is often framed (7)
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Rufus PLATEAU Paul brewed tea in a high-rise flat (7)
High-rise flat (7)
Paul brewed tea in high-rise flat (7)
Paul brewed tea in a high-rise flat (7)
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25653
Rufus REELED Danced and swam (6)
Got in on line and danced (6)
Danced and swam (6)
Staggered, but got in line (6)
How one danced when not quite sober? (6)
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Rufus LOGS Mathematical aids may finish up on the fire (4)
Outmoded tables may end up on the fire (4)
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Rufus ENTRENOUS French private (9)
French private (5,4)
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Rufus GATE Punish student spectators (4)
Entrance for spectators (4)
Money taken at gunpoint? (4)
21994
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Rufus DIGS Appreciates one's accommodation (4)
Appreciates verbal thrusts (4)
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Rufus GEMINI Twins, for example, reversed the car (6)
Twins have empty garage, acquiring car (6)
A sign, say, to jack up the car (6)
The twins, for instance, jacked up the car (6)
A sign of twins (6)
Twins with empty garage acquiring car (6)
There's something precious in one set of twins (6)
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Rufus CHORUS Alternative accepted by such poor singers (6)
It's sung by numbers (6)
Either sing together or refrain (6)
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Rufus BRIDGE Pontoon is a card game (6)
Violin part played by a quartet (6)
Game captain takes control here (6)
Violin piece needs quartet to play it (6)
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25018
Rufus NEEDLE Old record player (6)
Sewer used for the introduction of drugs (6)
Jabber and annoy (6)
Poverty to the French produces hostility (6)
Has it a piercing eye? Quite the opposite (6)
Such a sewer could produce hostility (6)
Hostility put on record (6)
A point that was put on record (6)
An old record-player (6)
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Rufus ISLANDER One to vilify a British resident (8)
One naturally separated from the rest of humanity (8)
Man's man, for instance (8)
Man's man, for example (8)
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Rufus EARTH Current means of escape for a fox? (5)
Huge cost of electrical safety precaution (5)
Terminal heart trouble (5)
Hide a broken heart (5)
Slight change of heart for space traveller (5)
Huge cost of electrical safety precaution (5)
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Rufus SALON Girl taking on hairdressing business (5)
Girl working in a beauty parlour (5)
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Rufus PRECIS Summary is not quite accurate (6)
Summary of the former USSR? (6)
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Rufus DISTANCE It's put out in the dance interval (8)
Reserve takes ball and it's thrown in (8)
I'd take up position some way away (8)
One keeps it in reserve (8)
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Rufus SKIP Miss the dance (4)
Miss having a nap on Sunday (4)
Bound to leave something out (4)
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26478
Rufus ADDERS They also multiply, naturally (6)
Cold-blooded calculators? (6)
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Rufus OLIVER Fifty-one in surplus - yet he wanted more (6)
Hungry boy - or about to be (6)
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Rufus SCANTIES Cast one's eye over neckwear and knickers (8)
Glance at the fixtures - not much on (8)
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Rufus TENANTS Number of workers that pay rent (7)
A number of workers in occupation (7)
A number of workers in possession (7)
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Rufus SCIENCE Discipline gained since conversion to church (7)
Discipline gained since conversion to church (7)
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Rufus IMAGES Symbols of ageism put out (6)
I'm taking a long time making representations (6)
Representations will be made, if game is disrupted (6)
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Rufus ACRID Bill has to deliver bitter (5)
Bill free of bitterness? (5)
Bill gets free bitter (5)
Getting little credit in support is irritating (5)
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Rufus SAFFRON Colour reserved for fans (7)
Colouring when second offence is detailed (7)
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Rufus TOPSAIL A bit of rigging works in the end (7)
Part of the rigging works in the end (7)
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Rufus ENRAGE Wild anger over a point is still anger (6)
Cause anger by damaging a green (6)
Incense — a green variety (6)
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Rufus RELIEF Substitute judge accepts story (6)
Some solace in failed investment (6)
End of investment that helps the poor (6)
Judge accepts story in mitigation (6)
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Rufus ENTITLE Give one the right name (7)
Give claim to name (7)
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Rufus ASCENT A hint of a rise (6)
Oral agreement for a rise (6)
A trail that leads to the summit (6)
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Rufus ONUS Head denied extra payment for responsibility (4)
Burden we can't avoid? (4)
Old students burden of debt? (4)
Responsibility we can't avoid? (4)
Where lies our responsibility? (4)
Rising star finds love a burden (4)
Burden of love to star making a comeback (4)
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26335
Rufus ANTLER Branch of the deer family (6)
Head branch rental adjusted (6)
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Rufus NOSIDE The game's finished without a team (2,4)
The game's finished without a team (2-4)
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Rufus IRISHSEA Man rises above it (5,3)
Man's environment (5,3)
Man's environment, geographically speaking (5,3)
Man rises above it (5,3)
Man rises above this environment (5,3)
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Rufus SKEWER A joint stake (6)
Pin inserted into joint (6)
Joint holder (6)
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Rufus OBTUSE Dull-witted, note, after punishing bouts (6)
More than right, but stupid! (6)
Angle of density (6)
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Rufus EMINENCE Importance of a cardinal's address (8)
The height of distinction (8)
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Rufus TRAIPSE Not a pleasant walk pirates ordered (7)
Drag along to wild parties (7)
Tramp a priest converted (7)
Long walk pirates ordered (7)
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22036
Rufus SWEETENER Somehow resent accepting small bribe (9)
Somehow resent accepting little bribe (9)
Dash of sugar? (9)
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Rufus SEANCE Irishman at church for spiritual guidance (6)
A meeting that seeks spiritual guidance (6)
Meeting that raises the spirits (6)
Irishman at church for spiritual guidance (6)
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21695
Rufus ADRENALIN Stimulant for a Northern Ireland development (9)
It's released when one is agitated and in real trouble (9)
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Rufus ENSURED Guaranteed safe, when in extremity (7)
Determined, though certain to come in last (7)
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Rufus INSOLVENT Rude about vessel's prow being on the rocks (9)
Broke nine-volts circuit (9)
On the rocks, in the sun and air (9)
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Rufus DESIRED Title in fact much wished for (7)
Wanted to be a schoolmaster, in fact (7)
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Rufus EYESTRAIN Complaint as regards public transport (3,6)
Monitors public transport complaint (3,6)
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Rufus ORCHARD Fruit supplier made love to cleaner in street (7)
Where to find fruit or tea on the way (7)
Where one may grow fruit or vegetable (7)
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26694
Rufus NOBODY Not a person of substance, presumably (6)
Number, figure and cipher (6)
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Rufus ESCAPADE Prank ceased being funny when father came in (8)
Prank ceased being funny when father came in (8)
Notice, in flight, a lark (8)
Inserted plug in leak — a daring exploit (8)
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Rufus PEDANT Nit-picker takes notes in exercise books (6)
The know-all gets chap in a temper (6)
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Rufus PRONOUNCE The Church is after him, say, to deliver judgment (9)
Say it, for example, before church (9)
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Rufus OVERSEA Supervise, we hear, somewhere abroad (7)
Supervise, we hear, away from this country (7)
Pilot reported to be abroad (7)
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Rufus EIDER Dis duck - or dat? (5)
Duck down (5)
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Rufus ELI Declaim regularly, being a priest (3)
The man from whom Samuel imbibed wisdom (3)
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23652
Rufus ADMIRERS Errs amid wayward lovers (8)
Errs amid wayward lovers (8)
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Rufus TARANTULA Jack upsets aunt with the French spider (9)
Spider, natural at spinning (9)
It's poisonous, thanks to natural mutation (9)
In time, a natural evolution of spider (9)
Thanks to natural evolution, it has a serious bite (9)
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Rufus ELEVEN Number of the French in uniform (6)
Side number (6)
Number of the Spanish flat (6)
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24476
Rufus MEAN Intend to get tight (4)
Low average (4)
Aim when near (4)
Aim low (4)
I object to an average standard (4)
Near the middle (4)
Grasping what is meant by average (4)
Aim low (4)
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21952
Rufus STATIC Make cat sit still (6)
Still getting interference (6)
Make cat sit still (6)
Stable form of electricity (6)
Stable and attics needing renovation (6)
Radio reception problem which never goes away (6)
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Rufus EXACTOR Once in the theatre, he demands his money's worth (7)
Retired Thespian appearing as Shylock? (7)
Retired thespian appearing as Shylock? (7)
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26640
Rufus ANTHILL Pile made by industrious workers (7)
A rising of workers (7)
A rise for the workers (7)
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23270
Rufus RESERVE The lowest acceptable price is a pound (7)
Stock book (7)
Savings book (7)
Book is in stock (7)
Book not one's first choice (7)
Husband shows reticence (7)
Book store (7)
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Rufus STERN Not smiling back (5)
Grim end to a ship (5)
Not a bow — not even a smile, apparently (5)
Strictly speaking, the tail of a dog (5)
Grim prospect for yachtsman trying to catch rival (5)
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Rufus ENTAIL Necessitate being in late for assembly (6)
Necessitate a note before Latin revision (6)
Necessitate being in late, perhaps (6)
Necessitate a note before Latin revision (6)
Involve in late changes (6)
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22906
Rufus TURNOFF Stop vessel caught in swell (4,3)
Change course when vessel's caught in the swell (4,3)
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Rufus ABSTAINER Type that's rarely in bar seat (9)
In bars, tea may be served for a teetotaller (9)
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Rufus NAIF Innocent abroad? (4)
Send up article if too unsophisticated (4)
Article about Kipling poem of unaffected simplicity (4)
An elevating Kipling poem of unaffected simplicity (4)
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Rufus ELEPHANT One who well remembers the penal settlement (8)
It has a thick skin, rougher than peel (8)
The plane might be a Jumbo (8)
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Rufus FLYBYNIGHT To get cheaper travel, he avoids paying (3-2-5)
Untrustworthy advice for cheaper air travel (3-2-5)
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Rufus BLUE Colourful source of surprise (4)
A shade depressed (4)
Unhappy choice of colour (4)
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Rufus TEES Flower pegs (4)
Small supports in the river (4)
They are driven from the river (4)
English flower seen on the golf course (4)
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22382
Rufus ACID Bring in a number to help — sharpish! (4)
Altogether sour, but one drop is sweet (4)
Descriptive of a sharp drop in sweet production (4)
Drug found in a police department (4)
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27203
Rufus DEBATE Be up in time for a serious discussion (6)
Be up in time for a parliamentary occasion (6)
Be up in time for discussion (6)
Be up in time for a parliamentary occasion (6)
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27131
Rufus CONVICTION Firm belief in guilty verdict (10)
Firm belief may lead to imprisonment (10)
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Rufus EMBRYO It should grow by more development (6)
It grows more by development (6)
It will grow more by development (6)
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Rufus BATS Cricketers attempt to get a rise (4)
Strikers attempt to get a rise (4)
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Rufus BROADCAST Unusually bad actors heard on the radio (9)
Wide variety of actors giving a sound performance (9)
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Rufus SATIRICAL Humorously critical, yet possibly racialist (9)
Critical of racialist broadcast (9)
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Rufus ACUTE A quaintly pleasing French accent (5)
Serious but not grave (5)
A wound made with a point that's sharp (5)
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23048
Rufus RAMADAN Adam disturbed, bolted out fast (7)
Managed to hold the first man coming up fast (7)
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Rufus ERRATIC Capricious boy about to betray one's trust (7)
Man going around desert, wandering (7)
Wayward boy about to betray one's trust (7)
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26532
Rufus OUTCROP Offcut of rock appearing on the surface (7)
Rock formation cut away at first (7)
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Rufus GODS Gallery idols (4)
They're very high in theatrical circles (4)
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Rufus SPARETYRE Gluttons may have one; Alexander the Great didn't (5,4)
A precaution against deflation (5,4)
Overeaters may have one; Alexander didn't! (5,4)
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Rufus TOLERATE Permit, strange to relate (8)
Allow real change in a better system (8)
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Rufus ARMADA Equip a girl for naval war service (6)
A jolly girl Philip sent to sea? (6)
A jolly girl for the Fleet (6)
An English bowler knocked it for six (6)
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23048
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Rufus STUD The poker players' boss? (4)
Boss's education cut short (4)
Word associated with poker - it's not flush (4)
Boss seen in a boiled shirt (4)
Game of poker cuts time for learning (4)
Boss of Animal Farm, say (4)
Macho boss (4)
Boss seen in a boiled shirt (4)
Endless reading for a boss (4)
Boss to pore over books endlessly (4)
An outstanding boss (4)
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26789
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23760
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26831
24052
Rufus FOOTSTOOL Pays bill, say, for furniture (9)
Pays for implement to make furniture (9)
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Rufus SKIRMISH A short-lived engagement (8)
Small party conflict (8)
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Rufus TOUCHDOWN Make a three-point landing (5,4)
Try to land (5,4)
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22446
Rufus ENTERS Ernest broke records (6)
Ernest goes out for records (6)
Ernest breaks records (6)
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Rufus HALFASLEEP Having a score of winks? (4-6)
50% off? (4-6)
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Rufus FLYTHEFLAG See that the standard is kept up (3,3,4)
See that the standard is kept up (3,3,4)
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21892
Rufus MENTAL Crazy man let loose (6)
Crazy lament? (6)
25108
24338
Rufus LEANTO Show preference for a simple building (4-2)
Show preference for old penthouse (4-2)
Show preference for a penthouse (4-2)
25108
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22602
Rufus EROS Tender returned for capital statue (4)
Tender put up for a capital statue (4)
Did his influence make Rose change her name? (4)
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21761
Rufus PROPAGANDA Artificial intelligence? (10)
New OAP, grandpa is spreading information - true or false? (10)
25108
24214
Rufus ALLTOLD Everything considered, no one is left in ignorance (3,4)
Summed up, keeping nothing secret (3,4)
25108
24594
Rufus VERA Girl getting rave review (4)
In truth she is head of a big place (4)
Julietês town is just not on for her (4)
Juliet's town is not on for her (4)
In truth, she goes to the city (4)
Girl upset a clergyman (4)
Nominally, she gets five years (4)
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23102
26383
26933
25898
Rufus BREADBIN Money box opened daily in the kitchen (5,3)
Money box opened daily? (5,3)
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Rufus DEFEND Guard is fed up to death (6)
Fed up, having to stop on guard (6)
Finish behind full back to protect the goal (6)
Fed up, having to stop on guard (6)
Guard is fed up to death (6)
Guard appears fed up over tip (6)
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25659
21874
22100
26173
Rufus OBSERVER He sees robes laid out before clergyman turns up … (8)
Spectator, a weekly publication (8)
25114
22692
Rufus READ Study a book about publicity (4)
See what has been written about publicity (4)
Not quite willing to study (4)
21719
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24554
Rufus SHOWUP Appear to cause public embarrassment (4,2)
Attend and cause embarrassment (4,2)
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24678
Rufus DISCIPLINE One who follows another about in training (10)
Correction as part of learning (10)
Punishment as part of learning (10)
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27299
Rufus INGREDIENTS Tenderising prepared items for cooking (11)
Tenderising chopped-up cooking components (11)
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Rufus VIABILITY Six with skill showing potential (9)
Six with skill showing potential for success (9)
Six bringing skill to practicality (9)
25114
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22810
Rufus RIDGE Evidence of high pressure produces the hump (5)
Crest of a game bird having part missing (5)
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24410
Rufus HAIRDO Bang on the head, perhaps (4-2)
Bob all set for musical party? (4-2)
Top style musical party (6)
One all set for a musical party (6)
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27017
24578
Rufus BIREME It involved two banks in a row (6)
Old warship with two sets of propellers (6)
It had row upon row of rowers (6)
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25431
Rufus GULLIVER Swift traveller (8)
Swiftly booked traveller (8)
24612
22906
Rufus OUST To turn us in or turn us out? (4)
Turn out to be in error about a point (4)
24612
23527
Rufus FLEECE Run across City swindle (6)
Coat to take to the cleaners (6)
Swindle and run, having taken in the City (6)
Do some asset-stripping to run church (6)
Uncover swindle (6)
Charge exorbitantly for a warm woollen coat (6)
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22948
26090
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26945
Rufus WERE We are cut down or used to be (4)
We are - or used to be (4)
Sort of wolves apparently extinct (4)
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23886
Rufus GREECE Fat, it is said, of the land (6)
Fat, it is said, of the land (6)
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Rufus IDEAS One can't imagine being without them (5)
Schemes thrown aside (5)
Plans to move aside (5)
26993
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25629
Rufus ICEBERG Drifter of a coldly detached nature (7)
In the main, its chief danger remains hidden (7)
26993
25108
Rufus ACORN Fruit suggests trouble afoot (5)
A grain found in oak (5)
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22704
Rufus SEMICOLON Half an organ stop? (9)
Monocle is readjusted half a stop (9)
26993
25683
Rufus ELGRECO Attic studio ideal for this artist? (2,5)
Attic studio suitable for this Spanish painter? (2,5)
26993
24410
Rufus ONSET Start working as a film actor (5)
Determined to follow on an attack (5)
Ready to start acting from the beginning (5)
Attack by throwing stone (5)
Offensive film location (5)
Charge made on collection (5)
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26102
22554
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26048
Rufus USESUP Goes through customs at university (4,2)
Goes through customs at university (4,2)
23419
27263
Rufus CLAQUE Hired hands? (6)
Its members show appreciation for money (6)
23419
21814
Rufus TINOPENER Can a beginner operate this kitchen equipment? (3,6)
Can starter be produced in the kitchen? (3,6)
Metal key used by the cook (3-6)
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26903
26353
Rufus HIGH Drunk in the centre of Oxford? (4)
An Oxford street drunk (4)
Descriptive of hung meat? (4)
Going off in great spirits (4)
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21790
26664
Rufus HERCULES Labour candidate - he's accepted dirty money that must be returned (8)
Hard task master? (8)
Hard taskmaster — he's accepted money that must be turned over (8)
M Poirot has a point — a strong one (8)
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26335
Rufus CELERY Keen to have jellied eel found in the salad? (6)
Shout about jellied eel in the salad, perhaps (6)
Plant in haste, losing it (6)
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22548
25647
Rufus CHEERS Thank you — and goodbye! (6)
Hurrah for good health (6)
Eggs on toast (6)
Plaudits for good health (6)
25251
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23485
24672
Rufus ABSORB Take in the sailor's world? (6)
Jack's brother about to imbibe (6)
25251
26395
Rufus ULSTER Orange overcoat? (6)
Unexpected result of Parnell's policy (6)
25251
23216
Rufus QUARTERS News rooms (8)
Digs for foreign coins (8)
25251
24076
Rufus PEEK Look for support in return (4)
Look what we do with the Joneses! (4)
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Rufus EREBUS Place that was hellish before getting public transport (6)
Place that was hellish before getting public transport (6)
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Rufus EVENT Keyhole operation? (5)
A keyhole operation? (5)
Incident on Orient Express (5)
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Rufus RECIPROCATED I accept order mistakenly and went to and fro (12)
I accept order mistakenly went to and fro (12)
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Rufus PARASITE Ruination of parties, a hanger-on can be (8)
The ruination of parties a sprig of mistletoe can be (8)
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Rufus BYPASS Go over someone's head, being close to exam result (6)
Circumvent with the aid of permit (6)
Avoid surgery (2,4)
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Rufus ODYSSEUS His Greek island tour became quite an epic (8)
Greek hero who had an epic journey to get home (8)
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Rufus SEDATE Cool way to use barbit­urates (6)
Unruffled, though badly teased (6)
Teased about being placid (6)
A steed in not very frisky form (6)
Possibly seated and quite composed (6)
Possibly seated and quite composed (6)
Teased about being staid (6)
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Rufus AVAST A great stop for sailors (5)
A huge shipping order? (5)
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Rufus SCOFF Speak mockingly about food (5)
Mock food (5)
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Rufus UNFAIR Not just an internat­ional trade show (6)
Amusement park fails to open — how dishonest! (6)
Not just ugly (6)
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Rufus PEDANTRY Still room to absorb education that's hair-splitting (8)
Perfectionism comes from short education in the butler's domain (8)
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Rufus DECAMP Leave the City in the wet (6)
Christmas morning? Quietly do a runner (6)
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Rufus INSHORE Not far out in marine navigation (7)
Not far out in marine navigation (7)
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Rufus BOHEMIAN Ham bone I cooked in unconventional way (8)
Unconventional description of old Prague (8)
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Rufus ADZE Tool commercials broadcast (4)
Axe commercials on the radio (4)
Woodcutter found wandering in a daze (4)
Axe broadcast commercials (4)
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Rufus CANE Punishment for a murderer, say (4)
It tastes sweet, but schoolboys dislike it (4)
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Rufus FATALERROR Mistake one doesn't make twice (5,5)
Mistake that makes one late (5,5)
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Rufus WHEELS Within themselves they are intriguing (6)
Western with baddies and revolvers (6)
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Rufus ABACUS A taxi is turning up to get us - count on it (6)
Chinese takeaway counter? (6)
You can count on it being at the top of a column (6)
Jack and Bill meet us at the counter (6)
A graduate copper's calculator (6)
Where an adder slides to and fro? (6)
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Rufus NOTED Well-known college promoted deputy head (5)
Made a record and was famous (5)
Celebrated reply to unlucky Edward's proposal (5)
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Rufus RITE About to include it in the ceremony (4)
Formal procedure correctly reported (4)
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Rufus THEATRE Ether may be around at this place (7)
Heart transplant completed without half the team in surgery (7)
Plays with the exchange rate (7)
It has wings and flies (7)
Where the stage is set for an operation (7)
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Rufus RHESUS Rushes round to see the Primate (6)
Primate replaced ushers (6)
Primate replaces ushers (6)
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Rufus ADIT Entrance examination abandoned by university (4)
Entrance, using commercial with sex appeal (4)
I'd turn in at the entrance to a mine (4)
It needs a key first for opening (4)
I'd turn in at the entrance (4)
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Rufus AGO An attempt to get past (3)
An attempt to indicate time past (3)
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Rufus RIO Girl loses man, discovering port (3)
A man around here may be taken for a girl (3)
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Rufus ADMINISTER Publicity given to official run (10)
Run and puff — clergyman required (10)
Notice a government official's conduct (10)
Give the head of department a little publicity (10)
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Rufus SALLOW Greedy creature consumes entire plant (6)
Sarah depressed and rather jaundiced (6)
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Rufus CHOP Meat axe (4)
Cut down on meat (4)
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Rufus DISCHARGE Perform for free? (9)
Fire and unload (9)
Fire — or let off? (9)
Put out fire (9)
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Rufus DETAILED Comprehensive description of "The Three Blind Mice"? (8)
Assigned a job — it's comprehensive (8)
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Rufus REHEARSALS Show trials (10)
Trials from which the public are excluded (10)
Opportunities to check the lines after casting (10)
Training sessions for the players (10)
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Rufus PASS Spend a penny on a ship (4)
Licence is almost out of date (4)
Document that allows father onto ship (4)
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Rufus EDITED Amended deed includes it when revised (6)
Revised point I'd raised with Edward (6)
Revised diet arranged with Edward (6)
It's found in a rediscovered deed and revised (6)
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Rufus APPRECIATE Be thankful for rise in value (10)
Dig to attract interest (10)
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Rufus FREEDOMOFSPEECH Say what you like, this right is not absolute in any country (7,2,6)
Say what you like, this right is not protected everywhere (7,2,6)
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Rufus INGLE One loses one's head when in a corner (5)
Warm place in the singing lesson (5)
Single unfronted fireplace (5)
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Rufus NOAHSARK Company floated to avoid liquidation (5,3)
It floated a company to avoid liquidation (5,3)
It didn't take single boarders (5,3)
Vessel on a shark trip (5,3)
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Rufus ENSUED Proceeded to take legal action in extremity (6)
Proceeded to take legal action in the finish (6)
Happened to go to law, in extremity (6)
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Rufus CUBA Country copper with a degree (4)
Novice reporter on a Caribbean island (4)
Island producing copper and barium (4)
Young reporter has article on Caribbean island (4)
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Rufus MINISTRY Many revs make small cars go (8)
Short skirts tempt the clergy! (8)
Old cars go here for service (8)
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Rufus INTELLIGENCE News the teacher would welcome in any form? (12)
Military wit? (12)
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Rufus UNTIDY Slovenly in duty — removed (6)
Slovenly in duty, perhaps (6)
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Rufus TESTDRIVE Evaluate performance of stroke on river (4,5)
Trial run of stroke on river (4,5)
Straight hit in international cricket — going for a run (4,5)
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Rufus SCENES Angry outbursts in play (6)
Embarrassing moments in play (6)
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Rufus RIPEN Mature — or mature to a point (5)
Mature, or mature to a point (5)
Flourish in US state prison (5)
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Rufus PEARL A gem looks right in the ring (5)
It looks as though the frost has got this bulb (5)
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Rufus GIANTS They play big parts in children's tales (6)
They're enormous soldier ants (6)
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Rufus LADDER Defect in hose used by firemen (6)
Defect in the hose used by firemen (6)
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Rufus PEWS Fixed forms of worship (4)
Rigid forms of worship (4)
Rigid forms of worship (4)
Service accommodation (4)
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Rufus ICON One to study a good figure (4)
Representation in holding company (4)
Picture held firm in frame (4)
An image of swindler admitting his crime? (4)
The first person to study a work of art (4)
Revered figure in holding company (4)
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Rufus PRIEST Service provider (6)
Father tries moving piano first (6)
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Rufus RECANT Soldiers unable to withdraw (6)
Have second thoughts about hypocrisy (6)
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Rufus DOGSDINNER A terrible mess follows a meal (4,6)
Follows a meal in the mess (4,6)
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Rufus WISEACRE A know-all appears perceptive over the port (8)
A know-all appears perceptive with port (8)
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Rufus LAUD Praise one in the Upper House in speech (4)
Celebrate when double comes up (4)
Have a double round to celebrate (4)
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Rufus TALENTS Special gifts of money (7)
New Testament stories about money (7)
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Rufus SITUPS Physical exercises I put off when on board (3-3)
Physical exercises I put off when on board (3,3)
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Rufus BARBECUE Hot food taken out (8)
French beard and pigtail, say, put on for the party (8)
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Rufus AID Help I had with an article (3)
Help one gets in this day and age (3)
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Rufus APOCRYPHAL Make lay chap pro? Questionable (10)
Happy carol that's become legendary (10)
Wildly happy carol made up (10)
Happy 16 across turns out to be unauthentic (10)
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Rufus FOURSOME Game for two couples, but involving more of us (8)
A game that involves more of us (8)
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Rufus ARNOLD A service attended by ancient head of Rugby (6)
A service attended by ancient head of Rugby (6)
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Rufus HOLYWAR A struggle to maintain one's faith (4,3)
A struggle to maintain faith (4,3)
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Rufus YANK Jerk, but he wouldn't like to be called it (4)
American tug? (4)
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Rufus EDGE The advantage a sword has over a blunt weapon? (4)
The advantage of keenness (4)
Side having the advantage (4)
The advantage being sharp gives one (4)
Snick a boundary (4)
A marginal advantage (4)
Understandably, one is nervous on it (4)
The advantage of keenness (4)
Fringe left off the shelf (4)
The advantage being sharp gives one (4)
Three-speed gears give one the advantage (4)
A boundary gives us the lead (4)
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Rufus DOMINATE Get control of silly mid-on before tea break (8)
I'm back in present command (8)
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Rufus BRICKBAT Blunt criticism of decent chap joining club (8)
Criticism for decent chap leading strike (8)
Blunt criticism from decent chap to striker (8)
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Rufus ISIS As one's written repeatedly, she was revered (4)
A course at Oxford (4)
Divinity course at Oxford (4)
Oxford banker (4)
Divine lady currently in Oxford (4)
One member of the family currently at Oxford (4)
River claims two lives (4)
God is first and last (4)
Goddess is after Spanish agreement being lifted (4)
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Rufus RECORD It may get broken — put it down! (6)
It may get broken - put it down (6)
Written evidence leads to convictions (6)
Log that has been cut (6)
Best time to register (6)
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Rufus EPIC Great work from the picador (4)
Heroic tale from The Pickwick Papers (4)
The story's only part of the whole picture (4)
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Rufus REFIT Note on qualified dockyard job (5)
About due for a dockyard job (5)
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Rufus ATHEISM Lack of faith in humanity (7)
It is mingled with shame and disbelief (7)
His mate turned in disbelief (7)
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Rufus DWELT Stayed and spoke at length (5)
Live in the past (5)
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Rufus CASTRO Cuba's leader - a revolutionary sort (6)
He is part of America's troubles (6)
Leading Cuban actors in play (6)
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Rufus DERIDED Jeered at performance after free admission (7)
Jeered at performance after free admission (7)
Hooted at performance after free admission (7)
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Rufus RATRACE Desert folk struggle to succeed (3,4)
Soldiers with a bit of a struggle to succeed? (3,4)
Desert people engaged in fierce competition (3,4)
Desert nation's competition (3,4)
Desert people engaged in fierce competition (3,4)
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Rufus MOLIERE Doctor to tell stories about dramatist (7)
French writer's story set in the ruins of Rome (7)
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Rufus TREATMENT Dealing with team capsized in river (9)
Nursing management (9)
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Rufus TRAP Means of transport, sometimes sprung (4)
Gin? Some coming up (4)
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Rufus MOUNTS Climbs Everest and Ararat, say (6)
Bay horses (6)
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Rufus AMBER A shade of caution (5)
Fossil resin that should be approached with caution (5)
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Rufus TRINITY College group (7)
Essay I can turn in at Oxford or Cambridge (7)
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Rufus MAGICAL Supernatural calm created round a soldier (7)
Wise men state it's miraculous (7)
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Rufus CLAMPDOWN Stringent restrictions take vice to a low level (9)
Vice has fallen with stringent suppression (9)
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Rufus ORDERS Directions taken by clergymen (6)
Sends for instructions (6)
Nuns take what superiors give (6)
Sends away for books (6)
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Rufus AGES Earnings do not begin for a long time (4)
Agrees about being dropped as one grows older (4)
A long time providing sage stuffing (4)
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Rufus HEROIN Horse on hire, having been broken (6)
Leading lady cut short with smack (6)
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Rufus CHANCERY Opening lines in court (8)
Court awards fortune to railway (8)
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Rufus ALSO In addition a number's coming to zero (4)
Further chaos in Laos (4)
Too wrapped up in financial solvency (4)
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Rufus INACTION Idleness seen at work (8)
Doing nothing but fighting? (8)
Rest during battle (8)
Idleness indeed (8)
Idleness during battle (8)
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Rufus ANALYSIS Snail, say, is about to show determination (8)
They should be able to identify any salts in a mixture (8)
Determination that snail, say, is about to demonstrate (8)
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Rufus CRIMEA Misdeed on a battleground (6)
Evil article on place of conflict (6)
It's an offence to go to a part of Putin's Russia (6)
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Rufus DEPARTED Started out late (8)
Act, taking a central role, then quit (8)
Left for dead (8)
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Rufus REFERENDA Votes to consult new dean (9)
Whistler earned potential votes (9)
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Rufus RODIN He sculpted man embracing girl (5)
He sculpted a man embracing a girl (5)
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Rufus EXECUTE Finish off the job? (7)
Put to death — and do it with a will (7)
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Rufus AUNTSALLY Shy relative (4,5)
She's a relatively fair target (4,5)
Female that's a fair target, relatively speaking? (4,5)
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Rufus FOSSIL Ancient stone vessel found in metal wrapping (6)
Relic of ship in protective wrapping (6)
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Rufus ROMEO Lover needing capital to acquire ring (5)
A capital ring from one's lover (5)
He was known for loving capital, nothing more (5)
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Rufus IRONIC Sarcastic driver on course put in charge (6)
Sardonic driver possibly in charge (6)
Sarcastic driver, maybe, in charge (6)
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Rufus ATTENDANT Turn up with a six-footer as escort (9)
Servant, a sober worker, receives tip (9)
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Rufus STRONG High-powered firm (6)
Severe, in a way, on offence - not the first (6)
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Rufus SHERBET Perhaps he's right to gamble and drink (7)
Ready to accept simple drink (7)
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Rufus HERE Girl's first Easter present (4)
He's on about being present (4)
Qualifying for an attendance mark in the register (4)
Present the woman's beginning to expect (4)
You might say it when offering a gift or present (4)
Present her with a key (4)
Present the woman's beginning to expect (4)
Woman given note and present (4)
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Rufus INLAWS Marital relations (2-4)
They join the family after the match (2-4)
Marital relations welcomed over Christmas? (2-4)
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Rufus MACAW Parrot with head of myna and a cry of rook (5)
Tropical bird with head of myna and a cry of a rook (5)
Tropical bird has bill in its stomach (5)
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Rufus MEANDER Keep turning in bed? (7)
Turn, or intend to turn, Communist (7)
Turn, or intend to turn, Communist (7)
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Rufus NERVE Sauce bottle (5)
Steel or brass (5)
Bottleneck (5)
It conveys a sense of courage (5)
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Rufus LANCELOT Spear carried by many a knight (8)
Knight provides weapon to many (8)
Knight requires weapon — and fortune (8)
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Rufus CREATE First form (6)
Found note in packing case (6)
First form (6)
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Rufus ACCIDENTAL Unintentional change of key (10)
Cacti lend a different look to a flat, perhaps (10)
Fortuitous bit of scoring? (10)
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Rufus INEXACT It's not right for in-law to embrace divorcee (7)
It's not right for in-law to embrace divorcee (7)
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Rufus PLUMP Fat left in grill (5)
Fruit, soft and well-rounded (5)
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Rufus REARED Are in debt, but managed to bring up the children (6)
Are in debt, but managed to bring up the children (6)
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Rufus EXPAND Become more relaxed when no longer criticised, we hear (6)
Elaborate spread (6)
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Rufus IRON Might be in or even out (4)
Club used in the evening (4)
Club for an evening out (4)
Press old curtain material? (4)
Press club (4)
Metal press (4)
Press for an element essential to life (4)
Smooth metal (4)
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Rufus SHEARED Like sheep are in a shed (7)
Cut some grain in an outhouse (7)
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Rufus NIPPY Fast getting chilly (5)
Quick — it's cold! (5)
Fast getting chilly (5)
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Rufus RESIST Is among those left to fight (6)
One's getting in support to carry on the fight (6)
Is among those left to fight (6)
Is getting in support to carry on the fight (6)
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Rufus ANTELOPE Bet a long leaping stride is natural to it (8)
Bet a long striding gait is natural to it (8)
Open late, perhaps for the supply of chamois (8)
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Rufus ESPOUSAL Marriage or adoption (8)
Organising Sue's opal wedding (8)
Marriage or adoption (8)
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Rufus STRATUS Cloud cover is right in position (7)
Cloud starts lifting, admitting sun in the middle (7)
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Rufus REGISTRAR He keeps records of matches (9)
Official record holder (9)
One who holds match records (9)
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Rufus UNRIG Dismantle ruin collapsing with gravity (5)
Dismantle collapsing ruin at midnight (5)
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Rufus MISERY Anguish descriptive of Scrooge losing a pound (6)
Anguish descriptive of Scrooge losing a pound (6)
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Rufus INROADS Hostile incursions into Greek island, say (7)
Hostile incursions where the fleet lies at anchor? (7)
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Rufus SCARECROW A guy in the field (9)
He doesn't have to be smart to fool the birds (9)
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Rufus ASPHALT Pitch of the roof (7)
Stop when confronted by snake on the road (7)
Used when a path's relaid around lake? (7)
Used when a path's relaid round top of the lane (7)
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Rufus REMOVE Bare form of Bunter? (6)
Bunter's form is to change houses (6)
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Rufus DISPATCH Send off message in haste (8)
A message to execute, once and for all (8)
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Rufus PAGE Quiet time for a hotel employee (4)
Summon attendant (4)
Call sheet? (4)
Sheet of buttons, say? (4)
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Rufus STACK Cheat with cards and make a pile (5)
Shuffle the cards dishonestly and make a pile (5)
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Rufus SONATA Issue a word of thanks for some music (6)
Uplifting numbers at a musical performance (6)
Music that's played as composed, not as a variation (6)
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Rufus DEAL Port trade (4)
Give players a hand (4)
Board of Trade? (4)
Timber trade (4)
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Rufus TREE Form of decoration that has grown over the years (4)
It has branches in every street (4)
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Rufus TENDER Fragile present (6)
One who cares to make an offer (6)
One who cares is easily hurt (6)
Offer rented accommodation (6)
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Rufus SERAPHIC Angelic turn of phrase initially introducing Christmas (8)
Chips are heavenly served like this (8)
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Rufus TIMBER Warning the tree is about to be taken down (6)
Deal might get doctor into a row (6)
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Rufus SANTACLAUS Stocking filler (5,5)
Stocking filler (5,5)
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Rufus NEWYEAR We yearn for change in 2007 (3,4)
Occasion for facing the future with resolution (3,4)
We yearn for change in 2015 (3,4)
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Rufus SHEPHERDS Mince pie men? (9)
They openly work with crooks (9)
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Rufus BAMBINO Young Italian graduate doctor in love (7)
Young Italian graduate doctor in love (7)
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Rufus TUCKBOX Friar has Christmas tip for food container (4,3)
Outlaw to fight for food for children (4,3)
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Rufus ERECT Not inclined to put up, say, the tree (5)
Appearing upright before getting caught (5)
Appearing upright before being taken to court (5)
Construct perpendicular (5)
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Rufus APERITIFS Appetisers provided in various parties (9)
Drinks provided in riotous parties (9)
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Rufus NURSERY Place or race for two-year olds (7)
Place or race for two-year-olds (7)
Two-year-olds run in it - in two ways perhaps (7)
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Rufus CERVANTES Quixotic writer never acts in play (9)
Quixotic writer never acts in play (9)
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Rufus ENTICE Draw, perhaps, ten of diamonds (6)
Draw out ten of diamonds? (6)
Lure damaged net on the rocks (6)
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Rufus INNS Where barristers get refreshers? (4)
In extremities, they can be accommodating (4)
Where barristers get refreshers? (4)
Pubs names one's made a case for (4)
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Rufus BLACKCAP Bird of ill omen to an old criminal? (8)
A death sentence impending or just some bird? (8)
Bird of ill omen to criminals in the past (8)
Bird of ill omen to an old criminal? (8)
Bird of ill omen to an old criminal? (8)
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Rufus MUFF Handy aid to warmth (4)
Handy aid to warmth (4)
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Rufus STOCKS Investments frame-up exposes people to ridicule (6)
Investments frame-up exposing people to ridicule (6)
Footholds in the financial world (6)
Bloomers are old-fashioned wear (6)
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Rufus CHEESE It's said to produce a smile (6)
It's said to produce a smile (6)
What one may say when being shot? (6)
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Rufus EMU Big Bird in The Muppets (3)
One getting a lot of runs in Australia (3)
Stratagem used to catch a bird (3)
Some of the musicians get the bird (3)
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Rufus ICE Dropped in for a cold drink (3)
There'll be talk if this is broken (3)
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Rufus SCORES Music of the twenties (6)
Accounts to be settled in large numbers (6)
Accounts to be settled in large numbers (6)
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Rufus BALANCE It weighs what's left (7)
If you lose it you may slip — into the red? (7)
Square the difference (7)
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Rufus FIRESIDE If given a rise, live somewhere warm (8)
If rebuffed, stay home (8)
If retired, live somewhere warm (8)
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Rufus MAIDEN Fellows gather round to help a girl (6)
You'll never score with this girl (6)
Girl graduate with whom I study (6)
No one scores with this girl (6)
A girl to help people out (6)
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Rufus TABLEAU Representation results in ban limiting mulled ale (7)
Picture furniture embellished with gold (7)
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Rufus CRUISE One embarked in old vessel for this voyage (6)
One goes in an old vessel for a voyage (6)
Vessel goes round island in pleasure trip (6)
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Rufus AFIRE Blazing with a loud anger (5)
A point about wood for burning (5)
By start of evening a Christmas tree may be lit up (5)
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Rufus HUNCH Feeling the hump (5)
Richard III had this premonition (5)
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Rufus CRISIS Little credit goes to academic stream in crucial period (6)
In trouble, is repeatedly after credit (6)
Course at Oxford is after credit when in trouble (6)
Credit is twice provided in an emergency (6)
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Rufus AGENDA Turkish leader about to conclude the business (6)
Programme that may be debated a long time and amended (6)
Programme information in commercial article (6)
Things to be done in company (6)
A note to finish a list of things to be done (6)
Girl takes in information for programme (6)
Business fixed in minutes (6)
Girl holds information for the programme (6)
A long time and varied things to be done (6)
Much time and trouble is taken in its drafting (6)
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Rufus DAWNCHORUS Arousing songs? (4,6)
The early morning air? (4,6)
A rousing outdoor performance (4,6)
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Rufus KNEE One bent on submission (4)
It's bent on submission (4)
Born at the King's Head - a low joint (4)
Keen to wreck the joint (4)
Kind of bender the vanquished go on (4)
Part of link needing a joint (4)
Supporter of proposal (4)
Keen about being capped (4)
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Rufus GOSLING Attempt with catapult to get young bird (7)
One too young to make Christmas dinner? (7)
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Rufus LOOKALIKE Appear to relish swallowing a double (9)
Seem to enjoy swallowing a double (9)
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Rufus KNIT Work with stitches to heal (4)
Work to furrow the brow (4)
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Rufus TROOP Artillery unit to show the colours (5)
The capital gets poor return in this company (5)
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Rufus COATHANGER Ulster may depend on it (4,6)
Wardrobe equipment supplied at no charge, maybe (4,6)
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Rufus CHAMPS In their own fields the French are unbeatable (6)
Eats with the best (6)
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Rufus LESSEE The French bishop's responsibility for a tenant (6)
He should honour his agreement to the letter (6)
Tenant in the French diocese (6)
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Rufus ASITWERE We are its ruin, so to speak (2,2,4)
Wear ties knotted oddly, so to speak (2,2,4)
It was reconstituted before, like it used to be (2,2,4)
We are its new version, so to speak (2,2,4)
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Rufus OFLAG Zero standard of wartime prison (5)
Wartime imprisonment of a convict (5)
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Rufus YIELD Admit defeat and return (5)
Give way under pressure (5)
Submit a return (5)
Make a submission for grant (5)
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Rufus CHAPERON Broken car phone in Escort (8)
Broken car phone in Escort (8)
Attendant taking tea to Evita (8)
Young female accompanist (8)
Guard of honour (8)
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Rufus TITFORTAT Retaliation in kind from tart, fit to burst (3,3,3)
A blow in an attempt to achieve parity (3,3,3)
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Rufus ALUMNI Students of the past (6)
Milan university turning out graduates (6)
Milan University turning out graduates (6)
Students of the past? (6)
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Rufus REGARDS Looks at with an expression of friendliness (7)
Looks kind, often (7)
Looks at with an expression of friendliness (7)
Looks for a friendly word (7)
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Rufus INSECT Popular school for cricket, say (6)
Possibly fly in group (6)
Fashionable school for cricket, say? (6)
School batting first with cricket, say (6)
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Rufus HUSSAR Cavalryman turns back without thinking about us (6)
Cavalryman retreats without thinking about us (6)
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Rufus ATTIC Room at the top in rising Italian city (5)
Greek for "upper room" (5)
Greek Upper Chamber (5)
Athenian garret (5)
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Rufus FINISH Polish or polish off (6)
Polish, perhaps — or not, by the sound of it (6)
Angle brackets in the end (6)
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Rufus SHIFTY Devious move before close of play (6)
Crafty move before close of play (6)
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Rufus LATE Still to come or already gone? (4)
Not quick or not quick enough (4)
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Rufus PORRIDGE Time for breakfast? (8)
Stir food (8)
Breakfast time? (8)
Breakfast time? (8)
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Rufus FIANCE Intended taking note out of funds (6)
Intended taking one quarter out of capital (6)
Intended taking note out of funds (6)
He's bound to go the match (6)
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Rufus BRAINY Clever binary code (6)
Blustery at first with frequent showers, but bright (6)
Blustery at first, with frequent showers, but bright (6)
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Rufus UNDERWORLD It can be hell for criminals (10)
It's hell for criminals, generally (10)
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Rufus WREATHE Wind resulting from unsettled weather (7)
Wind resulting from unsettled weather (7)
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Rufus AIRS Side winds? (4)
Looks composed (4)
Exposes pretentiousness (4)
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Rufus STRAIT Sound sort of artist (6)
Channel is without water, we hear (6)
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Rufus BREADFRUIT Pacific islanders cash crop? (10)
Pacific islanders' cash crop? (10)
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Rufus CARRIAGE Sulky demeanour (8)
Bearing the cost of transport (8)
Deportment of unusual air and grace (8)
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Rufus HERETO The ore may be converted to this (6)
The answer to this lies in the retort (6)
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Rufus THEFT Taking offence (5)
The first heartless crime (5)
Pinching the feet (5)
Lifting the foot (5)
One takes something for it (5)
Getting the short measure and taking offence (5)
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Rufus HEARTSDESIRE Dear Sir, These could be what you've always wanted (6,6)
What one wants above all is the reader's involvement (6,6)
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Rufus ROTOR Moving arm up and down (5)
It's essential to a helicopter going up and down (5)
Up and down, round and round it goes (5)
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Rufus ADDRESS Notice groom giving speech (7)
Speech and attire of modern times (7)
Speech written on an envelope (7)
Pay attention to sermon (7)
Give a talking-to, being direct (7)
Speech might indicate where one lives (7)
Lecture put on at short notice (7)
Speech getting publicity coverage (7)
Publicity coverage of speech (7)
Directions for delivery of speech (7)
Lecture a daughter on clothes (7)
Speak to one's home (7)
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Rufus TAPE Record finish of race (4)
Record broken by the winner (4)
Recording band (4)
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Rufus PARADE Air display (6)
Easter display - of troops? (6)
See 10
Notice to cut out and show (6)
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Rufus ADVANCED Lent is brought forward (8)
Promoted ahead of one's time (8)
Given credit for having made headway (8)
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Rufus OPUS Rings about turning up for work (4)
Love to drink up after work (4)
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Rufus SAFARI A fair way out on Sunday excursion (6)
Journey to the game (6)
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Rufus SOMERSAULT Turnover from two seasons, say (10)
Almost sure to take a turn in the air (10)
Take a turn in the air (10)
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Rufus HASSLE Lashes out in quarrel (6)
Lashes out in quarrel (6)
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Rufus OPORTO Good centre to find wine in? (6)
Poor to riot in Portuguese city (6)
City's side at sea in scoreless draw (6)
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Rufus DECORATION Coordinate new colour scheme (10)
Flags put out in honour to a brave man (10)
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Rufus WHIP Nick to administer a beating (4)
Parliamentary official who cracks (4)
Administer a beating at Westminster? (4)
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Rufus ATHOME Do in (2-4)
Out of the office, but ready to receive calls (2,4)
Out of the office, but receiving calls? (2,4)
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22130
Rufus METE Satisfied with a quarter measure (4)
Satisfied with a quarter measure (4)
Measure two notes (4)
Dole out food, say? (4)
Measure of night-time temperature (4)
Measure encountered over the East (4)
Measure for fitting, say? (4)
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22012
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Rufus CAPITALGAINS London profits from this form of taxation (7,5)
Head profits from a form of taxation (7,5)
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Rufus SEASIDE Disease possibly spread by water (7)
Disease possibly spread by water (7)
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Rufus LEADER Editorial chief (6)
Editorial boss (6)
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Rufus FIERY Like whiskey, if rye is used to make it (5)
Like whiskey, if rye is used to make it (5)
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Rufus RAREBIT Fashion arbiter of Welsh taste (7)
Savoury portion, not well cooked (7)
Half-cooked scrap of food (7)
Unusual portion of toasted cheese (7)
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Rufus APPREHEND Arrest suspect (9)
Recognise and arrest (9)
Fear arrest (9)
Fear capture (9)
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26389
Rufus RIVIERA Nice environment (7)
Nice surroundings (7)
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Rufus TOSSPOT One drunkard turns up to see another (7)
One drunkard turns to espy another (7)
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Rufus MASSE Tricky shot manipulative female has no use for (5)
It's made with a billiard cue - straight up! (5)
Tricky shot manipulative female has no use for (5)
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Rufus TALLIES Labels for matches (7)
Agrees to put the lot in bonds (7)
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Rufus EXCISE Remove from duty (6)
Tax cut (6)
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Rufus BREATH One can't run out of it (6)
You need inspiration to draw one (6)
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Rufus ADVENT The arrival of a commercial airway (6)
The coming of the Christian faith (6)
Notice the opening coming (6)
Arrival of a head of department at opening (6)
Notice gap coming in the church calendar (6)
Notice opening time before Christmas (6)
The coming of the Christian faith (6)
Notice split coming (6)
Notice gap coming (6)
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Rufus CASHIERS Bread counters? (8)
Sacks those that take money (8)
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Rufus ELEMENTARY No problem in Baker Street (10)
Preliminary manoeuvres alert enemy (10)
Sort of school where merely neat composition is required (10)
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Rufus AHOY Hail a boat (4)
The call of the sea? (4)
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Rufus PANAMA Parents separated by an ascending waterway (6)
Criticise a mother in straw hat (6)
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Rufus OVERCOME Master lost for words (8)
Win, although exhausted (8)
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Rufus IRIS One rejecting a knight's title? It's a bloomer! (4)
Bloomer in which a pupil is involved (4)
Flag raised in the garden (4)
Flag of many colours (4)
Girl in a Fair Isle jumper (4)
Girl is to accept religious instruction (4)
Flag of Eire shortened (4)
Girl puts one over teacher being sent up (4)
A bit of an eye for a girl (4)
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Rufus GYMNAST He is trained in horse jumping (7)
He may resort to bars and clubs, but should be fit (7)
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Rufus CAPSIZE Upset glue, lid needs to be put on first (7)
Upset? Depends on how big-headed one is! (7)
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Rufus SIEGE Its happy ending comes as a relief (5)
Investment but not necessarily of capital (5)
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Rufus OBITUARY Life after death? (8)
Late item for the press (8)
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Rufus BLOOD It may be in the bank or in circulation (5)
It's kept in banks but also found in circulation (5)
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Rufus ILLEGALENTRY False registration made by a criminal (7,5)
Get criminal record for this? (7,5)
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Rufus ADVENTURE Risk coming by river (9)
Coming over a river, which may be exciting (9)
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Rufus NOTSO Two Poles about to set up job centre? Untrue (3,2)
Two Poles about to come up with nothing? Untrue (3,2)
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Rufus DIVINE Minister is to eat about six (6)
Guess what the poet Donne was by profession (6)
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Rufus RAISIN Fruit is gathered in the fall (6)
Fruit is seen in the fall (6)
Fruit is planted in wet weather (6)
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24052
Rufus PORTIA Barmaid, say, who argued about a pound (6)
Barmaid who argued about a pound (6)
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Rufus CANNIBAL An individual consumer (8)
He's been known to pot the white (8)
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Rufus RENTAL Payment received by letter (6)
Charge for digs to split with a student (6)
Payment received by letter (6)
Split nearly all the income from property (6)
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Rufus ACHILLES Heroic Greek units holding an elevated position (8)
Hero achieves eminence amongst top men (8)
Greek hero is sick, gripped by pains (8)
Heroic Greek units holding an elevated position (8)
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Rufus MAGNETICCOMPASS Attractive range shown in traveller's guide (8,7)
Attractive range shown in traveller's guide (8,7)
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Rufus FANCYFREE No intention of going to court (5-4)
Lacking the imagination to fall in love? (5-4)
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Rufus ANCESTRY Any crest may indicate it (8)
Around noon, top fighter pilots attempt descent (8)
Tyres can burst in race (8)
Any crest may indicate it (8)
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Rufus ESTANCIA Local ranch where Incas ate, perhaps (8)
Ranch where Incas ate, when working (8)
A site can be created for cattle in South America (8)
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Rufus AUCTION Where lots go despite rising prices (7)
Where lots go despite rising prices (7)
Caution — jumble sale! (7)
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Rufus IMAGINE Fancy silver in one place of gold, perhaps (7)
Picture held in fancy (7)
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Rufus DOGCOLLAR It takes the lead (3,6)
Kit for vicars and boxers? (3,6)
Follow appropriate sign of clerical occupation (3,6)
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Rufus AGORA Wool drops a point in the market (5)
Wool drops a point in the market (5)
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Rufus INSOLENCE Cheek to have one in pub before church (9)
Silence on reform shows lack of respect (9)
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Rufus SCHEDULE He'd put cryptic clues in the list (8)
Timetable for education in a German school (8)
Cryptic clues he'd put in the agenda (8)
Cryptic clues he'd put on the agenda (8)
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Rufus PRIVATES Snoops about tax for men serving in company (8)
Is inquisitive about the tank and soldiers (8)
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Rufus USURY A highly profitable practice! (5)
There's a lot of interest taken in it (5)
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Rufus ADAPTS Fashions suitable to be shown in commercials (6)
Fashions suitable to be shown in commercials (6)
Makes work play, perhaps (6)
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Rufus STEADY Second date broken by youth leader's girlfriend (6)
Set day out for regular date (6)
Stable companion? (6)
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Rufus ENTRAILS What's inside is revealed by bird in nest-building (8)
What's inside isn't real - only different (8)
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Rufus FRAIL Too delicate to use loud abuse (5)
Weak and unable to succeed outright (5)
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Rufus TUTTI All the players express mild disapproval, before taking it back (5)
All the composer required (5)
Everybody's playtime? (5)
Everybody's playtime? (5)
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Rufus APPRAISE Review in a paper is flawed (8)
Value a quiet compliment (8)
Pop back to extol value (8)
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Rufus SHOE Female with hole in her footwear (4)
Female holding oxygen pump, perhaps (4)
Worn part of a brake (4)
An overcrowded children's home (4)
It's made to last (4)
An overcrowded children's home in Oxford, say (4)
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Rufus IDEA Conclusion of endless dream (4)
An almost perfect concept (4)
Perfect but inconclusive thought (4)
It is thought to be almost perfect (4)
A letter less than perfect in conception (4)
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Rufus DETAIL Point duty (6)
Group of soldiers in particular (6)
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Rufus HIGHBALL Cocktail drunk before the dance (8)
One that's drunk is off to dance (8)
Bouncer drunk at dance (4,4)
Strong drink may lead to smash (8)
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Rufus OPENINGBAT The first man to take over (7,3)
He'll be the first to take over (7,3)
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Rufus SPECTACLES Shows put on for the pupils' benefit (10)
Sights for sore eyes? (10)
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Rufus CASE Objective action? (4)
Argument in cabinet (4)
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Rufus NEE Born with kneecap missing (3)
Born in France, daughter is not in want (3)
Born in unending need (3)
Backing the poetic use of stillborn (3)
Born of woman (3)
French-born (3)
Born and even briefly raised (3)
Born French in the Pyrenees (3)
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Rufus SINECURE Soft spot your boss has for you? (8)
An office in which little or no work gets done (8)
Sort of job that's popular in firm? (8)
Cushy job at home in safe environment (8)
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Rufus CORPUS Body of Latin speakers (6)
Works in Oxbridge colleges (6)
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Rufus TAR Sailor possibly low in cigarettes (3)
Salt used as a preservative (3)
The pitch of the road (3)
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Rufus LYING Not standing for falsehoods (5)
Not standing for falsehoods (5)
Prone to mendacity (5)
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Rufus TEAINTERVAL Break alternative arrangements (3,8)
Break alternative arrangements (3,8)
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Rufus MAINE Major eastern state (5)
State of the sea, say (5)
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Rufus LEADING Badly aligned at the front (7)
Badly aligned at the front (7)
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Rufus SLIPUP Backward students demonstrate human fallibility (4,2)
Recalling students is a blunder (4,2)
Backing some students is a mistake (4-2)
Backward students demonstrate human fallibility (4,2)
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Rufus AMORAL A dictum devoid of principles (6)
Morning viva voce quite unethical (6)
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Rufus INBREED Multiply without going forth (7)
Multiply without going forth (7)
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Rufus MACARONI Exquisite food (8)
Dish for a Scotsman? Girl returns with one (8)
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Rufus ADVOCATE Brief support (8)
He should know how to press a suit (8)
Recommend someone to take legal action (8)
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Rufus ADIPOSE Notice one model getting fat (7)
Fat and foolish, said Poe (7)
Fat and foolish, said Poe (7)
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Rufus ATTITUDE One may be struck for showing off (8)
Outlook from carriage (8)
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Rufus ILLGOTTEN Unusually long title to describe The Wages of Sin? (3-6)
Like sickness benefit falsely claimed? (3-6)
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Rufus FLINTLOCKS Pirate captain bolts, seeing firearms (10)
Pirate captain bolts, seeing firearms (10)
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Rufus AFLAME A past love, far from extinguished (6)
Excited footballers wanting return game (6)
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Rufus MOPE Complain when doctor introduces exercise (4)
Be unhappy with work in Maine (4)
Be depressed when doctor introduces exercise (4)
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25341
Rufus BLOWOUT Burst from a large meal (4-3)
Large meal causes spare tyre to be put on (4-3)
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Rufus MEMORY Foreign capital recalled in my reminiscences (6)
One won't remember losing it (6)
One won''t remember losing it (6)
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Rufus ECONOMISTS Financial experts involved in some cost (10)
There's some cost in involving financial experts (10)
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Rufus TAKINGOFF Having a flying start? (6,3)
Sending up from the runway? (6,3)
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24422
Rufus EARMARK Characteristic note on organ (7)
Hold note on organ (7)
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Rufus SARACEN A contest between two Poles and an Arab (7)
Cross opponent of the Middle Ages (7)
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Rufus INTENT Steadfast purpose (6)
Firm plan (6)
Firm plan (6)
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Rufus AGATES Name for stones when placed round an entrance (6)
Name for stones when placed round an entrance (6)
A new stage setting may include them (6)
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24052
Rufus CREAM The best Religious Education received in academic stream (5)
The best stuff available around the East (5)
Pack a quarter in of the very best (5)
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Rufus LAVISH Six have a whip-round that's generous (6)
It's pointlessly subject to being extravagant (6)
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Rufus LITUP A bulb may be a variety of tulip (3,2)
Drunk started smoking (3,2)
Having had a lot of drinks, started to smoke (3,2)
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26783
Rufus ANNEXE A letter, say, may be an attachment (6)
We hear a letter gets an extension (6)
Extension of a letter, say (6)
A kiss, say, indicates attachment (6)
A letter reportedly gets an extension (6)
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23874
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Rufus OFFCOLOUR Seen by footballer shown the red card? Well, no! (3,6)
Sick of getting the red card? (3-6)
Blue and not feeling well (3-6)
Not on green, perhaps, yet below par (3-6)
A shade less well than usual (3,6)
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Rufus DIAGNOSIS Ill-judgment (9)
Dosing is a remedy in the doctor's opinion (9)
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Rufus SKILIFT Winter sportsmen take it up (3,4)
What winter sportsmen may need to reach their peak (3,4)
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Rufus ENNOBLE Give a subject a title, perhaps (7)
Honour Ben and Noel with new order (7)
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Rufus SEEPAGE Discharge notice goes to attendant (7)
Evidence of a leak? Contact the attendant (7)
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Rufus NOISOME Offensive rumour about a retired doctor (7)
Offensive Moonies dispersed (7)
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Rufus SCRUTINEER Cross-examiner? (10)
Cross-examiner? (10)
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Rufus CRADLESONG Early form of rock music? (6,4)
Early form of rock music? (6,4)
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Rufus ASPIRED Hoped to rise from despair (7)
Had ambitions for a high place in the church in the Christian era (7)
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Rufus DISCUSS Dispute being second in field event (7)
Being second placed in field event leads to dispute (7)
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Rufus ILLHUMOUR Bad temper resulting from sick jokes (3,6)
Sick jokes producing bad feeling? (3,6)
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Rufus JACKKNIFE Dive that lorry drivers try to avoid (9)
Kind of dive lorry drivers try to avoid (9)
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Rufus CODICIL A willing rider (7)
A note added willingly (7)
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Rufus CONTEST Study exam question (7)
Trick examination question (7)
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Rufus ELEANOR English queen, one Lear got involved with (7)
English queen, one with real potential (7)
English queen, one Lear got confused with (7)
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Rufus ADRIFT Commercial break cut off (6)
Undirected commercial break (6)
A tenor is currently helpless (6)
Cut off commercial break (6)
How one may be cast as Captain Bligh? (6)
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Rufus STEPOUT Increase the pace (4,3)
Lengthen your stride, if a stair tread is missing (4,3)
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Rufus HOEDOWN One who'd have to change for the dance (7)
One who'd organised a dance party? (7)
One who'd turned out for a dance (7)
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Rufus EYEBALL Sphere of vision (7)
Globe in orbit (7)
Watch the dance in which one has a pupil (7)
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Rufus SCREEN Check for security guard (6)
Hide or show (6)
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Rufus SUPERB Magnificent Slav round-up (6)
Pubs rebuilt, providing choice (6)
Pubs re-built providing choice (6)
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Rufus NOTARY Small number attempt to entertain a public official (6)
Small number attempt to entertain a public official (6)
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Rufus HEDGED Worked in fields, but got laid off (6)
Worked in fields, but got laid off (6)
Acted evasively, being naturally guarded (6)
Was shifty and naturally guarded (6)
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Rufus MEAGRE Lake containing silver in very small quantity (6)
Many agree it's new and in short supply (6)
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Rufus GODIVA Lady bareback rider (6)
Tax protester who presented her buff form (6)
Concerned with taxes, she showed spirit, keen to make a return (6)
Tax protester who presented her buff form (6)
She's barely remembered as being against oppressive taxes (6)
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Rufus APTITUDE Tied up at work acquiring skill (8)
A diet put out for fitness (8)
Tied up at work, reaching capacity (8)
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Rufus DELTA Water at the mouth (5)
A current coastal issue (5)
A widespread current issue (5)
A mouthful of water (5)
Widespread issue of currency (5)
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Rufus ODDBALL Not even graduate students can be so bizarre (7)
Eccentric, strange dance (7)
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Rufus IRONED Pressed on amid dire distress (6)
Did some evening work (6)
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Rufus HANDICAP The better runners suffer setback at start of this race (8)
In which all entrants won't come up to scratch (8)
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Rufus STRIKE Pound is hit by industrial action (6)
All-out hit (6)
Bring the match alive with shot at goal (6)
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Rufus INTOTO It's completely in Latin (2,4)
It's completely in Latin (2,4)
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Rufus MALAWI A west African state engulfs a west African state (6)
African state where one follows matriarchal rule (6)
May French frame legislation for African state? (6)
One must back the law to some degree in Africa (6)
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Rufus USEDTOIT Suited to change, knowing what to expect (4,2,2)
Suited to change, knowing what it's like (4,2,2)
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Rufus USURPER He's made pretence a reality! (7)
Wild pursuer of regal status (7)
He wrongly assumes moneylender carries cash (7)
He enters the office uninvited (7)
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Rufus DELETED Removed lease included in legal document (7)
Lease in legal document taken out (7)
Lease included in legal document removed (7)
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Rufus DIAMONDS Quarterdeck cutters (8)
Suit for a girl's best friend (8)
Suit worn by the wealthy (8)
Cutters for the quarterdeck (8)
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Rufus ASSISTANT Help worker to find a mate? (9)
All excited, sit with Santa's helper (9)
One who helps satanists out (9)
One helping satanists out (9)
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Rufus STRAITJACKET No sane person is likely to assume it (12)
The case for arms limitation (12)
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Rufus DONATE Give fellow a note (6)
Give fruit on entering (6)
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Rufus BUCK A dollar for it? Sounds dear (4)
Please start (4)
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Rufus PRETTY Reasonably fair (6)
Fine for a non-drinker found in the quarry (6)
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Rufus BRIGANDS Ships and, in them, pirates (8)
Ships' prisons and inside are bandits (8)
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Rufus NEEDY Such people want a lot (5)
One wants to be so described (5)
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Rufus FAREWELL Water jug put back in sink for so long (8)
Water jug back in sink for so long (8)
I'm off food and water (8)
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Rufus CELIA Alice is out to get her (5)
US spies capture the Spanish girl (5)
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Rufus STITCH Result of running repair (6)
Sewer's cramp? (6)
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Rufus ORDINAL Maybe first or second row in exam (7)
A number making loud noise during examin­ation (7)
No cardinal has spoken about the noise (7)
A number making a noise in examination (7)
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Rufus SEAFRONT Promenade provides ocean air (8)
It's safer not to stray by the shore (8)
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Rufus KEYS Operators of locks and harbours, say (4)
Lockers A to G, perhaps (4)
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Rufus ASWELL And, what is more, a real gent! (2,4)
Also seen as a real gent (2,4)
A dandy, too (2,4)
A second source found, in addition (2,4)
It follows a gale at sea, too (2,4)
Also seen in the guise of a dandy (2,4)
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Rufus CONFIDENCE Shared secret belief (10)
Shared secret belief (10)
Private communication of faith (10)
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Rufus TRAMPS Vagrants responsible for swindle in backstreet (6)
Ships could be drifters (6)
First of the inclinations of vagrants (6)
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Rufus SNUFFSIT Extinguishes the candle and passes on (6,2)
Extinguishes a candle flame and passes on (6,2)
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Rufus CHAIN Length of pitch for batting after tea (5)
A paper decoration from China (5)
It makes the bike move like lightning (5)
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Rufus NEAT Ordered, as whisky may be (4)
Cattle without water (4)
Unwatered stock (4)
Steer straight (4)
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Rufus ATHEART Essentially consisting of articles and paintings (2,5)
Basically, a threat needs to be dealt with (2,5)
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Rufus PILLAGE For looting in store, convict (7)
Convict dividing hoard of plunder (7)
Convict surrounded by a stack of booty (7)
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Rufus NEBRASKA American state banks are, after the crunch (8)
A banker's order in America (8)
American state banks are to be reorganised (8)
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Rufus LEEWAY General method that allows margin for error (6)
Some freedom allowed for fish picked up on route (6)
One not going straight will have to make this up (6)
General means to establish latitude (6)
Tiny raised inlay that may have to be made up (6)
General means to establish latitude (6)
Tiny turned inlay that may have to be made up (6)
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Rufus NEIGHBOUR Hour being struck for close acquaintance (9)
Hour being struck for close acquaintance (9)
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Rufus YEMEN Middle Eastern country's potential enemy? (5)
The old soldiers of a country (5)
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Rufus STREAMER Flagship rounds end of pier (8)
Pennant flown by vessel with monarch aboard (8)
Flagship rounds end of pier (8)
Ship carrying right pennant (8)
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Rufus EMBRACE Take to arms! (7)
Typical measure by couple to show affection (7)
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Rufus TRAMPOLINE A bouncer at the gym club (10)
A performer's bound to be uplifted by it (10)
One may be uplifted by ship on the equator (10)
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Rufus AMBASSADOR Sam's abroad, working as a diplomat (10)
As a diplomat, he is seen in capitals (10)
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Rufus KNAPSACKS Packs gifts without a second thought (9)
Packs gifts without a second thought (9)
We hear sleeping bags are carried by hikers (9)
Chip bags or containers (9)
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Rufus REALISE Cotton on a reel is in a tangle (7)
Understand that lies are wrong (7)
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Rufus INTHEAIR Not yet decided on flying, perhaps (2,3,3)
Flying is not yet fully developed (2,3,3)
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Rufus ABUTMENT Only men go in at such a meeting (8)
Only males go in at such a meeting (8)
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Rufus INCH Long Island in Scotland? No! (4)
Part of the foot and chin broken (4)
It doesnÍt go far in church (4)
In certain charts it may indicate a mile (4)
Move slowly in order (4)
Long Island? Hardly (4)
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Rufus SHOWOFF Exhibitionist who's of loud disposition (4-3)
There's no performance of "The Peacock" (4-3)
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Rufus RESOLUTE Determined to give poor Rose an instrument (8)
Intent on rendering two notes on an instrument (8)
Determined to produce two notes on old instrument (8)
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Rufus MASSIF Concentrate on providing a complete range (6)
High range of service provided (6)
High-rise central block (6)
High level of service provided (6)
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Rufus TOUCHING Moving about (8)
Making contact can be emotive (8)
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Rufus STEPHENSON Rocket launcher (10)
Rocket engineer (10)
Rocket designer (10)
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Rufus EDAM Key engineering work in Holland (4)
It is made in a churn (4)
Feed a mouse with cheese (4)
Dutch product manufactured to be sent North (4)
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Rufus OSPREY Bird circles its quarry (6)
Very large game bird (6)
Bird circles its quarry (6)
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Rufus RANCID Rank detectives originally managed (6)
Rank one can change in a way (6)
Turned and fled with detectives in pursuit (6)
Managed to get detectives' rank … (6)
Going off, chased by police (6)
Drove police off (6)
Directed police offensive (6)
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Rufus WARPAINT Feature film put on before the big fight (3,5)
Means to put on a brave face (8)
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Rufus ASCENSION Rising place in the Atlantic (9)
The Easter Rising? (9)
Atlantic island rising above the horizon (9)
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Rufus URNS Build-up of runs — they may retain the Ashes (4)
Building up runs, retaining the Ashes? (4)
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Rufus FLEE Desert one's post, though left in charge? (4)
Left in charge but run away (4)
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Rufus AUDIO The sound of Ouida's characters (5)
Hi-fi in Latin, I hear (5)
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Rufus LISBON Pound is good in France and capital elsewhere (6)
Pound is good in France — capital! (6)
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Rufus LAYOFF Stop and fire (3,3)
Temporarily stop work on hedge (3,3)
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Rufus ADJUTANT Military assistant gives notice to project worker (8)
Notice worker accepting project for military assistant (8)
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Rufus NOTICES Section reserved for reviews (7)
Marks the broken section (7)
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Rufus EYESORES Inspect damaged roses for blemishes (8)
Watches Rose dancing - horrors! (8)
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Rufus ATTEST Declare when playing cricket match (6)
Declare at cricket match (6)
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Rufus ACCOUNT Bill is an aristocrat, we hear (7)
Tale a hundred tell (7)
Bill's a relation (7)
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Rufus STUN Make a hit unexpectedly by sending up crackers (4)
Shock caused by teachers' union's uprising (4)
Heads up to deliver a knock-out blow (4)
Astound without ado (4)
Turn crazy in shock (4)
Heads turn in shock (4)
Heads turn in shock (4)
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Rufus USEFUL Able to help us with fuel product (6)
Functional American fuel product (6)
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Rufus REPEL Drive off quietly in middle of dance (5)
Check the advance of a sick man's comeback (5)
Ward off with shortened sword held in both hands (5)
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Rufus INTHEMAIN Generally where the seas are high (2,3,4)
Floating at sea, for the most part? (2,3,4)
Generally all at sea (2,3,4)
Where the seas are high, generally (2,3,4)
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Rufus HARBOUR Hide the port (7)
Refuge in the middle of the garden retreat (7)
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Rufus OPTOUT Choose not to be involved with pot? (3,3)
Solicitor to go to work — or decide not to? (3,3)
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Rufus BILLPOSTER He sticks up for his employer (10)
One who sticks at his job and mails his account? (10)
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Rufus STOMACH New mascot hard to put up with (7)
Tolerate a most unusual church (7)
New mascot hard to put up with (7)
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Rufus AGATE An entrance of ornamental stone (5)
Stone fence may well have one in it (5)
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Rufus APPARENTLY Petition about a regular payment, so it seems (10)
New play gripped mother, say, or so it seems (10)
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Rufus HEDONIST Fellow entertained by robbery - he enjoys the fun (8)
The trouble about a Spaniard is he puts pleasure before work (8)
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Rufus AWAY A course taken abroad (4)
Off on a course (4)
Absent abroad (4)
A direction to be off (4)
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Rufus PIECE Sound of harmony in musical composition (5)
Man on board with gun (5)
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Rufus ALLFOUND No one is missing full board and lodging (3,5)
Nothing lost, having everything provided (3,5)
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Rufus IGNORE Disregard one note and not another (6)
Neglect desolate region (6)
Pass by troubled region (6)
Soldier returns to scene of mutiny and neglect (6)
No notice is required should you wish to do it (6)
Region sadly showing neglect (6)
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Rufus CURE French priest sought in Lourdes (4)
French priest one may go to Lourdes to find (4)
Priest needed by the sick (4)
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Rufus CHASE Do impressive work as a huntsman? (5)
Engrave a hunting scene? (5)
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Rufus TOMCAT A Queen's consort (6)
Queen's consort (6)
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Rufus KHAKI Uniform colour of Gurkha kit (5)
Habit Tommy got into (5)
Shade giving cover for the troops (5)
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Rufus ESCAPEE Fugitive takes cover in English diocese (7)
One who should be inside out (7)
Point to observe about international runner (7)
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Rufus MAKEUP Compensate with cosmetics (4,2)
Compensate with cosmetics? (4,2)
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Rufus GUERNSEY Island off the Needles? (8)
Source of milk that provides us with energy (8)
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Rufus CORONATION Enthronement of firm king has appeal to the country (10)
Enthronement of firm king's naught to the country (10)
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Rufus POPEYE Cartoon character it's fashionable to watch (6)
Cartoon character for father to watch (6)
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Rufus CONTINGENT It's dependent on a good start in Europe, for example (10)
Last of the fighting in Europe for army unit (10)
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Rufus ISOLATE Cut off and also tie off (7)
One extremely behind schedule in divorce (7)
One extremely behind schedule is cut off (7)
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Rufus OBOE Player giving lead on pitch (4)
Instrument Martin's left is a trombone (4)
Empty honour for a woodwind player (4)
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Rufus ENTERITIS To begin with, it is an internal inflammation (9)
Come in; it is not an infectious disease (9)
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Rufus EARTHBOUND Like an astronaut returning — or failing to get lift-off? (10)
Paradoxical description of the returning astronaut (10)
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Rufus KNITTER One providing cast-off clothing? (7)
One joining in needlework (7)
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Rufus GIFT Present capacity (4)
A natural aptitude is present (4)
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Rufus ITERATES Says again that the treatise needs amending (8)
States repeatedly breaking treaties (8)
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Rufus LIBRETTO A noted textbook (8)
Score book (8)
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Rufus COMMENTARIES They may be running the moment race is organised (12)
They may be running the moment race is organised (12)
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Rufus TIMETABLE Schedule means item is thrown out by the board (9)
Schedule means item is thrown overboard (9)
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Rufus STOCKINGS The present holders (9)
Hose down one's supporters (9)
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Rufus TRAMP Ship, possibly a drifter (5)
Derelict ship (5)
Go for a long walk, or take up afternoon painting (5)
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Rufus PRECEDE Take the lead but quietly drop back later (7)
Quietly withdraw and go before the others (7)
Lead about a hundred into deep trouble (7)
Quietly withdraw and go before the others (7)
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Rufus PIERROT Report written about one performer (7)
Report rewritten about one entertainer (7)
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Rufus ERRAND Make a mistake with the charge (6)
Mother ran down holding a message (6)
Make a mistake and run for it (6)
Short service commission? (6)
Make a mistake and run one (6)
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Rufus OCTOBER O to be in credit for a month! (7)
There's a number to be surrounded by gold in autumn (7)
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Rufus ORCHID It may be buttonholed or rebuked (6)
Blooming choir spoilt start of "Deck The Halls" (6)
It may be buttonholed or rebuked (6)
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Rufus CORNUCOPIA Our panic moderated after company provides abundant source of supply (10)
Company moderating our panic, providing a huge supply (10)
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Rufus DRAWABLANK Be unlucky in raffle, but lucky in Russian roulette (4,1,5)
Be unlucky in raffle, but lucky at Russian roulette (4,1,5)
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Rufus QUESTIONMARK It normally completes the written enquiry (8-4)
It is there for the asking (8,4)
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Rufus GENERIC Somewhat green and barely in charge of a class (7)
Information going to one boy is applicable to the whole class (7)
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Rufus EASYSTREET Simple way of affluent living (4,6)
Simple way in which the affluent live (4,6)
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Rufus STIFLE Choke is left out (6)
Choke is left out (6)
Check a word that is an anagram of itself (6)
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Rufus GROTTO About the end of December, reached Santa's base (6)
About the end of December reached Santa's base (6)
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Rufus SPEARHEADS The points of savage attacks (10)
Pioneers asparagus tips (10)
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Rufus IMBUE Initially it may be uphill, even steep (5)
Initially it may be uphill, even steep (5)
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Rufus REPARABLE Note good golf score, competent, but may be improved (9)
Note golf score: adequate but may be improved (9)
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Rufus GRADIENT Treading slippery slope (8)
Incline to wither in general (8)
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Rufus DENUDE Complete exposure of corruption in Dundee (6)
Complete exposure of corruption in Dundee (6)
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Rufus CROSSBAR Upset over ban on bicycles (8)
Helps to define the goal of angry lawyers (8)
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Rufus THEORY They hold an alternative view of things (6)
He interrupts politician, showing presumption (6)
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Rufus DELAWARE State of the French merchandise (8)
State of being guided upwards with knowledge (8)
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Rufus TAILOR Follow an alternative man of the cloth (6)
He hopes to get suitable clients (6)
He works his hours to suit his customers (6)
Others acquire their habits from him (6)
Tradesman having trouble occupying a high position (6)
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Rufus AFOOT Going out on a limb (5)
About twelve inches? (5)
A measure in operation (5)
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Rufus USURP Enter the office uninvited? (5)
Enter the office uninvited? (5)
Make pretence a reality? (5)
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Rufus BRER Brother to Uncle Remus (4)
Uncle Remus's brother (4)
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Rufus TREATY Break for food in attempt to reach agreement (6)
Attempt to get round tea-blending agreement (6)
Take down in an attempt to reach agreement (6)
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Rufus SIROCCO An oppressive blow for the Italians (7)
A hard blow for the Italians (7)
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Rufus LINNET Bird left in snare (6)
Winger having scored 50 goals? (6)
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Rufus EMBOSS Set me up to supervise relief work (6)
Set me up with manager to perform relief work (6)
Back me to supervise relief work (6)
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Rufus EPILOGUE Close of play (8)
It's heard at close of play (8)
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Rufus NESTEGG Gets inside information coming up for savings (4,3)
Gets inside information coming up for savings (4,3)
It's intended to encourage laying in a little money (4,3)
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Rufus MESS Where officers eat pickle (4)
Canteen stew? (4)
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Rufus FLORAL Free-for-all sort of arrangement (6)
Free-for-all in kind of dance in Cornwall (6)
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Rufus PROFIT In favour of suitable financial advantage (6)
Not against healthy yield (6)
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Rufus BARMAN Supplier of drinks acquired weapon during Prohibition (6)
A local pump attendant (6)
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Rufus NOOK Corner disallowed (4)
There's no approval for retreat (4)
Absence of agreement regarding recess (4)
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Rufus ALTAIR Trail a wandering star (6)
An officer bearing a star (6)
A lieutenant bearing one star (6)
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Rufus PULLUP Stop going up and down (4,2)
Stop vehicle and issue a reprimand (4,2)
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Rufus ENDEAVOUR Aim always, say, to try hard (9)
Try an overdue reform (9)
Aim always, say, to do one's best (9)
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Rufus ETCH Produce a work of art from scratch (4)
Attack the copper with acid (4)
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Rufus REHEARSING Taking part in a dramatic trial (10)
Preparing for the night? (10)
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Rufus PSYCHIATRY A subject for those who have a mind to study (10)
A subject for those who have a mind to study (10)
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Rufus SECURE It's safe to view, when dog is kept inside (6)
Guard dog - watch out! (6)
It's safe to view when the dog is kept inside (6)
Rescue needs organising fast (6)
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Rufus CEASEFIRE Potentially fierce sea battle avoided by this (5,4)
Number to facilitate and inspire truce (5,4)
Eire faces new truce (5-4)
Potentially fierce sea battle avoided by this (5,4)
Unusually fierce sea battle ends with it (9)
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Rufus AIRCREW High-flyers at work? (7)
Company of high-fliers (7)
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Rufus ICEMAN Who cometh in play or cinema production? (6)
He cometh in theatre or cinema production (6)
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Rufus ROTA Go off with a list (4)
List of biblical books held by academy (4)
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Rufus SLEW Killed — and swing for it! (4)
Swing - that's what killers did in olden days (4)
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Rufus JACKPOT Kitty on dope needs a lot of money (7)
Kitty puts flag on vessel (7)
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Rufus STEPPE Set out university course to make plain (6)
It's a sound move — that's plain (6)
Badly set university course, that's plain (6)
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Rufus STUTTER Have initial difficulty in talking (7)
Experience initial difficulty in speech-making (7)
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Rufus FINE Capital punishment (4)
Capital punishment (4)
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Rufus TWELFTHMAN He hasn't made the First XI (7,3)
He hasn't made the First XI (7,3)
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Rufus LAMB City doctor and writer (4)
Writer destined for the chop? (4)
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Rufus CARTON Carriage on a package (6)
Box, one dispatched in error by the French (6)
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Rufus ANDALUSIA Region that's Spanish and American, inter alia (9)
Part of Spain and America inter alia (9)
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Rufus ALEXANDER A great man in history (9)
A channel swimmer accepts kiss from the great man (9)
A channel swimmer accepts kiss from great man in history (9)
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Rufus STEPONIT Hurry, if you want to use the weighing machine (4,2,2)
Hurry to play set point (4,2,2)
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Rufus ABSENT Missing sailors — ten adrift (6)
Sailor posted as missing (6)
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Rufus GERMINATE Start a new life in a regiment abroad (9)
A regiment prepared to shoot (9)
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Rufus TADPOLE Young creature to plead insanity (7)
Swimmer who will leap ahead when detailed (7)
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Rufus UTTER Issue of extreme importance (5)
Golf club lacks parking, say (5)
Unqualified to make a statement (5)
Declare total (5)
Boat without a bow, say? (5)
Not qualified to speak (5)
Total put into words (5)
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Rufus EASEL One means of support for an artist (5)
Peg-legged supporter of the school board (5)
Peg-legged supporter of the Arts (5)
Moderate money providing support for teacher (5)
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Rufus ECONOMIC In income distribution, company is thrifty (8)
Variable income restricts business that could make a profit (8)
With new income around, company becomes viable (8)
In distribution of income the company is thrifty (8)
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Rufus DRAWBRIDGE Put up defence and tie game (10)
A moving entrance (10)
Movable spanner (10)
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Rufus SOAPOPERA Propose a broadcast article on serial drama (4,5)
Flattery works in this kind of TV (4,5)
Propose a broadcast on a serial TV drama (4,5)
Flattery works with EastEnders, say (4,5)
Flattery works with neighbours, for example (4,5)
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Rufus LISTS Tilts - where? (5)
Turns the tables (5)
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Rufus ANTIMONY One metal fused into many (8)
Element may be Athen­ian in any case (8)
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Rufus ELEGANCE Refinement, for example, in an eastern weapon (8)
Point to a member twiddling cane with style (8)
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Rufus CHOWMEIN How mince is cooked by Chinese? (4,4)
How mince is cooked by Chinese? (4-4)
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Rufus REMORSE Ruth Rendell's first English detective (7)
Pity the Royal Engineers have adopted the signallers' system (7)
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Rufus SERENADE Song composed about the present time (8)
Play to the balcony (8)
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Rufus DIATRIBE Bitter criticism — I'd bear it somehow (8)
Return help before the race — and get a stream of abuse! (8)
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Rufus ONTHERACK In agony for quite a stretch? (2,3,4)
Items of luggage may be severely tested (2,3,4)
Pipes may be severely tested (2,3,4)
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Rufus ABORIGINAL Primitive sailor of marked individuality (10)
Sailor on an oil rig turning native (10)
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Rufus SEAMANSHIP Article has wrong emphasis about ocean-going craft (10)
Wrong emphasis about an ability in the main (10)
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Rufus APOLLO Sun-god took men to the moon (6)
Greek god's head set in a ring (6)
Moon rocket gets ahead on oxygen (6)
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Rufus SCRAPS Fights waste (6)
Fights for leftovers (6)
Fights that dogs enjoy (6)
Throws away fights? (6)
Fights are things dogs enjoy (6)
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Rufus NOEL Trotsky came back for the festival (4)
A man for one season (4)
Japanese play the Spanish in season (4)
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Rufus BREACH Rift created by a broken promise? (6)
Rift created by a broken promise? (6)
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Rufus STUMPS Must fix rider's wooden legs (6)
Used in cricket matches that may be drawn (6)
Cricket fixtures finally drawn (6)
Dismisses batsman in match, finally drawn (6)
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Rufus INCHARGE Reaching new position of authority (2,6)
Reaching new position of authority (2,6)
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Rufus MAGI Wise men having a different image out East (4)
Wise men have a month in Paris about the end of spring (4)
They were wise, putting the scholar before the soldier (4)
Silver wrapped up in note for old priests (4)
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Rufus SASH Point to a quiet word, which is binding (4)
Part of a window dresser's flamboyant attire (4)
It's worn to order, perhaps (4)
A form of window decoration (4)
A type of window decoration (4)
Corporation band (4)
Decoration son put on the tree (4)
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Rufus EVENTS They happen to upset Steven (6)
They happen to find an opening in two quarters (6)
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Rufus DENIAL Rejection upset Daniel (6)
Daniel's upset at rejection (6)
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Rufus UNCLE Relation who takes the pledge (5)
Cryptic clue about northern relative (5)
Cryptic clue about northern relative (5)
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Rufus PLUNGE Throw oneself into exercises without a breather (6)
Gamble heavily in dive (6)
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Rufus ANCIENTS Greeks and Romans are different, for instance (8)
New instance of Greeks and Romans? (8)
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Rufus HEAT It comes before the final passion (4)
Trial run in the theatre (4)
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Rufus BLACKOUT Need to have a match around when it's dark (8)
What's missing in a fight is obscure (5,3)
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Rufus LADEN Left port with cargo on board (5)
Left port carrying cargo (5)
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Rufus RENEWAL Restoration novel in authentic setting (7)
Restoration novel in authentic setting (7)
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Rufus EMPHASIS Import a dish of pies and mash (8)
Same ship, different stress (8)
Hip seams split under stress (8)
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Rufus INST The present month, in a way (4)
In a way, it may mean this month (4)
This month in Westminster (4)
This month in Westminster (4)
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Rufus COVERS Area of cricket field used in wet weather (6)
Area of cricket field used in wet weather (6)
Conceals or reports a story (6)
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Rufus OTHERWISE White? Rosé provided if not (9)
Mother wisely included it — or else! (9)
He swore it might be different (9)
Different white and rosé, perhaps (9)
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Rufus DUCK Get down — from this? (4)
Try to avoid the lowest possible score (4)
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Rufus TIDINESS Insisted order must be a good order (8)
Insisted order is order (8)
Insisted order is order (8)
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Rufus BARRAGE Gunfire from ship-borne gunners (7)
Line of defence that makes lawyers angry (7)
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Rufus INGRESS Entrance signs switched round about (7)
The way in which a French painter finally got the point (7)
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Rufus ABOUTTURN A call for military revolution (5,4)
Reverse order (5,4)
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Rufus BIGAMY Generous girl having two husbands? (6)
Great girl, marrying unlawfully (6)
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Rufus LINESUP Queues seen on washdays? (5,2)
Queues seen on washing days? (5,2)
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Rufus OTTOMAN Seat of Empire (7)
Old Empire which, lacking arms, lacks backing (7)
Old Empire sofa (7)
Seat of empire (7)
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Rufus ANSWERED Wars need to be justified (8)
Bad news, dear, it must be acknowledged (8)
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Rufus RIDER Yet it might be quite a pedestrian clause (5)
Condition under which a horse races (5)
Equestrian, it's clear, about to return (5)
Clause added for a cyclist (5)
Added recommendation for a jockey (5)
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Rufus HERO The lady's ring is one much admired (4)
Object of the lady's love? (4)
He goes down or rises in play (4)
He goes down or rises as the star (4)
He is brave, so was she (4)
Brave man: he has heart of iron (4)
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Rufus BALANCESHEET He sent a cable setting out financial position (7,5)
Statement the cane's able to make (7,5)
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Rufus BLOTTO Opening bottle before the game, get drunk (6)
Open bottle before the game, get drunk (6)
Drunk takes bottle opener to bingo (6)
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Rufus SEESAW Understand woodcutter made playground equipment (6)
Observe present and past in child's play (6)
The bishop's concern observed in child's play (3-3)
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Rufus SPASM Resort to sergeant major to get fit (5)
Health resorts get a number fit (5)
Pass out with many a twitch (5)
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Rufus SCAM Put up rainwear in a swindle (4)
Rogue quietly abandoned swindle (4)
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Rufus MEASURES Steps taken in yards or metres (8)
Hands and feet, for example (8)
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Rufus CHAR Overcook fish (4)
A woman cleaning fish (4)
Fish for tea (4)
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Rufus ANIMOSITY Hate to say I'm in disarray (9)
I'm so taken aback by it in any display of ill-will (9)
One doesn't like to show it (9)
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Rufus IDOL I'd look up to see a star (4)
I'd look up to one who's worshipped (4)
I'd look up to this hero (4)
One with old-fashioned image (4)
I would look up to one that's worshipped (4)
An image I'd behold in retrospect (4)
I'd see about the favourite (4)
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Rufus WINNINGS Spoils Worcestershire opener's time at the crease (8)
Spoils Worcestershire opener's time at the crease (8)
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Rufus RANSOM Free with money (6)
The price of freedom? (6)
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Rufus APPAREL Garments appear dishevelled on student (7)
Clothes appear new on student (7)
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Rufus ALFRESCO Open rising of the French irregular forces (8)
Open coal fires I let go out (8)
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Rufus EMERGED Got together after an important point cropped up (7)
Rising unit of temperature — about a thousand — appeared (7)
A thousand accepted by university award, set up and developed (7)
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Rufus CEDAR It has branches in Lebanon (5)
It has branches in Lebanon (5)
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Rufus GREENBELT Container for spread (5,4)
Container for spread (5,4)
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Rufus REIGN Put a curb round gelding's head and get control (5)
Check the key in, as a rule (5)
Check the key in, as a rule (5)
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Rufus TIME Spell it back to me (4)
Occasion for the landlord to call (4)
Occasion for the landlord to call (4)
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Rufus DRYEYED Visibly unaffected by sorrow (3-4)
Visibly unaffected by sorrow (3-4)
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Rufus HUSHMONEY Mum's dowry? (4,5)
The price of silence? (4,5)
The price of silence? (4,5)
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Rufus ENDORSE Back possibly sore after the finish (7)
Finish with terribly sore back (7)
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Rufus DISCOVER Hear of a record surplus (8)
Detect Diana's disguise (8)
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Rufus STYGIAN Staying out in the dark? (7)
Staying terribly dark and gloomy (7)
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Rufus ASHORE A horse being exercised on the beach (6)
Received a hero's treatment when landed (6)
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Rufus RUMPUS Raise drink after drink: result - uproar! (6)
Liquor to drink up: result - uproar (6)
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Rufus SOMEONE Not a particular person (7)
Unspecified bigwig (7)
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Rufus SLOGAN Work hard on an advertising jingle (6)
Hit on an advertising catch phrase (6)
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Rufus TEAPOT Vessel used by unlicensed brewers (6)
Home brewing accessory (6)
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Rufus HELP Assistance for the man with a record (4)
Support man with a record (4)
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Rufus ASCEND Dances arranged to scale (6)
Get up for wild dances (6)
Dances arranged to scale (6)
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Rufus TULIP Switch lit up bulb (5)
Bulb lit up, when switched (5)
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Rufus LEARNER Left one gainfully employed as an apprentice (7)
Motorist waiting for a chance to pass (7)
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Rufus INFAVOUR Popular pro (2,6)
Popular pro (2,6)
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Rufus DESIST To stop in Rhodes is tempting (6)
Stop in a crooked side street (6)
Stop side moving good man (6)
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Rufus SALAMI Banger unfortunately overturned on motorway (6)
Italian banger unfortunately going the wrong way joining the motorway (6)
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Rufus ALGEBRA Change of lab gear required for this subject (7)
A student, say, set up female support in maths subject (7)
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Rufus CENSURED Blamed a number before having made certain (8)
Many made certain to be rebuked (8)
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Rufus BOAR Steal up around a wild beast (4)
Animal with fur and a round head (4)
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Rufus INACANTER I can't earn redress, as the race was easily won (2,1,6)
I can't earn redress, as race won easily (2,1,6)
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Rufus MAIDENS Girls get degrees without a study (7)
I study among graduates — young females (7)
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Rufus GARDENIA Plant in Grade A condition (8)
This plant requires proper drainage (8)
Growing area, one with a shrub (8)
Growing area, one with a shrub (8)
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Rufus ESTONIA Result of converting sea into land (7)
Points to raise in a republic (7)
Land on a site needing development (7)
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Rufus PIONEER Explorer, one given all-round support (7)
An explorer needing one in support (7)
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Rufus COMPOSED Being calm, scored (8)
Made up a number (8)
Produced original work that's collected (8)
Calm artfully created (8)
Collected and wrote notes (8)
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Rufus NEAPTIDE When high water is low (4,4)
When the water moving ain't deep (4,4)
Need one tap repaired when the flow is minimal (4,4)
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Rufus HEADWAY Principal method of progress (7)
Principal method of progress (7)
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Rufus NIECE Civil about egghead member of the family (5)
Relative found somewhere in the south of France, we hear (5)
Annie celebrates having this other girl in the family (5)
Exact about a point being relatively close (5)
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Rufus ALABASTER Rate balsa as a smooth material (9)
Gypsum and basalt are different (9)
Gypsum and basalt are different (9)
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Rufus SARDINIA Island doctor turns up to be imprisoned in Asia, unexpectedly (8)
Island thoroughfare in Asia needing renovation (8)
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Rufus CHATEAU French castle in which a tea urn is lost (7)
Cat is given water in French country house (7)
Large house where cat is given water in France (7)
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Rufus GARBAGE A beggar sorted out contents of bins (7)
Refuse to dress on time (7)
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Rufus ENVY Grudging admiration of diplomat with nothing to lose (4)
Sin of a loveless diplomat (4)
Sin of ambassador with nothing to lose? (4)
Feel jealous of minister who lacks nothing (4)
Grudging admiration of diplomat who lacks nothing (4)
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Rufus TANGENT An outside line to ring (7)
Get browned off with a chap on the Circle Line? (7)
An outside line to ring (7)
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Rufus DISCO Girl's firm provides entertainment (5)
Place to dance in a girl's company (5)
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Rufus TALON Claw used in fight, along with teeth (5)
Heavyweight gets round a novice with a hook (5)
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Rufus ALLIGATOR Reptile snarling at gorilla (9)
Reptile snarling at gorilla (9)
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Rufus IMAM I'm a Muslim leader? Yes (4)
I'm a Muslim leader — yes, a Muslim leader (4)
I'm a leader of Muslims (4)
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Rufus LESS Smaller boy absent from lessons (4)
Shorter time for teaching? That's not on (4)
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Rufus LEGATO Breaks a leg, has to play on without a pause (6)
Gale blows itself out to a smooth finish (6)
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Rufus DITCH Desert watercourse (5)
Abandon land in the sea (5)
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Rufus TEDDYBEAR Musical picnicker (5,4)
Baby Edward has to carry something to cuddle (5,4)
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Rufus VERONA Girl carries on in Juliet's place (6)
Girl carries on in Juliet's place (6)
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Rufus PUTINTHEBOOT Adopt a brutally tough line with motoring cases (3,2,3,4)
Take a tough line to deal with a motoring case (3,2,3,4)
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Rufus INTESTATE Unwillingly late (9)
Indicative of a lack of will (9)
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Rufus THELMA She made her name in production of Hamlet (6)
She made her name in production of Hamlet (6)
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Rufus EPONYM Hoover, for example, sets me back about £25 (6)
See me mounting horse entered in Derby, for example (6)
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Rufus ROUSE Provoke audible discord (5)
Disturb with sound arguments (5)
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Rufus EGOTRIP An over self-indulgent action to gripe about (3,4)
Presumably, I get a lift during this tour (3,4)
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Rufus GUIDE We'd be lost without him! (5)
Handbook for girl in uniform (5)
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Rufus TAPDANCER He won't take steps to maintain silence (3-6)
Performer who can tread about quietly? Not this one! (3,6)
He trips and hits the floor noisily (3,6)
One taking steps to make himself heard (3,6)
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Rufus EVENSO Nothing more than a 50-50 chance, nevertheless (4,2)
Nothing more than a 50-50 chance, nevertheless (4,2)
Still rings back, nevertheless (4,2)
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Rufus ALABAMA State of a student gaining a couple of degrees (7)
Look for a mole (7)
Sailor held by a devout Buddhist state (7)
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Rufus BANDANNA Bandage head with girl's kerchief (8)
Girl following music group may be spotted (8)
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Rufus ERASER It enables a writer to eliminate unwanted characters (6)
When used between rulers it eliminates mistakes (6)
When used between rulers, it eliminates mistakes (6)
One is often led to use it by mistake (6)
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Rufus EPICURES Mince pies and preserve inside for gourmets (8)
US recipe cooked for gourmets (8)
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Rufus SPRUCE Smart deal (6)
Deal turned out well (6)
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Rufus WELLOFF Rich source no longer available (4,3)
Moderately rich oil producer on holiday (4,3)
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Rufus SITE Sound sense of position (4)
Sound vision required by a city developer (4)
Such a location makes sound sense (4)
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Rufus BRINGTO Stop for Jack to revive (5,2)
Stop for Jack to revive (5,2)
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Rufus TISSUES For wrapping or handkerchiefs - its uses are varied (7)
Papers - the first editions (7)
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Rufus PORT Vessel has got right inside the harbour (4)
Wine shippers use it (4)
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Rufus DRESSING Sauce required for a formal dinner (8)
Oil and vinegar is bound to help the wound (8)
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Rufus BYRD US polar explorer - and aviator, by the way (4)
US polar explorer — and aviator, by the way (4)
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Rufus TRIO Small group involved in riot (4)
Small group to split over religious instruction (4)
Group of musicians — or it could be (4)
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Rufus LATENT Exceptional talent may be hidden (6)
Concealed overdue books (6)
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Rufus VOTER He makes one cross at times (5)
Parties appeal to him (5)
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Rufus MANUAL Handy reference book (6)
Physical training instructor (6)
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Rufus EMIR Ancient mariner's story upset Arab prince (4)
Middle East overturns one ruler — or another (4)
Arab prince recalls Ancient Mariner story (4)
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Rufus OVERLOOK Forget how to take charge (8)
Fail to notice what 1 down will do (8)
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Rufus DISTRESS Stride about ship in trouble (8)
Little Sidney turned the lock, causing much trouble (8)
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Rufus ACME High spot of getting married in a church (4)
Getting married in a church will be a high spot (4)
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Rufus RECITAL Novel, article and story (7)
One in court trapped by factual account (7)
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Rufus SHOWER Rabble's downfall (6)
Rabble's downfall (6)
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Rufus LODGE Deposit for a house (5)
House deposit (5)
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Rufus COMPOUND A settlement is involved (8)
Enclosure is not at all simple (8)
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Rufus DIVISION Commons vote leads to disagreement (8)
It comes under a general vote in the Commons (8)
It may weaken or strengthen an army (8)
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Rufus CLOCKSIN Makes a timely entrance? (6,2)
Makes a timely entrance? (6,2)
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Rufus LITTLE This by itself is only a gradual process (6)
Very much the opposite (6)
This by itself is only a gradual process (6)
Very much the opposite (6)
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Rufus ELSINORE Girl embraces chap up in Hamlet's place (8)
Girl holds chap up in Denmark (8)
Girl will entertain no alternative site for Hamlet (8)
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Rufus TOLERABLE Fair distribution of beer to all (9)
It's only fair the board should accept new role (9)
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Rufus HATPIN Does it secure tile to shingle? (6)
It secures a superior item for ladies (6)
Does it secure tile to shingle? (6)
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Rufus FUTURE It's present on arrival (6)
A tense time ahead (6)
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Rufus UNIT Some soldiers can return to university (4)
One upper-class twit (4)
University can come up to an accepted standard (4)
One upper-class twit (4)
Single piece of ammunition (4)
One has a lot of fun with it (4)
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Rufus SAUCE Relish a piece of impudence (5)
Impertinence one might get from a waiter (5)
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Rufus BOLT Lightning? Run! (4)
Run away or be shot for security reasons (4)
Run away from a flash of lightning (4)
Shot for security reasons? (4)
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Rufus ANCHOR It is weighed by craftsmen (6)
Basic security for sailors (6)
One stays in bed when working (6)
It could get Charon in a fix on the Styx (6)
Moor in Arabian chorus (6)
Tug of war team member weighed before departure (6)
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Rufus EMERALD Small type of gem (7)
Gemstone dealer, maybe, holds a number (7)
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Rufus TAKEIN Pick up contract (4,2)
Contract to accommodate lodgers (4,2)
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Rufus RETREAT Flight departure (7)
About to shout the order to withdraw (7)
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Rufus LABEL A bell-shaped attachment to the Christmas parcel (5)
Lincoln students without name tag (5)
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Rufus EDGY Extremely irritable? (4)
Extremely nervous (4)
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Rufus VIOLENT Not evil — maybe just lacking restraint (7)
Wild flower absorbs nitrogen (7)
Remarkable novel, it is intensely passionate (7)
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Rufus ACNE Name expert seen about skin problem (4)
Bill born with spots on the face (4)
Teenage trouble spots? (4)
One covering end of chin in spots (4)
Expert seen about new skin problem (4)
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Rufus HEROIC Valiant choir somehow held a note (6)
Undaunted, he falls or rises in command (6)
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Rufus ESSAYS Tracts of eastern and southern states (6)
Tracts of eastern and southern states (6)
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Rufus BREAKCOVER If you do, you will be clearly out when turning ball goes to fielder (5,5)
Be clearly out when turning ball goes to fielder (5,5)
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Rufus GOINGSON Suspect hijinks for the departing prodigal? (6-2)
Leaving child constitutes misconduct (6-2)
Absconding child makes mischief (6-2)
Suspect behaviour of absconding child (6-2)
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Rufus SINAI Deserted area is in a bad way (5)
Is climbing in a rough mountainous area (5)
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Rufus BUREAU Foreign Office desk? (6)
Ladies' man holding ancient city office (6)
Office desk (6)
Foreign Office has its back to the wall (6)
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Rufus SHATTER Surprise Mum with an unusual treat (7)
Wreck that's broken up with little hesitation (7)
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Rufus RESCUE Possibly secure and free from danger (6)
Free delivery (6)
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Rufus SHORELEAVE Break away from the craft (5,5)
Time off for a craftsman (5,5)
Leisure time for a craftsman (5,5)
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Rufus HAMSTER The arms go round the cheeky little pet! (7)
The arms go round one's pet (7)
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Rufus SEETHE Steep swell (6)
Boil — the spot comes first (6)
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Rufus FASTBOWLER Express delivery-man? (4,6)
He's quick to take over (4,6)
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Rufus ASPEN Tree in a small enclosure (5)
Tree for a small enclosure (5)
Trembling on account of going to prison (5)
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Rufus DIOCESE See a bishop's concern (7)
See the bishop's concern (7)
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Rufus ACCOST Confront with small account charge (6)
Current charge for what solicitors do (6)
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Rufus ISOLATED Ill-disposed ladies to be separated (8)
Divorced ladies to be rehabilitated (8)
Divorced ladies to be treated differently (8)
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Rufus SPANK Stretch over the end of the desk and chastise (5)
Stretch over end of desk and chastise (5)
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Rufus STYE It becomes inflamed by the lash (4)
Pen note making a personal complaint (4)
Animal enclosure to note as an eyesore (4)
Small yet troublesome inflammation (4)
Something troubling your eye, initially (4)
Number not in style, a real eyesore (4)
Untidy place to note as an eyesore (4)
Pen a note making a complaint (4)
A way the old can show complaint (4)
It is small, yet strangely irritating to the eye (4)
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Rufus INTEARS Plainly distressed, but retains composure (2,5)
Plainly distressed, but retains composure (2,5)
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Rufus NUT Head teachers (3)
Food which might be bolted (3)
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Rufus FRIGATE Ship's sails etc split a lot (7)
Equipment in what must be a warship (7)
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Rufus ANNOYANCE Irritation anyone can cause (9)
Can anyone disguise such irritation? (9)
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Rufus SESSION Meeting that has no standing? (7)
A parliamentary term? (7)
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Rufus ISOBAR Boris upset about article describing Met line (6)
It shows pressure or bias is developing (6)
It connects similar pressure points (6)
Boris takes a strangely pressurised line (6)
Is nothing but a pressure line (6)
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Rufus SEPULCHRE Lush crêpe put round burial place (9)
Lush crepe put round burial place (9)
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Rufus VERSED Well acquainted with the metric system (6)
Poetically skilful (6)
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Rufus TORRENTS Hill splits and falls, perhaps (8)
Hills split internally by floods (8)
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Rufus EASED Facilitated a seed's germination (5)
Stopped losing head and relaxed (5)
Facilitated return by stamped addressed envelope to editor (5)
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Rufus THERAPY Cure those people without charge (7)
The charge incurred by you initially for treatment (7)
Pray the change will do you good (7)
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Rufus AGENCY A representative business (6)
Means business (6)
Means business (6)
It won't play a principal part (6)
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Rufus UNDERAGE Lacking a majority (5,3)
UN agreed resolution, though lacking majority (5,3)
UN agreed resolution, though lacking majority (5,3)
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Rufus EXAMPLE No longer plentiful, for instance (7)
Model, formerly fat? (7)
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Rufus ABYSSINIA Land a hole in one - amazing start! (9)
Land a hole in one, an amazing start! (9)
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Rufus DEMESNE The estate needs me for organisation (7)
Send me round to eastern land (7)
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Rufus EARNER Student losing head deserves what he gets (6)
Head left student to get a good job (6)
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Rufus TIDE It does twice daily turns at coastal resorts (4)
Period of time - spring, for example (4)
We hear it's bound to be a current variation (4)
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Rufus SCHEMATIC Catechism arranged according to plan (9)
Graphic new form of catechism (9)
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Rufus NEARBY Close - doubly close in fact (6)
Awful barney not far away (6)
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Rufus CAREWORN Oarsman overturned in vessel in distress (8)
Capsized oarsman in vessel is in distress (8)
Oarsman returned in vessel, showing distress (8)
Vehicle owner may be distressed (8)
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Rufus UNIFORMITY One class in agreement (10)
In one class where everything is the same (10)
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Rufus TIDEMARK Evidence of a slack washer (8)
Washing line? (8)
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Rufus SEPIA Copies sent up, including one in colour (5)
Returned copies, including one in colour (5)
Cuttlefish product very good in salt water (5)
Cuttlefish very good in water (5)
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Rufus INCA Trendy accountant who lived in South America (4)
Peruvian gets fashionable account back (4)
Peruvian in Spain cannot be understood (4)
Trendy accountant lived in Peru (4)
American business contract with a Peruvian (4)
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Rufus UNIFORM Livery stable (7)
All the same, it suits some people (7)
All the same a soldier has to assume it (7)
Regular soldiers have to assume it (7)
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Rufus SARTRE False arrest of French intellectual (6)
Wrongly arrest French intellectual (6)
Jean-Paul's wrongful arrest (6)
Wrongly arrest French intellectual (6)
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Rufus TACK Take another course in sewing (4)
Food on the turn? (4)
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Rufus PIKESTAFF A plain standard (9)
There's a fish on the rod, plain enough (9)
Rod, pole, but plainly not perch (9)
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Rufus RUCHE A fringe gathering of lace makers (5)
A trimming of lace, one gathered (5)
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Rufus MASCOT One's lucky in races beyond a mile (6)
It's lucky mother's gone to bed (6)
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Rufus STAFFS Employees used to keep up standards (6)
County clubs (6)
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Rufus TURNIP Vegetable growing from vessel in the rubbish dump (6)
The root that shows us pi? (6)
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Rufus DUFF Boiled sweet that's no good (4)
No good at making pudding (4)
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Rufus INTROVERT Dog entered in races is withdrawn (9)
Dog entered in favoured races is withdrawn (9)
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Rufus NEEDINESS Denis seen to be wanting (9)
Denis seen to be wanting (9)
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Rufus HALFTERM Injure outside left, fouled, resulting in a break (4-4)
Outside left fouled - injury is a break (4-4)
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Rufus LAIDUP Saved, but confined to bed (4,2)
Ill stored (4,2)
Ill stored (4,2)
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Rufus ATLASES Collected books of maps at jumble sales (7)
Collected reference books at jumble sales (7)
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Rufus LASHOUT The French cry "Attack!" (4,3)
Give generously when there's a whip-round? (4,3)
Give generously when there's a whip-round (4,3)
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Rufus CAPERS Saucy antics? (6)
They're not necessarily cut in pickle making (6)
They may be cut or not in the cooking (6)
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Rufus SILENT Mum, listen for a change! (6)
Mum, listen for a change! (6)
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Rufus BENT Bowed to talent (4)
Criminal tendency (4)
Not true talent (4)
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Rufus INSITU Unit is possibly Roman, naturally placed (2,4)
It's naturally placed among Latin phrases (2,4)
Is in its rightful place among Latin phrases (2,4)
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Rufus PERU A state of pure chaos (4)
Country putting physical education over sport (4)
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Rufus SAPPER He wrote for various papers (6)
Private papers destroyed (6)
Private papers put in order (6)
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Rufus SEVERE Strict clergyman has a setback in the diocese (6)
Cut by a quarter? That's serious (6)
Strict clergyman is elevated in diocese (6)
Harsh cut with end of knife (6)
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Rufus OVERWHELM Too much rudder, admitted first watch to master (9)
More than a quarter take control at sea as master (9)
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Rufus BEEF Grouse meat (4)
When the buzzer gets loud, complain (4)
Cattle complaint (4)
Some steak or grouse? (4)
Joint complaint (4)
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Rufus ANGER Old car doesn't start, causing exasperation (5)
Pole in wrong gear shows annoyance (5)
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Rufus CUTANDRUN Two ways to operate? Get away! (3,3,3)
Score from an offside ball? Get away! (3,3,3)
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Rufus LILY She's not improved by the golden touch (4)
It's purely symbolic (4)
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Rufus ALLRIGHT It's OK, there's no one left (3,5)
None left unharmed (3,5)
OK, there's nothing left (3,5)
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Rufus SCREENTEST The shooting of an unknown person? (6,4)
An opportunity to put one in the picture? (6,4)
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Rufus ACCENT Possibly a grave sign of stress (6)
Stress it's money on account (6)
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Rufus USAGE We object to long period of employment (5)
States the time for practice (5)
Employment of university man of learning (5)
Time to follow American custom (5)
States how old one is — it's the custom (5)
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Rufus ADELAIDE City set within a river (8)
City set within a river (8)
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Rufus OPEN Unfasten the duck cage (4)
Yet such a championship may be close (4)
Frank, ready to do business, … (4)
Duck and swan up in the air (4)
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Rufus DEVIL He leads many to sin (5)
He leads many to sin (5)
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Rufus RETORT About to get wrong answer (6)
Answer is again wrong (6)
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Rufus FELL Cruel, unloved doctor (4)
Went over the hill? (4)
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Rufus ACCORD Bill is on the line expressing agreement (6)
Current binder for correspondence (6)
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Rufus MYNA Bird able to speak, surprising many (4)
Talking bird many may climb up to see (4)
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Rufus ALSORAN Out of place competitor (4-3)
Athlete who's out of place on the track (4,3)
Athlete out of place on the track (4-3)
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Rufus STUDIOUS Scanning the books for money owing on the horses (8)
Rooms outside university for academic (8)
Academic bosses must admit financial liability (8)
Academic has rooms outside university (8)
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Rufus TIEPIN Decoration worn on one's chest (6)
Decoration worn on one's chest (6)
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Rufus SAMPAN Oriental vessel is a mile in length (6)
Mother's coming up on a vessel - a Chinese one (6)
Bridge seen around morning from boat (6)
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Rufus EXHUME To do this illegally is a grave offence (6)
Give someone a lift from the cemetery (6)
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Rufus OGLE Show fond regard for the opposite sex (4)
Look round to leg in play (4)
Show fond regard for the opposite sex (4)
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Rufus OPULENT By endless work advanced to become rich (7)
Work socially acceptable advanced as worth a lot (7)
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Rufus SKIRT Go around in women's clothing (5)
Go round in a woman's garment (5)
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Rufus TOURER New route right for an open car (6)
New route right for sightseeing visitors (6)
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Rufus CLEANSE Is inclined to enter the church, subject to purification (7)
Case Len resolved to clear up (7)
Is inclined to enter the Church, subject to purification (7)
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Rufus ENDANGER Compromise and put a stop to ill-temper (8)
To put one at risk on purpose is a sin (8)
Bury the hatchet, though put in jeopardy? (8)
To put at risk on purpose is a sin (8)
Peace-making counsel is put at risk (8)
What peacemakers try to do is put at risk (8)
Risk death with passion (8)
Cut short acrimony — compromise (8)
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Rufus ACROSTIC Wordplay of a Socratic kind (8)
A sign of wrong and right, we hear, in puzzle (8)
Verse that is initially puzzling (8)
A sign of wrong and right, we hear, in a puzzle (8)
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Rufus STOODUP Rose let down by her boyfriend (5,2)
Showed respect for an old lady, but insulted a young one (5,2)
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Rufus FLYPAST Run quickly over ceremony (3-4)
Get away with experience in aerial display (3-4)
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Rufus PARTICULAR Fussy individual (10)
Fussy detail (10)
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Rufus ONHIRE Processed heroin available at a price (2,4)
Processed heroin available at a price (2,4)
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Rufus INDUCE Prompt delivery (6)
Prompt delivery (6)
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Rufus BOARDS Stage directors make them up (6)
Stage directors make them up (6)
Stage directors in groups (6)
Goes on the stage (6)
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Rufus SPLITHAIRS Revised parish list made fine distinctions (5,5)
Quibble about trifles, resulting in parting? (5,5)
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Rufus STROLL Short way to take a turn on promenade (6)
A street to flatten out for a gentle walk (6)
Journey without purpose (6)
One way to loaf is to walk leisurely (6)
Walk slowly along the street with a list (6)
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Rufus ASHAMED Cinders gets wicked dame feeling guilty (7)
Feeling guilty, so has made amends (7)
A bogus journalist found guilty (7)
Feeling guilty, has made reparations (7)
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Rufus OUTFIT Not in suitable attire (6)
Not in appropriate costume (6)
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Rufus THOU It became you (4)
You used to be grand (4)
You used to be grand (4)
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Rufus DATA A little upset when given the facts (4)
At short notice, sent up information (4)
Arranged a takeover, having inside information (4)
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Rufus ESSAYED Attempted to replant seed, say (7)
Tried and tested (7)
Tried writing to the editor (7)
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Rufus CELLAR Wine store is a short distance in vehicle (6)
Underground source of salt? (6)
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Rufus TRAGEDIAN Actor gives reading at new production (9)
Crash of train carrying elderly actor (9)
Train crash included elderly actor (9)
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Rufus NIECES Female relatives of a pawnbroker? (6)
It leaves refined niceties for female members of the family (6)
Relatives might make a scene about one (6)
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Rufus TAILEND Become weak, get nurse round for the final stage (4-3)
Become weak, get nurse round for the final stage (4,3)
The last section with trouble in mind (4,3)
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Rufus CACAO Accountants love this bean (5)
More than one accountant has love for this chocolate supplier (5)
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Rufus TERMAGANT She might well make man target (9)
Scold or nag — matter put straight (9)
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Rufus BEAUTYSPOT Boy upset at vandalised tourist attraction (6,4)
Tourists may go to see something cheekily displayed by ladies (6,4)
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Rufus ONSTRIKE Leg side shot results in being out (2,6)
Bring the match alive when playing, before getting out (2,6)
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Rufus REBELLION Rising, like a defiant beast (9)
A wildcat rising? (9)
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Rufus PASSABLE Fair examinations should be! (8)
Good enough to get by? (8)
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Rufus BASTILLE Safe in sordid foreign jail (8)
Plough into vile jail (8)
French fortress, HQ until captured (8)
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Rufus ROVE Five small deer about to go wandering (4)
Badly delivered over to knock about (4)
Wandered over casually (4)
Cruise? Get overexcited! (4)
Over-disposed to wander (4)
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Rufus PAPER Daily thesis (5)
Father is getting through the Guardian (5)
Father get through exam (5)
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Rufus AIREDALE Warmed drink for a dog (8)
Dog's very good about being put on new lead (8)
Big dog very good about change of lead (8)
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Rufus INTRANSIT The broken-down train isn't moving (2,7)
It's neither here nor there (2,7)
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Rufus ACCORDS Gives a hundred lines? (7)
Gives a hundred lines? (7)
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Rufus ECSTATIC Note a hundred still in rapture (8)
Enthusiastic, still supporting City (8)
Cock-a-hoop, still following City (8)
City still on cloud nine (8)
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Rufus FRAY Wear down in fight (4)
Combat wear (4)
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Rufus IBERIA I breathe fresh air in the peninsula (6)
A brie I ordered in Spain and Portugal (6)
I breathe fresh air in European peninsula (6)
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Rufus ENIGMA Elgar's variations of gamine (6)
Variation in game puzzles people (6)
Puzzle set in game (6)
Variation in game may need explaining (6)
Game in the form of a puzzle (6)
Puzzle resolved in game (6)
Game in the form of a puzzle (6)
Variation resolved in game (6)
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Rufus CLEARANCE Kind of sale sought by potter (9)
The spare room (9)
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Rufus AVANTGARDE Way-out of the theatre (5-5)
Original advantage involved in capturing king (5-5)
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Rufus ADO Trouble from the year dot (3)
Fuss after a party (3)
A note that spells trouble (3)
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Rufus EMPTIED Eastern politician bound to be exhausted (7)
Eastern politician bound to be discharged (7)
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Rufus QUIET Leave note in it for mum (5)
Not stormy, but quite changeable (5)
Still quite upset (5)
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Rufus CAGE Lock up church silver inside (4)
Silver taken in church — just a pound! (4)
Pound in silver received in church (4)
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Rufus NIGHTMARE Dream of Black Bess? (9)
Dark horse at 20 to 1 causing an upset? (9)
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Rufus PIGEON Concern for bird (6)
Creature that can't fly and another one that can (6)
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Rufus FLEABITE Feel a bit irritated by a trifling annoyance (8)
Run around a little - it won't do much harm (4,4)
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Rufus ALTOGETHER Completely nude (10)
Great hotel renovated completely (10)
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Rufus USED Second-hand but found serviceable (4)
Ushered her out, being exhausted (4)
Second-hand, but not wasted (4)
Spent American notes (4)
Employed you and me — and another chap (4)
Accustomed to being exploited (4)
Part of the house decorations that are not wasted (4)
To be taken advantage of isn't new (4)
We object to journalist being employed (4)
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Rufus COMATOSE Comes to a settlement while unconscious (8)
Under influence of drugs comes to a different view (8)
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Rufus REEFER Hemp is used in making this jacket (6)
Smoking jacket? (6)
Joint may be worn out (6)
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Rufus TICKOFF Reprimand means no further credit will be given (4,3)
Record attendance for lecture (4,3)
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Rufus SCARCE What many, in panic, make themselves (6)
What many in panic make themselves (6)
Having clear head in panic is unusual (6)
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Rufus STRIDE Walk a little way — then go by bus? (6)
Leader of the squad tried to change step (6)
Leader of the squad tried to change step (6)
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Rufus WAGERING Betting, using a payphone (8)
Betting, using a pay-phone (8)
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Rufus CUPBOARD It fully inspires the love of children (8)
Press for trophy being on top of table (8)
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Rufus PRESTO Quickly find some cash — balance nil! (6)
Preston North End exited rapidly (6)
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Rufus ESCAPER He's broken out of quarters — saucy prank! (7)
One who should be inside out (7)
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Rufus ENGARDE Grenade thrown — go on the defensive (2,5)
Pull out grenade and prepare to fight (2,5)
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Rufus BARBARA Major acting role in Shaw play (7)
Shaw's major character (7)
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Rufus PERI Endless danger for a fairy (4)
I follow through with spirit (4)
Each one a fairy! (4)
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Rufus ADHESION So he and I form a strong attachment (8)
Attachment had noise coming from it (8)
Had spread rumour about attachment (8)
Had odd recurrent racket from attachment (8)
Had odd mounting noise from attachment (8)
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Rufus EVERGREEN A Christmas tree, for example, is always popular (9)
Always on the go, remaining fresh and vital (9)
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Rufus KNITWEAR A winter kit without it? Strange (8)
Cast-off clothing (8)
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Rufus TYPE Use the office keys? (4)
Kind face of the press (4)
Sort letters (4)
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Rufus DETACHMENT Disengagement of military unit (10)
Indifference to detail (10)
Indifference of some soldiers (10)
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Rufus ARCHIVES Records where St Joan kept bees? (8)
Four in fresh search for for historical documents (8)
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Rufus BEATIT Dismissive order to a drummer, perhaps (4,2)
Dismissive order to a drummer, perhaps (4,2)
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Rufus ALIGNS Mixes up signal and gets into a row (6)
Mixes up signal and gets into a row (6)
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Rufus ORALLY Surprise expressed to mass meeting in words (6)
Appeal to a mass meeting with words (6)
Love to head the fightback by word of mouth (6)
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Rufus NEEDED Study about river, backing required (6)
Required study about river that's rising (6)
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Rufus EDITIONS Pushed into side issues (8)
Tricked into side issues (8)
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Rufus CLEARCUT It's plain to see it's a terribly cruel act (5-3)
Get over unkind act, that's plain to see (5-3)
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Rufus SHANGHAI A city to impress sailors (8)
A city to impress sailors? (8)
Force to serve port (8)
Press men in China (8)
Take-away Chinese place? (8)
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Rufus POINTLESS Trying to write with such a pencil would be (9)
Quite vain, to be blunt (9)
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Rufus INFERIOR Imply port swallowed is of a lower standard (8)
Mean to gather around the port (8)
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Rufus SCREWUP Bungle a pay rise? (5,2)
Mismanagement results in warder appearing before the magistrate (5-2)
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Rufus THUG Villain putting squeeze on the leader (4)
He's rough. tough, loveless, confused (4)
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Rufus DECREASE Get less iron (8)
Press for a reduction? (8)
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Rufus LATITUDE Compass indicates a parallel (8)
Such tolerance may be a matter of degree (8)
Global degree of freedom (8)
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Rufus DRIFTER Ship, possibly a tramp (7)
Fishing boat that will sail with the tide (7)
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Rufus LEAGUE A union measure (6)
Clubs competing over three miles (6)
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Rufus ILLICIT Add 51 to 49 — a hundred? It is wrong! (7)
It's forbidden to extract information verbally (7)
It's forbidden — and one hundred take it badly at first (7)
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Rufus ENMESH She gets tangled with men to become engaged (6)
She and men get involved and become engaged (6)
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Rufus ENHANCE There are two points he can possibly raise (7)
Two points he can possibly raise (7)
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Rufus UPTODATE Pat, due to makeover, is now in fashion (2,2,4)
Pat, due to makeover, becomes trendy (2-2-4)
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Rufus ABRIDGE Shorten a river crossing (7)
A game to cut short (7)
Contract that makes a ferryman redundant? (7)
Shorten a game of cards (7)
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Rufus EBONY It's not easily carved by one in a confused state (5)
Timber reordered by one (5)
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Rufus INTEREST Gain attention (8)
You won't care if you lose it (8)
Moneymaking hobby? (8)
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Rufus ROWAN A worn out tree (5)
Pull together on an ash tree (5)
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Rufus THUMBNAIL It's extremely handy for this sort of sketch (9)
Sort of sketch one won't want to go under the hammer (9)
Sort of sketch one has in hand (9)
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Rufus GOLFCLUB Whip up strike in sporting association (4,4)
Driver, perhaps, doing the rounds in a cart (4,4)
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Rufus AROUSE Encourage a king to go on the river (6)
Nothing in a trick to cause alarm (6)
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Rufus NARKED Being annoyed, informed the police (6)
Being annoyed, in­formed the police (6)
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Rufus TIRESOME It's boring, but seems not to weary everyone (8)
Novel is remote and tedious (8)
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Rufus CHOPIN Composer giving many an offer of a lift (6)
Composer writing feature about work (6)
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Rufus RECONVENE Scattered once and never to get together again (9)
Scattered once, never to get together again (9)
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Rufus IGNITE Light in it, for example, goes out (6)
Fire when an explosive's not set to start? (6)
I get in trouble, but make light of the matter (6)
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Rufus REDCROSS Relief organisation for the hot and peevish? (3,5)
Relief organisation for the hot and peevish? (3,5)
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Rufus ARRIVE Reach a swirling river (6)
A turbulent river reach (6)
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Rufus BANKRUPT He suffers from a lack of balance (8)
By no means on one's uppers (8)
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Rufus TURN Change the course of a revolution (4)
Change the course of a revolution (4)
Go for a short walk (4)
Act in rotation (4)
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Rufus PAPERS Press for identity documents? (6)
Press for identity documents? (6)
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Rufus NATURAL Living in the wild, not a flat (7)
Old city in part of South Africa is unaffected (7)
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Rufus ASTI Wine from west part of east Italy? (4)
Drink: knock it back as a starter (4)
Drink it up as a starter (4)
Drink, knock it back as a starter (4)
Wine that sparkles when it is reflected (4)
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Rufus PEDESTRIAN Lacking inspiration, he goes for a walk (10)
Train speed reduced to walking pace (10)
One without a car needs a trip out (10)
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Rufus TINE A picking-up point (4)
A picking-up point (4)
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Rufus COLOSSAL Loss in fuel is enormous (8)
Enormous deficit in solid fuel (8)
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Rufus SCAMP Special constable confronts a politician — a troublemaker (5)
Swindle quietly put together by rogue (5)
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Rufus IDEALIST In theory he wants the best (8)
Romantic details I made up (8)
Romantic fancy brought to heel (8)
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Rufus DRESSAGE Don gets silver, note, in Olympic event (8)
Equestrian discipline is a habit that comes with time (8)
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Rufus MARCIA She turns in first-class stuff (6)
She turns a gatecrasher over to US secret service (6)
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Rufus FORGINGAHEAD Counterfeiting next year's coins is progressing well (7,5)
Smith's work with a principal is progressing well (7,5)
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Rufus GREEN It's for putting on colour (5)
Fresh information about the interior (5)
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Rufus ENGINEER Arrange for a mechanic (8)
Contact him if the motor starts to hesitate (8)
Technician in control (8)
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Rufus CLEAVE Chopstick (6)
Be united at the start of Christmas break (6)
Equal to both parts of 13 (6)
Stick that's split? (6)
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Rufus RUIN One run scrambled in overthrow (4)
Defeat in game at home (4)
Game at home results in defeat (4)
I shall enter race and end up a wreck! (4)
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Rufus UNAWARES Not expecting the girl to have the goods (8)
Girl was about to enter without knowing (8)
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Rufus SANDWICH This man advertises food and old port (8)
This man may advertise food and old port (8)
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Rufus PIER Mole that is infiltrating public relations (4)
It's said to give equal support (4)
Mole takes snack next to river (4)
Support one throughout (4)
Mole has something to eat by river (4)
On which landlubbers constitutionally walk the plank (4)
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Rufus INFIRM Not well employed by company (6)
Not fit to be a company member? (6)
Trendy company needing support? (6)
Needing support in business (6)
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Rufus UNITE Join some troops heading east (5)
Combine into one military formation by the end of battle (5)
Marry a French female without sex appeal (5)
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Rufus ASSASSIN He killed a couple of fools in the end (8)
When special forces transgress with killer (8)
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Rufus NUTCASES Fruit with coverings - they're bananas (8)
Fruit with coverings — they're bananas! (8)
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Rufus POMPEII It could not cope with a burning issue of AD 79 (7)
Remains within easy reach of Naples (7)
Remains within easy reach of Naples (7)
Remains within easy distance of Naples (7)
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Rufus JELLY A sweet sort of baby (5)
A sweet sort of baby (5)
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Rufus CHIANTI Coming from China, it is bottled in Italy (7)
Put a chit in for wine (7)
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Rufus RANKLED Annoyed when rating took the helm? (7)
Was the first to go after row becomes embittered (7)
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Rufus APACHE Governor imprisoned by a revolutionary member of tribe (6)
Father in pain, but brave (6)
Perhaps a brave father put up with pain (6)
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Rufus HENPARTY Lay assembly? (3,5)
All women do (3,5)
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Rufus AGREES Consents but will be a long time coming round again (6)
Is of one mind about grease (6)
Consents, but will be a long time coming round again (6)
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Rufus SILHOUETTE Outline a new house title (10)
New hotel suite in outline (10)
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Rufus REINDEER They lead the way in the present transport system (8)
Christmas present drawer (8)
Noel's tower of strength (8)
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Rufus ARTIST I start to develop as a model employer (6)
I start to become a model employer (6)
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Rufus NOSTALGIC Looking back at closing moves (9)
Upset at closing, remembering happier times? (9)
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Rufus DEACON Find company in one churchman or another (6)
Find company in one churchman or another (6)
Find company in one churchman or another (6)
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Rufus LAPSE Left before recess — a blunder (5)
Error made by student before recess (5)
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Rufus DOGSTAR Follows sailor, followed by a sailor (3,4)
Track celebrity's heavenly body (7)
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Rufus BACKLASH Violent reaction against corporal punishment (8)
Violent reaction against corporal punishment (8)
Violent reaction against a flogging? (8)
Reaction feared by a galley slave? (8)
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Rufus CASSETTE Class includes group providing music, perhaps (8)
Recorder may accept this complicated test case (8)
Recorder involved in test case (8)
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Rufus CONTESTANT Study before exam with a National Trust rival (10)
Rival to study before exam — an exemplary worker (10)
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Rufus TEETHE Produce nippers (6)
Produce nippers (6)
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Rufus GOLFCOURSE It's designed for handicapped drivers to do the rounds (4,6)
Was it designed for handicapped drivers? (4,6)
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Rufus AWE With the greatest respect, there is a sound alternative (3)
Respect for a regal method of self-expression (3)
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Rufus MARTIALLAW As a rule, it lacks civility (7,3)
A rule uniformly applied? (7,3)
A rule uniformly applied? (7,3)
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Rufus FORENSIC Forces in conflict, prepared for court action (8)
Conifers specially prepared for a court (8)
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Rufus ABLESEAMEN A meal's been cooked for sailors (4,6)
A meal's been cooked for sailors (4,6)
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Rufus EDELWEISS Highly-sought after rock plant (9)
Rock plant highly sought after (9)
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Rufus SKUA Large bird rearing smaller ones (4)
A bird others turn to (4)
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Rufus GAINSAID Profit announced — and denied (8)
Wins support when opposed (8)
Obtains help that was denied (8)
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Rufus AWRY Crooked king is in a bad way (4)
Crooked king in a bad way (4)
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Rufus STARSANDSTRIPES Spartan dress, it's becoming standard (5,3,7)
Standard wear for officers and NCOs (5,3,7)
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Rufus CARTWHEEL Revolutionary move to go on the wagon (9)
Doing one of these on the move risks getting into a rut (9)
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Rufus FRIEND It's half-day closing, mate! (6)
One in favour of half-day closing (6)
Society member and well-wisher (6)
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Rufus OVATION Eggs turn into cheers (7)
Eggs turn into cheers (7)
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Rufus ICING It may make a topping sweet (5)
Finishing off a cake? (5)
Freezing, despite a topcoat? (5)
A piece of cake? But not to a pilot's liking (5)
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Rufus FALSETTO It sounds highly unnatural (8)
Used to speak highly of latest fashion (8)
High-pitched river battle (8)
It sounds highly unnatural (8)
Raised voice in row on river (8)
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Rufus AUNTIE A loose word for the BBC (6)
A loose nickname for the BBC (6)
A loose relation (6)
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Rufus FLEABITES Feels a bit irritated by trifling annoyances (9)
Feels a bit irritated by trifling annoyances (9)
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Rufus CONSTABLES Firm taken in by swindles gets the police (10)
Policemen examine where the horses are kept (10)
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Rufus EIDERDOWN I wondered about getting a bedcover (9)
Duck below the quilt (9)
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Rufus HIREPURCHASE Form of credit that's cheap, hurries to get it (4,8)
Employ tea in a bag; it gives time for settlement (4-8)
Take on tea in a bag, paying in instalments (4,8)
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Rufus ALBERT Man on watch around Beach Head (6)
The man on watch? (6)
Keep watch on this chap (6)
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Rufus DECREENISI Almost the end of the match? (6,4)
Almost the end of a union dispute? (6,4)
Desire nice sort of divorce (6,4)
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Rufus FALL Autumn trip over (4)
Trip lasting some months in the US (4)
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Rufus ARBITRATE Bar attire set by judge (9)
Bar attire set out for judge (9)
Judge a little speed to be about right (9)
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Rufus VERY Extremely light (4)
Extremely light (4)
Extremely inventive signalman (4)
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Rufus FIDDLE Play, but cheat (6)
A fit comparison (6)
Toy instrument (6)
Work in a band in fraudulent transaction (6)
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Rufus ADMIT Let in, on or out (5)
Acknowledge head of music in entrance (5)
Confess one's escaped from Maidstone somehow (5)
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Rufus GETON Board and fare (3,2)
Obtain promotion to board (3,2)
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Rufus SHEETMUSIC Notepaper not bound to sell? (5,5)
It''s not bound to sell (5,5)
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Rufus PROSAIC Boring publicity men I take into account (7)
A crop is knocked flat (7)
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Rufus SPEECH Address for delivery? (6)
The Queen's Christmas address? (6)
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Rufus BETRAY Take a chance with a fish shop (6)
Girl with fish to sell down the river (6)
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Rufus DILEMMA Problem for retired cover girl (7)
A problem of choice (7)
Raising hat to a girl presents a problem (7)
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Rufus STAUNCH Reliable way to limit bloodshed (7)
Stout aunt's off to church (7)
Stay faithful (7)
Stay true (7)
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Rufus SHANGRILA Girl has an unusual idea of earthly paradise (7-2)
Hilton's Paradise Lost (7-2)
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Rufus NEWTON He brought fresh weight to laws of motion (6)
He brought fresh weight to laws of motion (6)
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Rufus ANALYST Shrink from any last resolution (7)
He breaks down in the course of an investigation (7)
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Rufus STIPENDS Posts include gratuity and wages (8)
Objects after tips turn out to be salaries (8)
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Rufus BLEATS Sounds coming from fold or stable (6)
Sounds coming from fold or stable (6)
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Rufus LICENCE Permit excessive behaviour? (7)
Freedom no longer required for dogs (7)
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Rufus AMATEUR He's not paid when taking a friend over the old city (7)
He gains nothing from his activities (7)
There's no accounting for his performance (7)
He's not paid for taking a friend over the old city (7)
Unpaid companion in a biblical city (7)
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Rufus DECAMERON A classic dream once shattered (9)
Collected tales of Franco-English PM (9)
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Rufus PREEN Swan circles about to tidy her feathers (5)
Tidy up? No, down! (5)
Put down in the correct order (5)
Clean down (5)
Bird's tidy up? No, down! (5)
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Rufus NIGHTIE Close match in which one retires (7)
The late shift (7)
One may retire in this close match (7)
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Rufus HANDSOME Fair and square, initially, in accommodation (8)
Attractive homes and well designed (8)
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Rufus TRUANT This was not played when we were at school (6)
It doesn't describe the present schoolboy (6)
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Rufus NARCOTIC Drug used on Arctic voyage (8)
Painkiller used on Arctic trip (8)
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Rufus REV Short clergyman to put his foot down, perhaps (3)
Short clergyman to put his foot down for 12 across (3)
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Rufus ABOLISH A returned high ball is hard to stop (7)
A returned high ball is hard to stop (7)
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Rufus PROPELLER Fit retaining 45-inch screw (9)
Jack's screwdriver? (9)
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Rufus SLAUGHTERS Dispatches produce merriment on board (10)
Dispatches produce merriment on board (10)
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Rufus MAKEDO Manage somehow to produce and act at the same time (4,2)
Manage to assemble a party (4-2)
Manage to assemble a party (4,2)
Compel someone to act as a substitute? (4-2)
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Rufus OPTIC Surgical treatment on twitch of the eye (5)
Measure associated with Betty Martin (5)
Looker for work has a twitch (5)
An eye for a drink (5)
Scotch governor? (5)
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Rufus PARSON Standard issue for a minister (6)
A clergyman has little right to come between father and son (6)
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Rufus CHOIR Singers in church, knocking back port (5)
Singers in church knocking back port (5)
Love to be surrounded by unusually rich voices (5)
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Rufus COARSE Score confused with a gross (6)
Rewrote a score that's lacking refinement (6)
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Rufus AYES A word of approval for those in favour (4)
A word of agreement — or more than one (4)
A vote in favour for those in favour (4)
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Rufus YESMEN Acquiescent types originally serving in a Gulf country (3-3)
Nodding acquaintances? (3-3)
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Rufus ENDIVE Oddly veined salad plant (6)
At last I have something for the salad (6)
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Rufus CHANCEL Opportunity given to a number in the church (7)
Risk getting left in church (7)
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Rufus ASTERN Like set of three in the wash (6)
It's behind an article getting serious (6)
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Rufus IMITATES Takes off meat — it is cooked (8)
Copies I need to revise at times (8)
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Rufus ADORED Worshipped bustle and colour (6)
Fuss about daughter, regarded with love (6)
Loved song and dance and colour (6)
Animated or dead — idolised (6)
Loved to see the dreadnought wrecked (6)
Loved seeing a cheat blushing (6)
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Rufus CLOSET Shut tin-opener in cupboard (6)
Shut head teacher in the cupboard (6)
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Rufus EQUATOR It provides no latitude for the navigator (7)
They drew the line at nothing here (7)
Hot line? (7)
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Rufus THREESOME Article about doctor and prophet backing a small group (9)
Not a properly constituted company? (9)
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Rufus UNAFFECTED Modest just the same (10)
Modest just the same (10)
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Rufus NILE Runner has zero energy (4)
A blue or white flower (4)
Duck seen on English river (4)
New line that starts from Victoria (4)
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Rufus RESTCURE Taken by those who are sick and tired of work? (4-4)
One does nothing to make such treatment effective (4-4)
Taken by those who are sick and tired of work? (4,4)
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Rufus OBSERVE Keep watch (7)
Former pupil to wait and see (7)
Keep giving notice (7)
Comply with notice (7)
Comment on what you see? (7)
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Rufus PRONTO No port? Remedy that straightaway (6)
It's quickly torn out in the Post Office (6)
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Rufus ALLOWING Admitting nothing has been settled (8)
Admitting everyone is in arrears (8)
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Rufus STEP Stage favourite's elevation (4)
Tread the stage (4)
Back favourites for pace (4)
Stage favourite's comeback (4)
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Rufus BYLINES How journalists are recognised and schoolchildren punished (7)
How schoolboys are punished and journalists recognised? (7)
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Rufus CAFETERIA The only waiting here is at the counter (9)
Order ice after a place to eat is found (9)
Where one may serve oneself tea if care is exercised (9)
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Rufus ATLAST In the end, mountain range finishes where Tunisia starts (2,4)
Where the cobbler may be found, after some delay (2,4)
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Rufus LOATHE See two articles to dislike (6)
See fresh hate put upon hate (6)
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Rufus APRON Article written about the professional stage, perhaps (5)
Ideal stage for kitchen-sink drama? (5)
Protection with strings attached (5)
Expert clad in an item of protective clothing (5)
Ideal stage for Pinafore? (5)
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26269
Rufus NEVADA Chap seen in an uprising in deserted state (6)
Retired chap in an American state (6)
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Rufus DRESSSENSE Attribute of the successful gear selector (5,5)
You can have it, yet still be clothes-mad (5,5)
Feeling for the right gear (5,5)
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23694
Rufus ONELINER Short and funny individual seen on ship (3-5)
By no means a fleet response that may raise a laugh (3-5)
Hardly a fleet response that's funny (3-5)
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Rufus OMINOUS Nothing less holds nothing threatening (7)
Portentous doctor lifted one with common sense (7)
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Rufus STITCHES Sharp pains produced by needles (8)
They join together in operations (8)
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Rufus NEOLOGISM An example of new coinage (9)
Some lingo newly expressed (9)
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Rufus FIASCO Failure in providing returns as a company (6)
Providing back-up when company is a failure (6)
Total failure, if setting up a small company (6)
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Rufus ABATTOIR Butchers initially involved in terrible riot at slaughterhouse (8)
Place equipped for stock dispatch (8)
It's equipped for dispatching stock (8)
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Rufus APPEASE Primate swallows vegetables to satisfy hunger, perhaps (7)
Pacify monkey, feeding it vegetables (7)
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Rufus RUDOLPH Christmas present drawer acting as a guide (7)
Drawer for the Christmas presents? (7)
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Rufus ACADEMIC Scholarly in theory (8)
College lecturer (8)
Fellow who's learned what's not relevant (8)
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Rufus BARTER Publican with no end of trade (6)
Publican with no end of trade (6)
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Rufus TROUSSEAU Not a single female will wear this outfit (9)
Clothes not a single woman will go out in (9)
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Rufus ERSATZ German sub (6)
German sub (6)
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Rufus OXLIP Neat border plant (5)
Plant seen in neat border (5)
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Rufus PLAINT Record turnover is not commonly a cause of prosecution (6)
Record turnover is not commonly a cause of this (6)
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Rufus SWITCH It may be thrown for a change (6)
A flicker of light? (6)
Light whip for light control (6)
Transfer for a striker? (6)
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Rufus RETIRE Go back - but not to work (6)
Go back to bed? (6)
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Rufus CHASTE Good number joining expedition (6)
Spotless tea set put out (6)
In class it's hard to be virtuous (6)
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Rufus OWING Permitting everyone to leave what's due (5)
To be paid nothing to fly (5)
Outstanding old part of a building (5)
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Rufus CANADA Vessel takes girl to see the country (6)
Country girl on the vessel (6)
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Rufus OPAL Duck, mate! Here comes a stone! (4)
Workman said to be unlucky (4)
Jewel in ring given to a friend (4)
Workman in stone (4)
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Rufus ASSERT State benefit is about right (6)
Maintain a lock up (6)
Maintain a lock so it turns (6)
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Rufus REVERSE Defeat — or quite the opposite (7)
Misfortune for the other side (7)
Setback for the other side (7)
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Rufus BILLBOARD Money acquired by firm's directors hoarding (9)
Advertising account presentation to directors (9)
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Rufus SOLICITUDE Concern of many in a lonely place (10)
Concern about being in charge in isolation (10)
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Rufus TRIP Expedition set off (4)
An outing in the fall (4)
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Rufus ICARUS He suffered from soaring ambition (6)
He had high-flying ambition, but came unstuck (6)
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Rufus IDEALISTIC Impracticable, perhaps, in italicised form (10)
Cities laid out in a way that's impractical (10)
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Rufus SUBALTERN Junior officer makes warship change direction (9)
Young army chap is awkward, but learns (9)
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Rufus AVENUE A site for a roadway (6)
May it be described as a trunk road? (6)
Place to meet after a drive (6)
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Rufus EVILOMEN Growth of conciliation symbolically rejected by workers - a bad sign (4,4)
Growth of conciliation rejected by workers - a bad sign (4,4)
Growth of conciliation overturned by workers - a bad sign (4,4)
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Rufus RUING Being sorry, one called out (5)
Deploring sort of turn in a circus? (5)
One called round, being sorry (5)
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Rufus EYESIGHT Pupil power (8)
Pupil power I mention in speech (8)
Sense there's agreement among a number (8)
Pupil power? (8)
Sense agreement in the crew (8)
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Rufus VIEW See you get five to one each way as starters (4)
It is seen as an opinion (4)
Look in six different directions (4)
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Rufus STRIPE Military band? (6)
Companion of an American star? (6)
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Rufus COUNTERS Chips for computers (8)
Contradicts men on the board (8)
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Rufus TIDDLY Merry minute (6)
Rather small drunk (6)
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Rufus ARMAGEDDON Equip old fellow with weapons for the final battle (10)
Equip old fellow for the final battle (10)
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Rufus ADMIRE Respect number trapped in a sticky situation (6)
Honour I dream about (6)
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Rufus SAGA Fail to keep up a legend (4)
Flag with a tale of heroism (4)
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Rufus COCKS Game to take the helm, we hear (5)
They may be game to take the helm, we hear (5)
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Rufus RASED Demolish what's soundly built (5)
Brought down to earth, strange as it may sound (5)
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Rufus BECOME Suit to change into (6)
Change into suit (6)
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Rufus PLAYPEN Drama writer barred for the very young (7)
Drama writer barred for the very young (7)
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Rufus BECALM Still good advice to the over-excited (6)
Still good advice to the excited (6)
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Rufus IDOLATER Fashionably tailored, he's concerned with his image (8)
One to perform afterwards for a devoted fan (8)
He's concerned with his image, being badly tailored (8)
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Rufus INCUR Experience part of the main current (5)
Risk having a dog at home (5)
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Rufus ARTICULATE Well-spoken couple (10)
Express split into clearly distinct parts (10)
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Rufus EFFORT It's a struggle for amphibian to get round (6)
It's a struggle for an amphibian to get round (6)
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Rufus BUCHAREST A Schubert composition? Capital! (9)
A butcher's working capital (9)
A Schubert composition? Capital! (9)
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Rufus NARROWS Contracts for northern shafts (7)
Contracts for polar missiles (7)
Contracts for polar missiles (7)
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Rufus ONIONS Experts know them to be edible bulbs (6)
Vegetables that need to be set in soon (6)
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Rufus TOLERANCE Play patience (9)
But for this, life would be unbearable (9)
Allowance made to new cleaner (9)
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Rufus STEREOTYPE Cliché of a hi-fi buff (10)
See pottery cast in mould (10)
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Rufus EYELIDS They are raised for anyone to see (7)
They are raised up for anyone to see (7)
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Rufus OFFENCE Aggressive action taken by those insulted (7)
Crime of a receiver of stolen goods (7)
It may be taken by the injured (7)
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Rufus STRIPTEASE Taking off show, provides drinks in the bar (10)
Entertainment for band includes drinks (10)
Revealing form of entertainment (10)
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Rufus SCALES Balances notes in the music lesson (6)
Balance fish plates (6)
Climbs and balances (6)
Climbs and balances (6)
Climbs on the weighing machine (6)
What most fish have to be weighed on (6)
The balance mounts (6)
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Rufus NARCISSUS The flower of youth? (9)
A bloomer he made, being too fond of his image (9)
He saw himself as winning on the pools (9)
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Rufus ANACHRONISM A case of mixed dates (11)
Untimely error possibly made by a Cornishman (11)
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Rufus BROACH Offer to introduce (6)
Bring up fish on front of boat (6)
Introduce curve in sail after Beachy Head (6)
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Rufus SPONGE Ask for money to clean up (6)
Absorbing example of marine life (6)
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Rufus ADVANTAGE Profit that shouldn't be taken unfairly (9)
Profit that one shouldn't take unfairly (9)
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Rufus RESORT Stay outside, or go (6)
Place to ski may be busy or in repose (6)
Roster made out for a skiing holiday? (6)
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Rufus WEIRDO Unconventional word that is taken out (6)
Word that is coined for an eccentric (6)
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Rufus ENDS Completes games of bowls (4)
Ambitions for the finals (4)
Destroys ambitions (4)
Objects to extremities? (4)
Objects when tips are offered (4)
Objects and doesn't go on (4)
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Rufus PLOUGH It enables farmers to make a good turnover (6)
Fail to prepare the ground (6)
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Rufus BUTTON It may be pressed down, but not up (6)
It may be pressed down, but not back (6)
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Rufus HOODOO Robin getting two ducks? Bad luck! (6)
Bad luck on Robin getting two ducks (6)
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Rufus SADDLE Cut lumber (6)
Last of the latecomers gets rotten seat (6)
Bottom place on top of a mount (6)
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Rufus PIECEMEAL Bishop's repast eaten little by little? (9)
Some repast eaten little by little? (9)
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Rufus EPOCH He tangles with cop — that will mean time (5)
He grasps a policeman on the way back - it will mean time (5)
He tangles with cop - that will mean time (5)
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Rufus MONTEVERDI Composer to drive men wild (10)
Composer to drive men to distraction (10)
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Rufus SENTENCE A few words addressed in French to the Church (8)
Penalty clause? (8)
Fine words (8)
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Rufus SCROUNGE Surgeon upset about cold sponge (8)
Surgeon upset about cold sponge (8)
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Rufus TRAINS Coaches coaches (6)
Coaches coaches (6)
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Rufus BEAU Live with a posh boyfriend (4)
Live with a university boyfriend (4)
Lover's knot, say (4)
Live with a socially acceptable boyfriend (4)
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Rufus ORBITAL Boring part in exam that's revolutionary (7)
Not much spoken about, as space travel can be (7)
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Rufus GETAWAY Criminal's escape? Come off it! (7)
Go on! Holiday! (3,4)
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Rufus CHAPLAIN Honour a simple man of the cloth (8)
Comedian once holding a clerical appointment (8)
Padre takes tea without any milk or sugar? (8)
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Rufus STRAND Seaside yarn (6)
Maroon thread (6)
Bear right to enter London thoroughfare (6)
Maroon thread (6)
Bear right to enter London thoroughfare (6)
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Rufus EMIRATES Times are changing for Arab states (8)
Leaves the land without George for foreign fields (8)
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Rufus ESCORT Provide company car (6)
Company car (6)
Company guard (6)
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Rufus ANEW A point we raised once more (4)
A point we follow up once more (4)
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Rufus STIPEND A living wage? (7)
Pay for the cloth (7)
Wages and gratuity in post (7)
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Rufus GUARDIANSHIP Responsibility for safety of daily transport (12)
Paper's joint responsibility (12)
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Rufus OBI Sash 50% too big (3)
Charming feature of Japanese dress (3)
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Rufus APPLEPIE Sweet disorder in the bed (5,3)
For dessert, such an order can't be bettered (5,3)
Order dessert (5,3)
Sweet and perfect to order (5,3)
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Rufus JUST It's only fair (4)
Barely deserved (4)
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Rufus ESTATE Houses a car (6)
What is left in the car (6)
Executor's first to divulge what's left in the will (6)
Property gets one thousand short of estimate (6)
English country property (6)
Property of the Orient Express (6)
Property gets one thousand short of estimate (6)
Housing development willingly left (6)
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Rufus LINGERIE Woman's habit is to delay; that is the end of it (8)
Heather Lake's underwear (8)
Heather Lake's underwear (8)
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23443
Rufus STEM Staunch supporter (4)
Stock check (4)
Spring associated with flowers (4)
Stop! It's a hold-up! (4)
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27131
Rufus CAESAR Dictator in vehicle waves back (6)
He received his rents mid-month (6)
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Rufus DAKOTA Knock out some facts about aircraft (6)
Knock out some facts about aircraft (6)
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Rufus RALLIED Got together and improved (7)
Had a series of strokes but recovered (7)
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Rufus BARRACKS Demonstrates hostility to private accommodation (8)
Private quarters (8)
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Rufus ENSIGN Officer standard (6)
Junior officer found on the staff (6)
Officer's quarters housing retired soldiers (6)
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Rufus TART Yet it may be sweet (4)
Sweet and sour (4)
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Rufus CARDSHARP He can't be trusted with a deal (4,5)
Dishonest dealer (4-5)
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Rufus ACKNOWLEDGES Admits information revealed in accounts (12)
Admits information is revealed in the accounts (12)
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Rufus RULES Decides officially and draws the line (5)
Australian football is supreme, OK? (5)
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Rufus FLUFFS Blunders on stage (6)
Blunders on stage (6)
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Rufus MEMENTO It reminds me repeatedly not to change (7)
Does it help some men to forget? Yes and no (7)
It reminds chaps to give me priority (7)
It reminds people to give me priority (7)
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Rufus PARTAKEN Shared in a good round of golf? (8)
Shared a perfect round of golf? (8)
Shared a good round of golf? (8)
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Rufus PLUMB Sound like fruit? (5)
Born under Victoria, true (5)
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Rufus SETTLEMENT Community payment (10)
Community to pay workers overtime (10)
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Rufus LAID Put down face to back (4)
Deposited a pound when on benefit (4)
Placed a number on benefit (4)
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Rufus SWEARSIN Inducts into office when answer is correct (6,2)
Administers oath to witness showing unusual wariness (6,2)
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Rufus GUARDIAN One with minor responsibilities in a newspaper (8)
A champion paper (8)
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Rufus DOGMA Sort of lead mother will follow in principle (5)
Pointer, maybe, to master's belief (5)
Follow graduate's doctrine (5)
Follow scholar's teachings (5)
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Rufus ERRORS Slips in evidence of humanity (6)
Fears loss of opener to slips (6)
Fears loss of opener to slips (6)
Fears losing head and making blunders (6)
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Rufus BEACHED Washed up when everyone was in bed (7)
Washed up when every one was in bed (7)
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Rufus TANTRUM A bad-tempered pet (7)
Fit pet (7)
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Rufus BOTHERED Be hot, turning crimson and irritated (8)
Hot companion is extra in bed (8)
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Rufus THREAD Used in a sewing machine, it goes round a screw (6)
Used in a sewing machine, it goes round a screw (6)
Lose this and you won't finish the yarn (6)
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Rufus PLIANT It is involved with a plan that's flexible (6)
One in factory making plastic (6)
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Rufus COLOSSI I closed business with deficit in large figures (7)
Large figures of business deficit — I closed (7)
Firm has a deficit — one in large figures (7)
Firm has deficit - one in large figures (7)
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Rufus TWELVE A time for high-handedness (6)
Time when most strikes occur (6)
Time when the hands come together (6)
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Rufus ELISHA Samuel's teacher has turned out to be a prophet (6)
Sheila's converted by this prophet (6)
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Rufus HIDING To avoid it a child may go into it (6)
To avoid it a child may go into it (6)
Beating the retreat (6)
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Rufus MESH Me and mum work together (4)
Become engaged in some sharp practice (4)
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Rufus PASSED Went by, like the buck (6)
Succeeded in exam in oral history (6)
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Rufus FLAMINGO Passionate love bird (8)
Wading bird? It's a ruddy duck! (8)
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Rufus CAREER Rush through a life's work (6)
Make rapid progress in a profession (6)
Rush to find a vocation (6)
Rush job? (6)
A lifeline? (6)
Profession has run rapidly out of control (6)
Rush about, madly calling (6)
Calling for run (6)
Make rapid progress in a profession (6)
Rush job? (6)
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Rufus SOLD I must leave firm, betrayed (4)
Initially supplied second-hand, now disposed of (4)
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Rufus YESTERDAYS Yeasty reds drunk in the recent past (10)
Yeasty reds drunk in recent times (10)
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Rufus BREATHER Break one's nose, like Gill (8)
Break one's nose, perhaps (8)
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Rufus MEETS Effectively copes with sporting events (5)
Hunts with seeming success (5)
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Rufus RHODES Island colonialist (6)
Island's anchorage in the sound (6)
Unruly hordes in the Mediterranean (6)
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Rufus STADIA Grounds for a good man to back opera (6)
A way to mount opera in arenas (6)
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Rufus BADLOT A scoundrel who deserves no good fortune (3,3)
A scoundrel not worth bidding for (3,3)
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Rufus RACKET Sharp practice produces outcry (6)
Sharp practice used in court proceedings (6)
Sharp practice produces uproar (6)
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Rufus APPREHENDS Detains suspects (10)
Detains suspects (10)
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Rufus CARGO Vehicle to travel as freight (5)
Vehicle to travel as freight (5)
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Rufus ABED Lincoln died sleeping? Apparently so (4)
Sailor boy in his hammock (4)
Lincoln died sleeping? Apparently so (4)
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Rufus HITOUT Lose a point at tennis but score quickly at cricket (3,3)
Lose the point and go for the runs (3,3)
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Rufus DEBRIS Society girl rejected title? Rubbish! (6)
A new bride's bits and pieces (6)
New bride's bits and pieces (6)
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Rufus FREEFORALL A fight, but nobody is charged (4-3-3)
A fight, but nobody is charged (4-3-3)
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Rufus ARDENT Full of zeal for a new trend (6)
Study painting externally, being passionate (6)
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Rufus CENTAUR Horseman may give ace turn (7)
A fabulous horseman (7)
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Rufus EDITOR Pretend to have influence (6)
His leader expresses his opinion (6)
He may have set feat­ures at work (6)
His leader expresses his opinion (6)
Elite type found in newspaper production (6)
Journalist's turn to ride (6)
He's in charge but has a leader (6)
Newspaperman to be found in dire trouble (6)
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Rufus SATISFY Please pay in full (7)
Please make reparat­ion (7)
Stays if made content (7)
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Rufus AMOUNT Money for a horse (6)
Money for a horse (6)
Come to a hill (6)
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Rufus NOBODIES Unimportant people make solving murders difficult (8)
Unimportant persons found after well-planned murders? (8)
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Rufus STET Author's retainer? (4)
Indication that a writer's revision is not better (4)
Reader's plea for original expression (4)
Reader's request for original work of writer (4)
Reader's plea for original expression (4)
Let it be one sort of square inside another (4)
Impressive plea for restitution (4)
Revision of test indic­ates second thoughts are not always best (4)
Impressive plea for original expression (4)
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Rufus ESTHER There's confusion in the Old Testament (6)
There's a change of name for a Biblical queen (6)
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Rufus AGLOW Silver down, but looks healthy (5)
Silver down at melting point? (5)
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Rufus ONSLAUGHT Attack thus with a long preparation (9)
Offensive lout hangs around (9)
Random laughs not seen as offensive (9)
Talons hug brutally in attack (9)
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Rufus PARTIAL Not entirely biased (7)
Fond of, to some extent (7)
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Rufus BONECHINA Graduate entertains a slimmer's objective — eating off this? (4,5)
Skeleton service? (4,5)
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Rufus BOLERO Worn by a woman for a dance (6)
It's worn by a woman for a dance (6)
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Rufus IRRITATE Introduce girl to mysterious rite involving incense (8)
Introduce girl to mysterious rite with incense (8)
Make annoyed and angry about unfinished ceremony (8)
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Rufus DEMONSTRATE Show how Devil and Saint rank in esteem (11)
Show how devil and saint rank in estimation (11)
Show what discontented groups do (11)
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Rufus BLUEPRINT Plan to produce an indecent picture (9)
Plan a porno picture? (9)
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Rufus ATOM Very little to fill in the morning hours (4)
Morsel for a cat (4)
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Rufus PULSE It naturally beats peas and beans (5)
Well, I wouldn't want this taken (5)
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Rufus ELAPSE Pass in English, then fail to maintain standard (6)
Pass in English, overlooking slight error (6)
Slip by the Spanish church feature (6)
Pass directions around the circuit (6)
England's first slip gets run out (6)
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Rufus OARS Means of propulsion on a Roman ship, originally (4)
Feathered, they skim the water (4)
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Rufus AWAKENED Came to a late party with Edward (8)
Came to an all-night party with Edward (8)
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Rufus TENSION Rigidity of stone in building (7)
Stress? One isn't affected (7)
One isn't affected with stress (7)
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Rufus CELERITY Plant it in haste (8)
Heartless person who's well known for speed (8)
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Rufus DISTASTE Dislike test said to be complicated (8)
Is stated in a way that creates revulsion (8)
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Rufus OUTER Dismissed by monarch and shot! (5)
Poor shot at route planning (5)
Extremely poor shot on target (5)
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Rufus NAOMI One chap returns, holding ring for girl (5)
I complain when she comes up (5)
Ruth's mother-in-law caused no end of a minor riot (5)
No, I am wrong; she was Ruth's mother-in-law (5)
No, I am wrong, she was Ruth's mother-in-law (5)
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Rufus ALIBI Bail set before one delivers defence (5)
Excuse for party in capital (5)
Defence of the absent (5)
An out-of-the-way plea (5)
Proof of a convenient absence? (5)
Excuse for party in capital (5)
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Rufus ANIMALFARM Napoleon's novel home (6,4)
No-man's-land taken over by Napoleon (6,4)
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Rufus LETSGO Dismisses a proposal to start moving (4,2)
Dismisses a proposal to start moving (4,2)
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Rufus LASSIE A girl that is under another (6)
Dog Star (6)
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Rufus AIRSTRIP Aircraft base advertises tour (8)
Side passage for those taking flight? (8)
Advertise sportswear for those taking the air (8)
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Rufus SHERATON He produced furniture to another's design (8)
She hurried round to a furniture designer (8)
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Rufus POSER Tangled ropes can present a problem (5)
A hard question for one, a sitter for another (5)
Prose form that gives difficulties (5)
Translation of prose is a problem (5)
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Rufus MUSICAL US claim settlement in Oklahoma, say (7)
Such chairs are never sufficient for a party game (7)
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Rufus TOW Pull away from the east (3)
Pull to start working (3)
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Rufus FRESCO Forces change in decoration (6)
Forces change in form of decoration (6)
Irregular forces decoration (6)
Crack forces decoration (6)
Decoration for forces after action (6)
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Rufus IMPARTIAL I am not altogether fair (9)
Just not taking sides (9)
Just one taking role in mail distribution (9)
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Rufus MOUSSAKA Doctor to ask us about a dish we may have eaten abroad (8)
Doctor is going to ask us about a dish we've eaten abroad (8)
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Rufus BREED Increase the strain (5)
Increase the strain (5)
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Rufus RIPOFF Quickly remove label showing exorbitant price (3-3)
Tearaway's daylight robbery (3-3)
Tearaway's con trick (3-3)
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Rufus INITIATED Introduced new dietitian (9)
Began by being made a member (9)
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Rufus LIEUTENANT "Tauten line", ordered the naval officer (10)
It's put out until eaten by a naval officer (10)
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Rufus EXERCISE Workout cut without hesitation (8)
Queen duty-bound to keep fit (8)
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Rufus GENEVA Information a girl found in Switzerland (6)
Information a girl found in Switzerland (6)
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Rufus PATISSERIE Shop Irishman is opening, with Ireland's backing (10)
Spare site I developed, providing party fare (10)
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Rufus CAPE Wrath possibly shown by head (4)
A head on one's shoulders (4)
A head on one's shoulders (4)
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Rufus NETCORD People going to court may catch it! (3,4)
People in court can catch it! (3,4)
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Rufus TERRIER Row about stray dog (7)
Row about stray dog (7)
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Rufus OPERA Work overtime to produce a show (5)
Ring an agent up at Covent Garden? (5)
It may be a soap works (5)
It's a drama getting to work on time (5)
Work-time entertainment (5)
Given time, a small work becomes a major one (5)
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Rufus ESTABLISH His tables are lost and found (9)
Found to be less habit-forming (9)
Found habit less disturbing (9)
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Rufus ESCORTS They go along with kinky corsets (7)
They will accompany kinky corsets (7)
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Rufus MANOVERBOARD The chairman of the directors could be in deep water (3,9)
Chairman of the direct­ors could be in deep water (3,9)
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Rufus ARCH Cunning chief (4)
Chief feature of a secular Christmas (4)
A way through on foot (4)
Saucy curve (4)
Chief means of support (4)
A way through on foot (4)
Chief part of the foot (4)
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Rufus CRAVAT Tax put on new car stock (6)
Tax put on new car stock (6)
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Rufus CHASTISE It's wrong in race to use a whip (8)
Whip - it's raised in hunting (8)
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Rufus RHUBARB Fool might use this? Nonsense! (7)
Fruitful theatrical conversation piece? (7)
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Rufus ORFE Id est (4)
Forecast for fish (4)
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Rufus REPLIES Salesman is untruthful in his answers (7)
Salesman is untruthful in his answers (7)
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Rufus SKEIN Wild goose yarn? (5)
Woolly lot of wild geese (5)
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Rufus AFFECT Pretend to influence (6)
State of a student gaining a degree, then another (6)
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Rufus AFLOAT Find love in a home on the water (6)
Middleman to offer new shares for sale, so not going under (6)
Kept self-sufficient by a sum of petty cash (6)
Keeping up an empty apartment (6)
Keeping self-sufficient with a sum of petty cash (6)
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Rufus ERNEST He is sent out after some hesitation (6)
Man enters another order (6)
He is unusually tense about mid-afternoon (6)
Hemingway or Sterne, perhaps (6)
Hemingway and Sterne novel (6)
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Rufus INTHEPAST Formerly patients treated outside hospital (2,3,4)
Formerly, patients treated outside hospital (2,3,4)
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Rufus CARRYOFF Successfully manage an abduction? (5,3)
Successfully manage an abduction? (5,3)
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Rufus STAGED Put on weight and looked older (6)
Put on weight, looked older (6)
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Rufus SUBURBIA Out of town - and out of the country (8)
It's out of town and out of the country (8)
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Rufus ROTTERDAM Foreign city bank headed by a rascal (9)
Port gives mother a bad character, initially (9)
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Rufus QUOTIENT Not quite free to give the result of the division (8)
Not quite free to give the result of the division (8)
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Rufus ALIMENT Worker admits fruit gives sustenance (7)
Food I am given in a time of abstinence (7)
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Rufus EMIGRANT He settles abroad with English road permit (8)
He's bound to better himself elsewhere (8)
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Rufus MATE Sailor to finish the game on board (4)
China tea (4)
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Rufus ECHO Sound of their own voices heartens the choir (4)
Repeat after some reflection (4)
Classical maid who always had the last word (4)
Repeat after some reflection (4)
Nymph who faded away normally comes back (4)
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Rufus NIRVANA Finding transport in a rain storm is heaven (7)
Blissful state in which Ivan ran wild (7)
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Rufus INSTEP A section of the foot soldiers should be (6)
Popular move, building arch (6)
How to march on foot? (6)
Arch no different from others (6)
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Rufus RATIONAL Helping a student is reasonable (8)
Well-founded desert island with lake (8)
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Rufus OTTAWA Excessive articles about Western capital (6)
Capital power unit setting up in middle of road (6)
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Rufus AISLE A short island passage (5)
Such a passage is a tissue of lies (5)
A bridal path? (5)
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Rufus RIGHT Appropriate ceremonial form in speech (5)
Make a correction to starboard (5)
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Rufus CREDIT Believe one side of the account (6)
Tick awarded in exam for high marks (6)
Believe one side of the account (6)
Tick awarded in exam for high marks (6)
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Rufus FLAK Criticism directed at military aircraft? (4)
Brickbats aimed at military aircraft? (4)
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Rufus ALTERNATE Appearing every second (9)
Showing unusual talent, are to take turns (9)
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Rufus TIDERIP Place of current conflict (4,3)
A place of current conflict (4,3)
Possibly die during journey in turbulent waters (4,3)
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Rufus TROPICAL Hot tip Carol may provide (8)
Current keeping river very warm (8)
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Rufus BRONZE It takes an age to get a suntan (6)
Get tanned but still get a medal (6)
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Rufus ARSON Artist upset over issue that gives offence (5)
Vicar has no head for crime (5)
The offence of one coming to light (5)
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Rufus MAESTRI Note a new rest is put in for music masters (7)
Music masters require note when taking a rest off (7)
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Rufus COPE Constable is on to drug deal (4)
Cut a cloak (4)
Work in church and you may wear it (4)
Service dress (4)
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Rufus FREEMASON Forenames out of place for member of a secret order (9)
Unusual forenames for a lodger? (9)
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Rufus BEARARMS Carry a gun with sleeves rolled up, say (4,4)
Carry a gun with sleeves rolled up, we hear (4,4)
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Rufus TORSO Roots developing into a trunk (5)
Roots develop into a trunk (5)
Elephant's tail, something like the trunk (5)
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Rufus GORGON She turned to stone (6)
One of the ugly sisters refused a drink when upset (6)
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Rufus LASAGNE Angela's cooked a foreign dish (7)
Pasta cooked the country way - to sink in the middle (7)
Turn gas up in a way to make pasta (7)
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Rufus ECZEMA Spots city maze complex (6)
Spots city maze complex (6)
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Rufus INSIGNIA Status symbols? (8)
Status symbols? (8)
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Rufus ENSUE Follow directions and prosecute (5)
Points to the girl to follow (5)
Result of unseen incomplete — result to follow (5)
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Rufus REACT Respond to plea to return to the stage (5)
Respond to plea to go back on stage (5)
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Rufus TURIN I go round Italian city (5)
Modern city can split round ancient one (5)
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Rufus ACTING Taking part temporarily (6)
Temporary work in the theatre (6)
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Rufus MOTIVE The kind of power often sought by detectives (6)
Inspiration sought by detectives? (6)
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Rufus INCITES It's nice to have scrambled eggs (7)
It's nice to have scrambled eggs (7)
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Rufus CHEAP He took the hat round for not much money (5)
Penny each, perhaps? (5)
Cold store base (5)
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Rufus LANDLADY Property mistress? (8)
An accommodating woman (8)
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Rufus EVIDENCE Witnesses appear to give it (8)
Basis for action? (8)
Words in action? (8)
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Rufus RAGBAG Jumble found in a cheap paper carrier (6)
Fun for students having to acquire jumble (6)
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Rufus SECONDINCOMMAND Deputy didn't last long in charge (6,2,7)
CO2? (6-2-7)
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Rufus AMUSED Morning spent being entertained (6)
Diverted by a thought? (6)
Made to smile by a thought? (6)
Made to smile by a thought? (6)
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Rufus MEDUSA She may be amused, despite her stony looks? (6)
Jellyfish in sea north of America (6)
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Rufus SOMALI Thus a West African country becomes an East African (6)
I'm also involved with East African (6)
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Rufus ANNEAL Girl, a student, put through toughening process (6)
Girl has the French rising temper (6)
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Rufus BIDDER There's a lot he wants (6)
A successful one wants a lot more than his rivals (6)
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Rufus DENTISTSCHAIR Drilling site? (8,5)
One may be orally examined in it (8,5)
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Rufus AFFIRM State in a loud and resolute way (6)
Maintain a strong company (6)
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Rufus GUINEA Did this hen lay the golden eggs? (6)
Did this fowl lay golden eggs? (6)
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Rufus HEART It beats a man with skill (5)
Warmth gets right into the centre (5)
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Rufus BRIGADE Soldiers ordered to carry kit (7)
Soldiers ordered to carry equipment (7)
Soldiers ordered to secure equipment (7)
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Rufus NETTLE Annoy with stinging words? (6)
Growing anger (6)
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Rufus OCEANOGRAPHY A subject for deep study (12)
Deep study (12)
Deep study (12)
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Rufus MARCH A month in advance (5)
Border protest? (5)
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Rufus PEAK Top dog, say (4)
The height of irritation, say (4)
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Rufus CAUSEWAY Reason and method for walking across water (8)
Stepping stones to reason and method (8)
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Rufus AUSTRIA American detained by courts in European country (7)
A number leave one country for another (7)
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Rufus CATHAY A yacht capsized in Old China (6)
Animal food given to horses in China once (6)
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Rufus SONIC Describing a boom in restored icons (5)
Describing a boom in the travel industry once (5)
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Rufus RHEOSTAT It currently controls others at assembly (8)
It may control the oven, when cooking the roast (8)
It currently controls rose that is rambling (8)
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Rufus GREATNESS Big-headed celebrity! (9)
Celebrity seen in sergeant's mess (9)
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Rufus CUFF Belt as part of a shirt (4)
A smack on the wrist (4)
A slap on the wrist (4)
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Rufus BANTERING Bring round advance payment? Just joking! (9)
Bring round advance payment? Just joking! (9)
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Rufus PASSAGE Crossing the channel (7)
Extract from part of a book about a ship (7)
While away time in a sea journey (7)
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Rufus ERENOW Before this time in the past (6)
This has been used poetically in the past (6)
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Rufus STRANDS Leaves high and dry on the beaches (7)
Leaves without resources — needs way to get currency (7)
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Rufus OFFICER Major, for example, put in charge in advance (7)
Member of the police force, if qualified (7)
Captain possibly in command in present situation (7)
Substandard rice pudding served in the wardroom? (7)
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Rufus NORMAN Point to unusual Roman invader of Britain (6)
Usual pattern followed by an Anglo-Saxon conqueror (6)
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Rufus MAINTAIN Claim state support (8)
State support (8)
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Rufus REBEL Brew of beer left to rise (5)
Brew of beer left to rise (5)
A revolting subject (5)
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Rufus STRAIN Descending line in melody (6)
Air pressure (6)
A race calling for tremendous effort (6)
Make great effort in race (6)
Stress injury (6)
Family stress (6)
Make an effort in race (6)
Racial tension? (6)
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Rufus OFTEN Frequently expressed as decimal (5)
Many times decimal (5)
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Rufus WEDGES They hold back movement on the western borders (6)
Gets tight in clubs (6)
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Rufus INNER Meal without a starter may not satisfy this man (5)
Meal not starting to satisfy this man (5)
Main meal without a starter? It won't please this man (5)
Victor loses head going round the bull (5)
Private hotel used by monarch (5)
Victor loses his head in the bull ring (5)
Victor out West is a pretty good shot (5)
Private lodging provided with little hesitation (5)
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Rufus BROOMSTICK Sweepstake? (10)
Witchcraft (10)
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Rufus OPENSEA Prospect following land clearance (4,3)
Prospect following land clearance (4,3)
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Rufus SCRAPE Wild capers may get you into one (6)
Thinly-spread butter and jam (6)
A close shave? (6)
Thinly spread butter and jam (6)
Jam - thinly applied? (6)
Little bit of butter and jam (6)
Drop a note when in difficulty (6)
Capers used to make pickle (6)
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Rufus MISHAP Many a shipwreck could be bad luck (6)
One MP has variable ill-fortune (6)
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Rufus COMPACT Anything but widespread agreement (7)
Close a make-up case (7)
Firm agreement (7)
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Rufus CALAIS Bill raised sail going out to French port (6)
Bill is to raise and set sail for French port (6)
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Rufus TESTATE Willing to try a new blend of tea (7)
After exam, tucked into a meal with a will (7)
Note to say one is willing (7)
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Rufus ADMITTED Taken for granted (8)
Allowed income? (8)
Confessed to having been taken in (8)
Made concession to be allowed in (8)
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Rufus QUADRANGLE Prison dispute heard in exercise yard? (10)
Prison dispute heard in courtyard (10)
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Rufus STOW Cram for a sound public school (4)
Store between 180 and 270 degrees (4)
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Rufus STABLEBOY Reliable youngster looking after horses (6,3)
A steady lad, might be good for a tip (9)
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Rufus NEMESIS Vengeance makes sin seem fatuous (7)
Retribution seems in order (7)
Retribution seems in fashion (7)
Retribution seems in order (7)
Retribution seems in order (7)
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Rufus ONSTAGE Ring various agents where actors are found (2,5)
Coach attached to cricketing side in play (2,5)
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Rufus TIE Fix a result (3)
How to secure a replay, for example? (3)
A neck - and neck - finish? (3)
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Rufus ALLEGRO Staff instruction to get a move on (7)
Fast scoring rate (7)
Legal or otherwise, it's a lively movement (7)
Term that's musical or legal, perhaps (7)
Almost declare, with runs at Oval briskly scored (7)
Staff instruction to get a move on (7)
Fast scoring rate (7)
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Rufus RAISE Rebel without a cause (5)
Gather together for the hike (5)
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Rufus THEISM Religion is embraced by them (6)
This religious belief is held by our opponents (6)
It may give me this belief in God (6)
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Rufus ARCTIC Pole position? (6)
Sign of nerves following car smash in one 12? (6)
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Rufus ALLIANCE Marriage makes a nice change after all (8)
Union gets everybody a nice settlement (8)
League match (8)
Flirting, having no head for marriage (8)
Union gets a nice settlement after all (8)
Daughter eschews flirting for marriage (8)
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Rufus BUNFIGHT Chelsea versus Bath? (8)
Hairstyle set before engagement party (8)
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Rufus REPAIR Go back by air? (6)
Mend a broken marriage? (6)
Proceed to make good (6)
Go off to find another partner (6)
Material on display requires renovation (6)
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Rufus THRONE Man in the seat of power (6)
Small boy put in the high chair (6)
Unseated, we hear, from seat of power (6)
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Rufus UNIVERSE Creation of poetry at university? (8)
Eve's ruin involved all creation (8)
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Rufus INCAMERA Secret American organisation (2,6)
Secret American resort (2,6)
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Rufus CUCKOO Bird nuts (6)
Nuts for a bird (6)
The bird may make a timely appearance (6)
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Rufus GROOVE Go over rough rut (6)
Go over undulating track (6)
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Rufus RUMBA Dance and a drink to uplift a sailor (5)
With spirit, a sailor gets up to dance (5)
Dance that comes from Cuba and Burma (5)
Dance that's odd to half the band (5)
After a drink, sailor gets up for a dance (5)
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Rufus PROFESSION Calling for a declaration (10)
Calling for a statement (10)
Business statement (10)
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Rufus ABOVEBOARD It's not beneath the directors, to be honest (5,5)
Too proud to take lodgers, honest! (5,5)
It is beyond the directors to be honest (5,5)
Honest description of the company chairman's position (5,5)
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Rufus INCOGNITO Noticing love assignation under assumed names (9)
Noticing nothing unusual in disguise (9)
Noticing nothing unusual in disguise (9)
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Rufus IDENTITY It may be put on disc (8)
In which the innocent align themselves with the guilty (8,6)
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Rufus CAPTAIN I'm the head, so I can get upset about Parent-Teacher Association (7)
Second man fitting in as chief officer (7)
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Rufus TOLEDO Looted overthrown city of Spain (6)
Fuss about the French in Spanish city (6)
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Rufus ABSTRUSE Busts are being developed beyond comprehension (8)
Busts are developed, but not easily perceived (8)
Hard to fathom why corruption engulfed good man and king (8)
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Rufus OPHELIA Shattered hope and returning trouble robbed her of the will to live (7)
Shattered hope and returning trouble robbed her of will to live (7)
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Rufus RIMINI Where to see tourists somewhat trim in Italy (6)
Tempers lost when prime minister discovers Italian resort (6)
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Rufus SNACK Light meal is something carried by Santa around the Pole (5)
Light meal served with wine around noon (5)
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Rufus ICEBOUND Heading for the frozen wastes - or stuck in them (3-5)
Heading for the frozen wastes - or stuck in them (3-5)
Unable to move from the pack (8)
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Rufus STATUE Representation of body height not right (6)
Astute move for representation (6)
Liberty, for example (6)
University in the country gets representation (6)
Liberty, for example, is not just a figure of speech (6)
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Rufus EXCEPTION Omission that may be taken as an offence (9)
Rejection? Not as a rule (9)
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Rufus ABSENTMINDED Contemplating truancy? (6-6)
Far away — and not appearing to be distressed (6-6)
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Rufus RESIN About to break the law, by gum (5)
About to fall from grace, by gum (5)
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Rufus DERANGE Exploding grenade produces disorder (7)
Put out of mind (7)
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Rufus PEERAGE It is bound to show the titles (7)
To look one's years requires nobility (7)
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Rufus STAR Big name appears nightly (4)
Big name in the performing arts (4)
It may guide the traveller over deserts (4)
The highlight of the Nativity (4)
It guided the Magi around deserts (4)
Good man has a right to take the lead (4)
Horse's blaze of celebrity (4)
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Rufus GROUSE Get up after midnight and complain (6)
A bird complaint (6)
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Rufus DRACULA A blood count? (7)
Stoker's batman (7)
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Rufus ARMANI Marian in fashion - wearing this designer label? (6)
Designer label unusual for Marian (6)
Designer label excited Marian (6)
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Rufus ILLITERATE It's no good to repeat things to the ignorant (10)
Ignorant, as I will keep on saying (10)
I'll repeat what has been said for those unable to read (10)
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Rufus CREDITOR The settlement is due to him (8)
New director has yet to be paid (8)
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Rufus ASTRONAUTS They may travel far to Saturn as a diversion (10)
Nut roast as cooked for high fliers (10)
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Rufus GINANDIT Dining at resort, a customer may call for one (3,3,2)
Dining at resort, a customer may call for one (3,3,2)
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Rufus FOCSLE Figurehead at unusually close quarters to the crew (6)
Female at unusually close quarters to the crew (6)
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Rufus BASIN Sailor set up crime, seen in the dock (5)
Sailor came up to wrong dock (5)
Sailor took up crime, seen in the dock (5)
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Rufus INDIA Test side batting needs help in upset (5)
Test side batting needs help in upset (5)
Country taking in reciprocal aid (5)
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Rufus TOPHAT It's associated with head and tails (3,3)
Capital investment that involves work (3,3)
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Rufus ARABESQUE Ballet posture of Lincoln in square dance (9)
Ballet posture of Lincoln in square dance (9)
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Rufus SECONDHAND Used to support worker (6-4)
It's used on watch (6-4)
Used to support worker (6-4)
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Rufus INNUENDO Hint for suffering ennui - nod off (8)
Hint union is in trouble and about to wind up (8)
End union trouble with suggestion (8)
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Rufus TATTOOIST He leaves a permanent impression on one (9)
Skinny artist who has designs on his clients (9)
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Rufus RAPPORT Relationship hit by drink (7)
Understanding how to tap the wine (7)
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Rufus NEATNESS Order cattle by the head (8)
Sean sent new order (8)
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Rufus ARMBAND It may identify the member leading the orchestra (7)
It may identify member leading the orchestra (7)
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Rufus BREAKER One who smashes cars - on the circuit? (7)
Small cask for fresh water, or sea water (7)
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Rufus PRESSRELEASE Push lever to gets news handout (5,7)
News handout of journalists' redundancy (5,7)
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Rufus LEVY Tax it out of frivolity (4)
Tax it out of frivolity (4)
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Rufus TAVERN A number tucked into a bird in the inn (6)
A number tucked into bird in the inn (6)
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Rufus ONPAPER It's to do with exam in theory (2,5)
Running an exam in theory (2,5)
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Rufus ONCREDIT Odd doctrine obtains goods without paying (2,6)
Unusual doctrine of deferred payment (2,6)
Unusual doctrine of deferred payment (8)
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Rufus REHEARSE Hold a show trial (8)
Prepare to make a scene (8)
Take part in a show trial (8)
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Rufus OSTLER Good man in new role in stable employment (6)
He could be best man and groom (6)
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Rufus ISTHMUS This turned out to sum up Panama, for example (7)
This difficult sum recalled Panama, perhaps (7)
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Rufus BUYERS Shops' agents or customers (6)
Shop's agents or customers at the January Sales? (6)
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Rufus OCCUPATION Business residence (10)
Business residence (10)
Calling for military takeover (10)
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Rufus YELLOW Colour likely to run (6)
Colour likely to run (6)
Give loud cry of pain, like a coward (6)
Hue and cry at the town centre (6)
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Rufus HESITATED Was not keen to take exam without being warmed up (9)
Showed uncertainty as the tide went out (9)
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Rufus LEAVE Withdraw permission (5)
The French hail freedom (5)
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Rufus PADRE The chaplain's walkabout (5)
Chaplain making home for soldiers (5)
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Rufus PART It isn't all go (4)
A bit of leave (4)
Some catch up (4)
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Rufus BAR Obstacle for the legal profession (3)
Advocates prohibition (3)
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Rufus ETON Point-to-point training establishment (4)
School where one changes form about the beginning of term (4)
Where they teach only ten letters of the alphabet? (4)
Mark goes back to school (4)
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Rufus ANEMOMETER It will provide a blow by blow account (10)
Wind instrument (10)
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Rufus PHILATELY Injured hip not long ago in a pursuit (9)
Gathering impressions hip replacement recently required (9)
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Rufus RURALDEAN Sort of ruler and a clergyman overseeing several parishes (5,4)
Sort of ruler and a clergyman for several parishes (5,4)
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Rufus ABATES Calms down a wild beast (6)
A beast in distress lowers (6)
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Rufus ENTREATY Petition to take meals in the lobby (8)
Plea for a two-point pact? (8)
Appeal for admittance when about to dine (8)
Plea for Northeast to back contract (8)
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Rufus KEELHAUL Carpet a university residence, say? (8)
Put tar underneath vessel (8)
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Rufus BUCKLE Belt up or bend over (6)
Belt up, or bend over (6)
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Rufus SITUATE The estate agent's lying (7)
It's to be found in the estate agent's brochure (7)
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Rufus TRILBY Du Maurier's novel headgear (6)
Novel hat for a Parisian model (6)
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Rufus POTPOURRI Tip or pour out a delightful mixture (9)
Vessel — right one in which to serve stew (9)
It's up to Prior to provide an assortment (9)
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Rufus WOBBLE Bending elbow with boozer, beginning to sway unsteadily (6)
Indication of a low top speed (6)
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Rufus BELFRY You may find night-fliers hanging about in it (6)
Where you may find night-fliers hanging around (6)
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Rufus EVEN Flatiron? (4)
Still quits (4)
Still on level terms (4)
Still not quite happening (4)
It's flat and square (4)
Still divisible by two (4)
Quits flat (4)
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Rufus BABYSIT Tabby is prepared to look after another's young (7)
Supervise for a small charge (4-3)
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Rufus CITE Mention it in church (4)
Quote it in church (4)
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Rufus KNOT It makes fast speed at sea (4)
Bird in difficulty (4)
It makes fast speed at sea (4)
Speed of ship steaming to tie up (4)
Speed of flier (4)
Sandpiper in difficulty (4)
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Rufus IRATE Angry as a rodent that is trapped (5)
Bad sailor losing his head, gets angry (5)
Cross one river, accompanied by goddess (5)
Cross one river with a note (5)
Gershwin tune heartless and angry (5)
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Rufus DEFY Fed up youth's first to resist (4)
Fed up youngsters beginning to flout authority (4)
Fed up youngsters beginning to flout authority (4)
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Rufus AMNESIA Is a name recollectable? Not with this (7)
Inability to recall a name is upsetting (7)
You won't remember suffering from it (7)
A name is confused - result of this? (7)
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Rufus EMERITI Professors discharged, ie elevated and retaining worth (7)
Honorary professors - ie retired but retaining integrity (7)
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Rufus BROTHER A relative right in the midst of trouble (7)
A relative is right in trouble (7)
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Rufus ENNUI Agitated nun that is upset about the tedium of life (5)
Nun that is adjusting to the tedium of life (5)
Boredom shown by the French (5)
Low interest rate due to unemployment, perhaps (5)
French lethargy (5)
Nun that is upset about the tedium of life (5)
Boredom in endless night in France (5)
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Rufus DISC Record is within a couple of figures (4)
Sort of break on the turntable? (4)
A girl's figure may be compact (4)
One second inside the current record (4)
Record appearance of full moon (4)
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Rufus ABSENTEES The more there are, the fewer there are (9)
Not so busy types told to go in a busy type's place (9)
Sailor told to go on return watch for missing persons (9)
Sailor ordered to look back for those missing (9)
Missing persons (9)
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Rufus REGULAR Uniform — and its wearer? (7)
Soldier's uniform? (7)
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Rufus AIRSPACE Room at the top? (8)
It's under a country's jurisdiction, though over it (8)
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Rufus LIPREAD Watch what one says (3-4)
See what others have to say (3-4)
See what someone has to say (3-4)
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Rufus IRISES Is about to revolt, but flags (6)
Is about to get up, but flags (6)
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Rufus LUCRATIVE Though a pound short, victualler may be making a profit (9)
Manufacture of vital cure brings in profits (9)
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Rufus ELEMENTS They can get hot weather (8)
Weather men caught in a flurry of sleet (8)
They can get hot weather (8)
The rudiments of meteorology (8)
Employees in steelworks making compon­ents (8)
The basics of meteorology (8)
Weather required for electric fires (8)
Weathermen caught in a flurry of sleet (8)
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Rufus SPRING Free water (6)
Season well (6)
Bound over for three months (6)
Well before summer (6)
Season well (6)
Procure release of prisoner before summer (6)
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Rufus AORTA Concern of painters about love — a thing from the heart (5)
Big vessel in sea or tank (5)
A new rota for building a large vessel (5)
Arterial way of vital importance (5)
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Rufus REALITY Truth awkward, try a lie (7)
The truth about Italy's reconstruction (7)
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Rufus SCALPEL Clasp is loose on the Spanish knife (7)
Clasp loose on the Spanish knife (7)
Knife that's a trophy to the Spanish (7)
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Rufus ARBITER He will try freshly cooked rarebit (7)
Judge turned irritable, losing one pound (7)
He will try to cook rarebit (7)
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Rufus PUTSCH Sudden rising in output schedule (6)
Revolt when school place is switched (6)
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Rufus AWLS Boring makers of laws (4)
Boring makers of laws (4)
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Rufus EDIFICE Building seen from both ends of the editor's office (7)
Building uninsured, if I cease to provide cover (7)
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Rufus LAIR Hide away from the French and American tax service (4)
Place where cubs may be left warm and dry (4)
Look on pound as an animal refuge (4)
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Rufus CENTAURS Wild Etruscan horsemen (8)
Wild Etruscan horsemen (8)
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Rufus FLEA Kind of leaf insect (4)
Mid-off on field in repulsive jumper (4)
A circus performer? (4)
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Rufus ABANDONED Performed in a group of profligate character (9)
Gave up and left (9)
Deserted by Jack and done in (9)
Performed in a group that's dissolute (9)
Deserted, being completely irresponsible (9)
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Rufus ALERT Wide awake to a siren call (5)
In skill the French sentry should be (5)
Porter right on his toes (5)
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Rufus CANYON Study some in deep depression (6)
Grand study about some in deep depression (6)
Study some in deep depression (6)
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Rufus ASSAIL A ship taking trouble in attack (6)
Fool is to get bad abuse (6)
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Rufus SOLDER A fighting man, I go to join up (6)
A fighting man, I go to join up (6)
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Rufus NAIRN Scot gets lift with sailors on the Moray Firth (5)
Scot returns service in Scotland (5)
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Rufus COSHED Used a club building provided by the company (6)
Battered fish she accepted (6)
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Rufus DENIGRATED Libelled, but need it drag out like this? (10)
Abused, but need it drag out like this? (10)
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Rufus AMELIORATE Better order meal before I make a speech (10)
Improve meal or I eat out (10)
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Rufus SYSTEM Method of betting trying to avoid betting slips? (6)
Better method of making money (6)
Organisation for the better (6)
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Rufus HEADLINE News in brief causing a furrowed brow? (8)
Row after school principal appears in the paper (8)
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Rufus AFFIX Join in a fortissimo number (5)
Join in a very loud number (5)
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Rufus ROAN First rider on a new horse (4)
First ride on a new horse (4)
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Rufus SKIERS Balls hit high, right into the heavens (6)
They go downhill fast in cold weather (6)
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Rufus DECKCARGO Pack freight in view on board (9)
Pack freight in view on board (4,5)
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Rufus EPISCOPAL Alice pops out of the church (9)
Pepsi Cola provided by the church (9)
Sort of church Alice pops out to see (9)
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Rufus ODOMETER It registers miles motored, possibly around the Orient (8)
It measures the miles possibly motored around English capital (8)
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Rufus CHRISTMAS Stocking up time? (9)
Stocking up time (9)
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Rufus DELHI Capital invested in 1857 (5)
I held wrong capital (5)
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Rufus SALOME Dancer to see in uniform (6)
Deadly to John, she's also awful to me (6)
Head dancer? (6)
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Rufus INDEED Certainly in on the act (6)
It's in action, certainly (6)
Positively denied involvement (6)
Really popular action (6)
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Rufus COVER Report on insurance (5)
Chap gets the right sort of insurance (5)
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Rufus MODERN Way fleet is brought up to date? (6)
New style navy (6)
New style navy (6)
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Rufus ANDANTE Neat and refined, but rather slow (7)
Go-slow that could be at an end? (7)
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Rufus LITERATI Class of good scholars left going over the same thing again? It's not on (8)
The intelligentsia left going over the same thing again? It's not on (8)
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Rufus NOTICE Announcement to put up in French resort (6)
Advice given when one is leaving work (6)
Mark breaks into church (6)
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Rufus REVISED Edited version of the Bible (7)
Edited version of the Bible (7)
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Rufus COPOUT Policeman not allowed to evade responsibility (3,3)
Company to show displeasure with lame excuse (3-3)
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Rufus ABOUND Have riches in a vault (6)
Have riches in a vault (6)
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Rufus CONTEMPT Two things swindlers do and may be found guilty of in court (8)
Deceive and attract scorn (8)
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Rufus USERS Drug addicts may be found out in devious ruses (5)
Drug addicts employ various ruses (5)
Consumers requiring faultless service in US (5)
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Rufus ENACT Pass one bill in ten after amendment (5)
Pass one bill in ten after amendment (5)
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Rufus STIR Prison disturbance (4)
Produce disorder and wake up in prison (4)
Starts to serve time in Russian prison (4)
Revolutionary action brings excitement (4)
Start to wake up in prison (4)
Wake up in the nick (4)
Move with a little spooning (4)
Act as an agitator and get jail (4)
Can move (4)
Starts to serve time in Russian prison (4)
Wake up in prison (4)
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Rufus HEADOFF Intercept principal on holiday (7)
Intercept an order to execute? (4,3)
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Rufus ROUSSEAU Painter offers wine and gold when entertaining us (8)
Philosopher offers wine and gold, when entertaining us (8)
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Rufus MAEWEST Buoyant actress (3,4)
Mother strangely sweet on famous film-star (3,4)
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Rufus EATS … is not faster at splitting points (4)
Dines in style at smart restaurants (4)
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Rufus FLEET Ships made fast (5)
Old London river boats (5)
Fast ships (5)
Navy prison (5)
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Rufus POPLAR Timber producer well-liked but not socially acceptable (6)
Timber producer of high standing until found to be heartless (6)
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Rufus DON Assume it's not quite finished (3)
Academic going through Russia (3)
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Rufus SIGNALMAN Give a nod to chap, possibly a flasher (9)
Conspicuous chap, possibly a flasher (9)
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Rufus PANIC Policeman held up in a state of terror (5)
Policeman held up in a state of terror (5)
Parking, I can set alarm (5)
Police constable holding back in a state of terror (5)
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Rufus ASUNDER Apart and sure to be different (7)
Separated and sure to play around (7)
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Rufus EXTERNAL Always includes ten at the outside (8)
Always includes ten on the outside (8)
One sort of examiner always circles a wrong mark (8)
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Rufus EASTWARD The way the world goes round (8)
Each street child in care needs direction (8)
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Rufus BENCHMARK Criterion for judges to observe? (9)
Judges assess criterion (9)
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Rufus BEARING Direction for making a machine part (7)
Carriage axle bush, for instance (7)
Carriage axle bush, for instance (7)
Course given in arms (7)
Attitude taken by a navigator (7)
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Rufus STRIP Place for landing and take-off (5)
Football kit angrily torn off (5)
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Rufus HANDSDOWN Workers get 27 easily (5,4)
Common teaching command at six thirty? (5,4)
Passes on effortlessly (5,4)
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Rufus ATTACHMENT Legal seizure of property from bond (10)
Love sent by email? (10)
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Rufus UPHOLSTERERS They restore plush to order (12)
They restore plush to order (12)
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Rufus ADAM Male with a female parent (4)
A mother provided for one who lacked one (4)
A mother and father to all (4)
A mother and father figure (4)
A mother for one who was motherless (4)
A mother for the first orphan? (4)
Female married the first man to appear (4)
He fell out of sympathy with his partner (4)
He fell out of sympathy with his partner (4)
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Rufus ANTONIO Merchant who was in debt for a pound (7)
A notion to be cast as the Merchant of Venice (7)
He owed a pound of flesh? A strange notion (7)
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Rufus INQUOTES Sort of question found in inverted commas (2,6)
Question about the way speech is reported (2,6)
Sort of question found in inverted commas (2,6)
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Rufus RATHER Somewhat sooner (6)
Quite a bit (6)
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Rufus BEST The finest - and worst (4)
The finest — and worst (4)
Beat the unbeatable (4)
Finest — and worst! (4)
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Rufus DUMBWAITER Stupid attendant in the lift (10)
Attendant who never answers back gets pushed around (4,6)
Lift attendant remaining silent? (10)
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Rufus ENTERPRISE Introduce force, showing initiative (10)
Business initiative (10)
Gain admission by force and initiative (10)
I represent change - it's what's wanted in industry (10)
Come in force, showing initiative (10)
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Rufus FIRST University degree for head (5)
Climbing gear? (5)
Placing of the winner may create rifts (5)
Climbing gear? (5)
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Rufus PACK Hounds prepare to travel (4)
Wolves' forwards playing rugby (4)
Bundle of cards (4)
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Rufus ACCOUNTANT Relation supported by worker engaged in finance (10)
Relation without a tan in summer (10)
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Rufus ONHAND Present for next door (2,4)
Present for next door (2,4)
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Rufus REGATTA A target set for crafty rivals (7)
A target set out for a meeting at sea (7)
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Rufus FANDANGO Cool chap with energy for the dance (8)
Cool chap with energy for the dance (8)
One with enthusiasm and unusual verve for the dance (8)
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Rufus URGE Prompt action? (4)
Appeal to counsel (4)
Surgeon's inner compulsion (4)
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Rufus BOUNCER One who throws out a bad cheque (7)
A strong hand in clubs (7)
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Rufus NANTES Grandma gets setback in French town (6)
Ann set out for French town (6)
Ann set out for a city in France (6)
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Rufus EDUCATION Work of masters auctioned off (9)
Improvement of action due to training (9)
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Rufus TONGUETIED Utterly restricted (6-4)
Language bound to make one too shy to speak (6-4)
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Rufus LAUNCH Craft project (6)
Vessel to put to sea (6)
Craft project (6)
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Rufus CELEBRATED Well-known way in which Christmas is enjoyed (10)
Well-known way in which Christmas is enjoyed (10)
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Rufus MUTTON Mongrel dog sustained by meat (6)
Mongrel dog sustained by meat (6)
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Rufus AVER Get a welcome run and declare (4)
A parson upset enough to swear (4)
State welcome to king (4)
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Rufus NARROW New missile contract (6)
Cramped northern shaft (6)
Thin pointed weapon (6)
Raced up to the line with not much room to spare (6)
Close, so raced up to a disturbance (6)
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Rufus AGREED There's no disputing it's a form of deadly sin (6)
A sinful desire of one mind (6)
A sin — that's understood (6)
Something like a rush on silver is accepted (6)
Didn't deny it's a selfish characteristic (6)
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Rufus CONVERSE Study poetic usage in discourse (8)
Learn lines for speaking (8)
Remain silent? No, just the opposite (8)
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Rufus HEAP Old car in a pile-up (4)
Father is uplifted, after he makes a pile (4)
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Rufus HUMANE Compassionate chap put in the shade (6)
Compassionate chap involved in outcry (6)
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Rufus CANNON Girl came in to study the weapon (6)
Clergyman taking a point to heart may be fired (6)
Clergyman taking a point to heart may be fired (6)
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Rufus ENMASSE In a group coming from France (2,5)
Mother's possibly seen going round in the altogether (2,5)
All together in France (2,5)
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Rufus INSPECT Study in group including, leading politician (7)
Vet gets bug out of parrot's head (7)
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Rufus RECEIVER Criminal who runs a 13 down business (8)
Criminal set? (8)
Criminal picked up in response to telephone call (8)
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Rufus EVA She makes a welcome return (3)
Welcome return for a girl (3)
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Rufus ANORAK Protection worn by king hiding in a tree (6)
Habit of a socially inept person (6)
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Rufus PANDORA Criticise girl for releasing the evils of the world? (7)
Criticise girl for releasing the evils of the world? (7)
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Rufus GATHER Get together and tuck in (6)
Conclude contract (6)
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Rufus BREADLINE About to enter poor occupation? May end up on this (9)
Those on it will need dough (9)
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Rufus MAR Ruin a horse by docking its tail (3)
Spoil the planet no end (3)
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Rufus ILLNESS Complaint I will put before the head (7)
Complaint I will put to head (7)
If most of this were eradicated there would be few complaints (7)
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Rufus EXHALE Expire, though previously fit as a fiddle (6)
Get out of breath, being no longer fit (6)
Get out of breath, being no longer fit (6)
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Rufus JUGOSLAV Oval jugs made by a former foreign hand (8)
Oval jugs made by a foreigner (8)
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Rufus APT A small point, but appropriate (3)
A short spell of exercise to get fit (3)
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Rufus LATECOMER He turns up, after all (9)
It's clear to me, anyway, one will miss a deadline (4-5)
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Rufus ENDEAR Aim by listener to win affection (6)
Charm, finish and musical ability (6)
Please aim listening device (6)
Conclude with a feature on charm (6)
Create goodwill by being a close listener (6)
Listener following close win (6)
Make attractive object — a listening device (6)
Charm by being close listener (6)
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Rufus DIPLOMAT Certificate goes to leading tactful envoy (8)
Award given to the top negotiator (8)
Certificate given to the top arbitrator (8)
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Rufus LEVEL Disinclined to use a palindrome? (5)
Up or down it is neither (5)
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Rufus ONREFLECTION Having thought about it, no! (2,10)
No, when one's thought about it (2,10)
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Rufus TAXI Vehicle to move before take-off (4)
Duty on one type of - conveyance (4)
Army team transport (4)
Transport will be back at eleven (4)
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Rufus CHANCE Risk not completing part of the church (6)
Risk not completing part of a church (6)
Uncertain opportunity (6)
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Rufus ANNALS Records of non-U plants (6)
Records of non-U plants (6)
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Rufus BITTERN Bird of the frozen North (7)
One bird pecked another (7)
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Rufus SIRE Father is up and about (4)
Generator is mounted by engineers (4)
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Rufus BIKINI Pacific island in which a girl may be found sunbathing (6)
Pacific island in which one may be found sunbathing (6)
Minimum investment for patrons of the pools (6)
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Rufus CLEFT Conservative-Labour rift (5)
Conservative-Labour rift? (5)
Divided with a hundred over (5)
Rift between Conservative and Labour? (5)
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Rufus DRAUGHTS Game that may leave one cold (8)
Drinks provided for the men on board (8)
They may make people cold drinks (8)
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Rufus ORBIT Circulate gold coin (5)
Go round the globe on it (5)
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Rufus ALBION Footballers out on bail? (6)
A pound to one on Britain (6)
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Rufus MIRAGE Motorway fury at illusory prospect of refreshment (6)
I'm upset with anger that's more apparent than real (6)
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Rufus RUBELLA Polish girl with German complaint (7)
Complaint results from French gent leaving umbrella unfurled (7)
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Rufus ANECDOTAL Remembering various stories can lead to novel (9)
Like stories that can lead to novel (9)
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Rufus RUNT Small pig has nose tip stuck in furrow (4)
Small pig has nose tip embedded in furrow (4)
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22118
Rufus IASKYOU Do you agree? I don't believe it! (1,3,3)
Do you agree? I don't believe it! (1,3,3)
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Rufus UNCERTAIN Indefinite truce in an engagement (9)
Indefinite truce in an engagement (9)
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Rufus ORGAN Musical journal? (5)
An ear for music? (5)
It was ground in the gutter (5)
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22810
Rufus DESERTION Abandon one on flight (9)
Leaving — one's tired out (9)
One's tried for military and domestic offence (9)
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24928
Rufus IFFY Suspect in a short time loses head (4)
In fine fettle, yet initially unsure (4)
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24214
Rufus DIRGE Strain of a grave commitment? (5)
The strain of mourning (5)
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Rufus ABSTRACT A summary might well be appropriate (8)
Not easy to grasp by sailors on land (8)
Summary is merely theoretical (8)
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27131
Rufus SYLLABLES One has one of them, another three (9)
One has one of them, another three (9)
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Rufus TATTOO Military show leaves a permanent impression on one (6)
Beating that leaves marks on the skin? (6)
Military show leaves a permanent impression on one (6)
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21707
Rufus TIGHTLACED Stayed somewhat prudish (5-5)
Prudish when drunk spiked the drink (5-5)
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Rufus ABRASION An undergarment one's upset about, showing wear (8)
A place of grazing (8)
A foundation garment is retired on showing wear (8)
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24434
Rufus BEWARE Warning a worker is about to fight (6)
Worker about to fight — watch out (6)
Worker about to fight — watch out! (6)
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27383
Rufus OPIATES Mince pies to include a number of drugs (7)
Mince pies to include a number of drugs (7)
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Rufus AFTERALL Last, despite expectations (5,3)
Nevertheless last (5,3)
Could mean coming last, everything considered (5,3)
Nevertheless, is not to be satisfied with just part (5,3)
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Rufus IBIS I get an encore — or the bird (4)
Bird is injected with thiamine (4)
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23294
Rufus PLAY It's somebody's work, oddly enough (4)
Games room (4)
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22524
Rufus IGNORANT At sea no rating is lacking in knowledge (8)
Blissfully unaware (8)
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Rufus MINEDETECTOR It may reveal hidden charges (4,8)
It may reveal hidden charges (4-8)
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24588
Rufus ELF Little fellow not de­pressed, just confused (3)
Pixie full of Cockney wellbeing, we hear (3)
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22668
Rufus APROPOS A support thus returned is appropriate (7)
A rugby player, too fat to be fit (7)
A rugby player turns up, so accepted as fit (7)
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Rufus NEPHEWS Their father's in the pop business (7)
Relatives get a quarter — sighs of relief! (7)
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26281
Rufus GRAIL A girl in distress sought by Lohengrin (5)
A girl in distress, the object of chivalrous attention (5)
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Rufus TRAMCAR It takes travellers by road and rail (7)
It became obsolete when the market backed the automobile (7)
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Rufus BRAD Nail evil outside right (4)
First sign of rust in rotten nail (4)
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Rufus DIET Conventional fare? (4)
Might it turn the tide for those overweight? (4)
Recommended course for parliament (4)
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24172
Rufus CLAPTRAP Applaud catch? Codswallop! (8)
Applaud the actor's role — on reflection, it's rubbish (8)
Approve of gin? Nonsense! (8)
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25952
Rufus ONEROUS Having our nose put out of joint is hard to bear (7)
An individual with sour disposition is hard to bear (7)
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25982
Rufus SUSPENSE American quiet in feeling anticipation (8)
Indecision shows us soft in reason (8)
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Rufus CLAM Shellfish left in river (4)
Shellfish — 100 pounds a thousand (4)
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26700
Rufus MORSE Means of communication with a walrus? (5)
Student leaves titbit for a walrus (5)
Means of communication for a TV detective (5)
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21784
Rufus NEGATION Denial in the form of no eating (8)
Antigone's form of denial (8)
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Rufus DECORUM Form of art having spirit and propriety (7)
Edward backs firm with spirit and dignity (7)
Edward lifts firm with spirit and dignity (7)
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23138
Rufus ALTEREGO Get a role as someoneÍs double (5,3)
Get a role as someone's double (5,3)
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Rufus EJECTS Throws out rejects right away (6)
Turns down right away and chucks out (6)
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Rufus DIAMANTE Exceptionally animated, sparkling stuff (8)
Exceptionally animated, decorated with glittering ornaments (8)
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25198
Rufus BOTTICELLI Painter's bill to cite rework (10)
Painter's bill to cite restoration (10)
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Rufus MANAGE Fellow having plenty of time to run a business (6)
Run a horse in Maine (6)
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Rufus TREPAN Saw the head for an examination (6)
Saw the head for an examination (6)
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Rufus HOUDINI He escaped to become famous (7)
He was bound to begin the show (7)
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Rufus CORACLE Blimey! Alec capsized the boat (7)
Callas initially given divine voice, but little craft? (7)
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Rufus ABLE Island uprising accomplished (4)
Skilled apprentice in Lincoln (4)
The Spanish scholar returned, qualified (4)
Fitted top removed from piece of furniture (4)
A blue, not with university, shows talent (4)
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22416
Rufus PUTOFF Don't encourage delay (3,3)
Sort of pastry brought round to spoil the appetite (3,3)
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Rufus ENGAGING Taking someone on and winning (8)
Fighting and winning (8)
Taking someone on of attractive disposition (8)
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22298
Rufus AMPLE Lashings of maple syrup (5)
Liberal politician gets in the beer (5)
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Rufus LIEU Place to use deception at university (4)
Use deception to get university place (4)
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Rufus MENU Food bill (4)
List of courses for chaps at university (4)
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21868
Rufus REPLICA Copy original recipe, cooking plaice (7)
Parcel I untied reveals an identical one (7)
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Rufus BESEECH Beg bread initially, then cheese spread (7)
Beg for quarter in the wood (7)
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Rufus INVERT Turn up to find a number still outside (6)
Turn up in green (6)
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26700
Rufus AWAITS Stays will alter a waist (6)
Stays will alter a waist (6)
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22130
Rufus ACQUAINT Get bill reduced, strange to tell (8)
Get bill reduced, strange to tell (8)
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Rufus ASKANCE Question one about point that's not straightforward (7)
Question one about point that's not straightforward (7)
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21749
Rufus FRET Sort of saw for pine (4)
Key pattern on a guitar? (4)
A small piece of wood — pine? (4)
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27023
Rufus BRIDEGROOM He has reached match point (10)
Man of the match (10)
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25132
Rufus MALIGN Defame a large number and get into a row (6)
Defame a large number and get into a row (6)
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22738
Rufus AWARDS Grants a minor point (6)
Grants a minor point (6)
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24882
Rufus GROYNE It's built as an ocean container (6)
The genitals, we hear, of a mole? (6)
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24344
Rufus DROOP A number with inadequate backing slump (5)
Fall out of love and decline (5)
Fall out of love and languish (5)
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25341
Rufus LOTTO Game many take to (5)
Race in one game leads to another (5)
Very drunk, loses opening in game (5)
There's a great deal to this game (5)
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24732
Rufus ONEEYED Individual observed description of Polyphemus (3-4)
Individually observed description of Polyphemus (3-4)
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Rufus IMPALE Puncture politician caught in a lie, perhaps (6)
I'm lacking lustre in run through (6)
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22762
Rufus AWAKEN Come round to a strangely weak point (6)
Come to a potentially weak point (6)
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22358
Rufus DESPOT Order posted by tyrant (6)
He has absolute control of the French vessel (6)
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Rufus LETRIP Allow to rest peacefully? Quite the opposite (3,3)
Behave uninhibitedly on the French tour (3,3)
Go flat out arranging a tenancy to rent (3,3)
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24010
Rufus CATCHON Understand and win popularity (5,2)
Understand and win popularity (5,2)
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Rufus SOLVE Loves an anagram to work out (5)
Find the answer to love's torment (5)
Only about five find the answer (5)
Possibly loves to finish the crossword? (5)
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26903
Rufus INTHELONGRUN Where a marathon runner may eventually succeed? (2,3,4,3)
Eventually where an actor finds regular employment? (2,3,4,3)
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23150
Rufus RESUME Right to sue me, perhaps, so start again (6)
Carry on in summary fashion (6)
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23694
Rufus HOODWINKED Having conned Robin, indicated complicity (10)
Showed complicity after outlaw misled (10)
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24262
Rufus CUBE Solid figure that may take root (4)
Third power block (4)
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22720
Rufus YEARNINGS Hankerings for last of daily bread (9)
Desires half my wages (9)
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23700
Rufus UNCHASTE Such a net works loose (8)
Such a net may become loose (8)
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22416
Rufus AMENDS Corrects the final part in a script (6)
Corrects the final part in a script (6)
Changes which should be made by wrongdoers (6)
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21713
Rufus EXCUSE Pardon and release (6)
Pardon and release (6)
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21826
Rufus LETTINGGO Dismissing someone and discussing the matter no further (7,2)
Dismissing and discussing no further (7,2)
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22416
Rufus RESTRAIN Control shown as others fall (8)
Hold back and shower after all the others (8)
The others have sound rule for control (8)
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26377
Rufus MAROON Very light colour (6)
Dark red strand (6)
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Rufus REVELS Festivities involve a number in lively dances (6)
Festivities involve five in lively dances (6)
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24888
Rufus ENACTMENT Playbill (9)
A law to punish backward people in a race (9)
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Rufus CATASTROPHIC I catch pastor out in dire straits (12)
Dreadful pastor I catch out (12)
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27329
Rufus MANOFWAR Soldier employed by the navy? (3-2-3)
Soldier employed by the navy (3-2-3)
Soldier carrying sailors? (3-2-3)
Soldier carrying sailors? (3-2-3)
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Rufus NOUSE Hopeless, lacking purpose (2,3)
Lacking purpose, but in France we get the point (2,3)
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Rufus IMPACT One member to take part in strike (6)
Great influence of one politician on some legislation (6)
Effect of a single legis­lator on law (6)
One member to take part in strike (6)
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21707
Rufus REGARD Consider changing gear on the way (6)
View with esteem (6)
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Rufus OFFICE Work appointment (6)
Firm base? (6)
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Rufus SECONDS Extra helpings may be minute portions (7)
Extra helpings or extras helping (7)
Inferior articles that don't last long (7)
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26108
Rufus STASHED Sat out next to hut, hidden away (7)
Tess had jumble hidden away (7)
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23114
Rufus SNAILSPACE Ground speed of a slow-moving shell (6,4)
A motion that takes the House aback (6,4)
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Rufus BOATRACE After which the participants come out of their shells (4,4)
Snake and dog in crafty contest (4,4)
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Rufus ANAGRAM A couple of beasts to be sorted out? (7)
Sue is of use (7)
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Rufus EMANATED Call-up date wrongly issued (8)
Rose might arrange a date with men (8)
Rose made arrangements to name date (8)
Arose from having the call-up date wrong (8)
Issued with the name and date incorrect (8)
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Rufus ABBEY Where all men are brothers? (5)
Religious retreat for sailor and Turk (5)
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Rufus RURAL A return game between two sides in the country (5)
Country has right to mountain range (5)
Two rivers characteristic of the country (5)
Country artist interned by government out east (5)
Country river - a Russian river (5)
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Rufus CHOICE Exquisite selection (6)
Selection of superior quality (6)
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Rufus DREADS Is afraid of disturbing adders (6)
Fears the end of combined studies (6)
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Rufus ATOMISATION A conversion into a moist spray (11)
Spread into a moist spray (11)
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Rufus STREAMERS Ships carrying right pennants (9)
Packets once holding right sort of decorations (9)
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Rufus ORBITS Goes round foreign bistro (6)
Goes round bistro abroad (6)
Whole rounds or portions (6)
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Rufus TALLY Agree the score (5)
Match label (5)
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Rufus FAIRFIGHT Just scrap (4,5)
Not a scrap of bias (4,5)
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Rufus UTOPIA More work here - or less, many hope! (6)
More work here? (6)
More work repairing high-class patio (6)
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22954
Rufus STANDTO Reason may follow this order to prepare for action (5,2)
Order to troops to prepare for action - reason may follow (5,2)
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Rufus TRAITS Idiosyncrasies of surreal artist (6)
One's characteristics begin holding one up (6)
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Rufus SKETCH Draw matted wool in school (6)
Outline of a short piece (6)
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23347
Rufus SPREAD Compass cover (6)
Feast on one's bed in the dormitory? (6)
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25419
Rufus ENTANGLE Fish after repairing net with twine (8)
Snare ten squirming fish (8)
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24798
Rufus SERPENTINE Mineral water enjoyed by Londoners in the park (10)
Mineral water for Londoners (10)
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Rufus TURNIN Give up and go to bed (4,2)
Give up and go to bed (4,2)
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22148
Rufus TRIAL Difficulty in hearing (5)
Hearing test (5)
Hearing noisy neighbour could be one (5)
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25713
Rufus BOTTLENECK Nerve twice required in traffic jam (10)
Drivers should avoid it — and what passes through it (10)
What drivers should avoid - and what passes through it (10)
Hold up close to Cork (10)
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22714
Rufus LEANTON Received support when threatened (5,2)
Threatened, but received support (5,2)
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Rufus ENTRY Record number starting school? (5)
Record-making competitor (5)
Gate for all competitors (5)
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26437
Rufus ABRUPT Impolite sailor put out around mid-afternoon (6)
Quick form of pop art (6)
Jack training for the fifteen? That's sudden! (6)
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Rufus SPORTS Arranges parking under cover for games (6)
Good fellows left on board (6)
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Rufus REARGUARD Such actions are rarely offensive (9)
Such actions are rarely offensive (9)
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24904
Rufus BRISTLE See red hair? (7)
Show anger in hair-raising fashion (7)
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25437
Rufus ADAPT Fit girl given bodybuilding exercises (5)
A number well-suited to fashion (5)
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Rufus ADDENDA Tack on finish to a literary supplement (7)
Literary supplements? (7)
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22112
Rufus STRONGHOLD Keep a firm grip (10)
Keep product of long and short division to start with (10)
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24702
Rufus BUMPER Extra large, troublesome delivery (6)
Big shock absorber (6)
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24016
Rufus THIRDPARTY Sort of policy for the Lib-Dems? (5,5)
Sort of policy that threatens both government and opposition? (5,5)
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24052
Rufus STONES More than one rock group? (6)
More than one rock group? (6)
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25443
Rufus MONALISA Restored a man's oil painting (4,4)
Two women smiling as one (4,4)
Reproduction of a man's oil painting (4,4)
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23772
21982
Rufus SARABAND Dance orchestra with a female leader (8)
Dance of the bedouin in his own environment (8)
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24898
Rufus VARIES Starting with Virgo, Zodiac sign alters (6)
V-sign shows one is not in agreement! (6)
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25575
Rufus FAMILYTREE It's branches are of relative importance (6,4)
Chart showing relative positions (6,4)
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23539
Rufus CHARLESTON Prince not getting up for the dance (10)
Kind of dance to be found in South Carolina or West Virginia? (10)
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Rufus DANCES They may be round or square (6)
Scandinavians hold a number - and so do we! (6)
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24542
Rufus SPOT Place where spinners will take a turn (4)
Mark drives badly uphill (4)
Identify the precise location (4)
Mark drives badly in reverse (4)
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22674
Rufus EYELID Shutter usually closed at night (6)
Optical shutter (6)
Movable sight screen (6)
Optical shutter (6)
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22298
Rufus PIPE Kind of line used by a puffer (4)
Whistle for some wine (4)
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Rufus LUCRE No end of good fortune concerning money (5)
Money is a bait that takes in many (5)
Money is a bait that takes many in (5)
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22416
Rufus EPICURE He won't eat anything (7)
Mince pie and preserve for the gourmet (7)
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Rufus EARNEST Are moving home; it must be serious (7)
Dedicated a Sterne novel (7)
Receiver heading for one's home - it''s serious! (7)
Listener heads home in determined mood (7)
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26646
Rufus BALUSTRADE Protection on landing for party backing American commerce (10)
Protection on landing for party setting up American commerce (10)
Fancy coping with bare adults dancing around? (10)
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23509
Rufus CHANCELLOR University head has the opportunity to turn back (10)
Fortune, pounds, gold — all go into his purse (10)
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Rufus RESENTS Takes offence at gifts not being opened (7)
Objects to Ernest's replacement (7)
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25257
Rufus ETUI A case of pin and needles (4)
A case for sewers (4)
Where needles are kept, just in case (4)
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25569
Rufus SAYING Saw off the tongue (6)
Saw off the tongue (6)
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Rufus REREDOS Red rose embroidered for church screen (7)
Fresh red rose at the back of the altar (7)
Screen has crimson centre and unusual rose edging (7)
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26867
Rufus DINOSAUR Is around? That's odd, as it disappeared a long time ago (8)
Extinct animal is around in changed form (8)
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22166
Rufus PASSUP Neglect Dad's drink (4,2)
Ignore student's success at university (4,2)
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23521
Rufus OPENER Beginner in a key role (6)
Tin or tape cutter? (6)
Key batsman? (6)
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24672
Rufus SINGLETON The only one in a suit wearing a vest (9)
Going out, Nigel's not the only one in a suit (9)
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22464
Rufus EMIGRANTS People leaving, streaming out (9)
They've left me staring in bewilderment (9)
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26437
Rufus CARETAKERS Girl held up by minders, those employed to look after her? (10)
They're not employed to mind their own business (10)
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23916
Rufus LEAD Guide to the first card (4)
Clue found in a drawer (4)
Heavy metal star player (4)
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22686
Rufus SHED Discarded garden tools may be kept here (4)
Slough's outbuilding (4)
Discarded garden tools may be kept here (4)
Outhouse made redundant (4)
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26616
Rufus TAIWAN Await trouble on North Pacific island (6)
I want a free, democratic island (6)
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Rufus TEACHER A paid informer (7)
He may be a master of form (7)
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Rufus ENDURE Last though almost sure to finish first (6)
Put up with being last (6)
Last though almost certain to finish first (6)
Last to finish on the river (6)
Close by river or brook (6)
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25868
Rufus CHOPSTICK Cuts off credit to Chinese food raiser (9)
Implement for eating meat paste? (9)
Implement for eating meat paste? (9)
22400
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22172
Rufus ENEMY Three points go to my opponent (5)
Time not on our side? (5)
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25102
Rufus LYDIA She requires daily refreshment (5)
Girl needing daily refreshment (5)
Employ new daily woman (5)
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23048
Rufus BULLSEYE Hole-in-the-middle mint (5,3)
A light gold (5-3)
A light sweet (5-3)
Sweet dog Bill Sikes owned (5-3)
A light sweet (8)
Speculators keep watch on gold (8)
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22118
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Rufus ENTRAP Capture in French bunker (6)
Catch ten out with a quick blow (6)
Catch the blame after net is damaged (6)
Catch in Antwerp on the loose without wife (6)
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25473
Rufus REED Grass blown in the wind? (4)
Rush animal from below (4)
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Rufus STANDSFAST Gets quickly to one's feet, but doesn't make a move (6,4)
Either rises quickly or doesn't budge (6,4)
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Rufus SINBAD Error committed by poor sailor (6)
Sailor, doubly evil (6)
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Rufus ADAMANT The first male worker in firm (7)
Girl meets chap and starts talking - but doesn't yield (7)
Female confronts male, beginning to threaten firm (7)
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27125
Rufus CONSTANT Canst not be shaken? (8)
Always faithful? (8)
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Rufus STATE Good man consumed by power (5)
Government report (5)
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25353
Rufus IDLE Out of work, one gets led astray (4)
Lied about being out of work (4)
Vain and averse to work (4)
Lazy and backward in fielding (4)
Unemployed paid less at the centre (4)
Slack return in fielding (4)
Lied about being out of work (4)
Turn over at leisure (4)
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22154
27035
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21802
24588
Rufus HARAKIRI Japanese ceremonial departure (4-4)
Ceremonial departure (4-4)
A self-effacing action of the Japanese (4-4)
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25581
24112
Rufus ALLOT A student with luck gets grant (5)
Share out a tax rise (5)
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Rufus NOTHING What the poor man has and the rich man wants (7)
Love to be on night shift (7)
Love a duck! (7)
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Rufus UMBRAGE R. Mugabe gives offence (7)
Shade of grievance (7)
A shade of grievance (7)
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Rufus ATHALFMAST No cause for rejoicing when standards are this low (2,4-4)
No cause for rejoicing when standards are this low (2,4,4)
Standard position for a passing-out parade? (2,4,4)
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Rufus TEA Leaves for some refreshment (3)
Pot plant? (3)
What a caddy carries (3)
Leaves note attached to article (3)
From which one drives, say, for a drink (3)
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Rufus ANIMATION I'm in a race — go! (9)
I'm in a state of exhil-aration (9)
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Rufus BLUDGEON Club doctor bound leg (8)
Leg bound to be broken by heavy stick (8)
Doctor bound leg - supplied stick (8)
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Rufus YEAH Yes, truly an inspiration (4)
Yes, truly an aspiration (4)
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Rufus LIGHTER Open boat in spill (7)
A substitute for the match (7)
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Rufus SINATRA Possibly train as a singer (7)
Possibly train as a singer (7)
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Rufus INDEPTH Sort of study carried out by bathyscape? (2,5)
Detailed sort of investigation showing trendy profundity (2-5)
Sort of study carried out by bathyscape? (2,5)
Sort of investigation made by bathyscape? (2,5)
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Rufus CONTRACT Pick up a bargain (8)
Close agreement (8)
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Rufus CANOE Hole in bamboo boat (5)
Thrash about the ring showing little craft (5)
Ocean-designed craft? Hardly (5)
Thrash about the ring showing little craft (5)
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Rufus BEAR Leading entertainer in strip show (4)
Shoulder and stomach (4)
Harbour transport (4)
Hold up in Paddington, say (4)
Display stand (4)
Beast of burden? (4)
Harbour transport (4)
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Rufus ORACLE Nothing clear may come from this prophet (6)
Carole's making an announcement (6)
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Rufus STAY Stop and point at the river (4)
Remain a supporter (4)
Keep going — or don't! (4)
Tarry rope (4)
Wait for support (4)
Postpone a visit (4)
Check part of the rigging (4)
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Rufus TENDERFOOT Novice nurse employed by the infantry (10)
A novice needs caring support (10)
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Rufus INITIAL The first sign (7)
The bee in one's bonnet? (7)
Beginning a letter (7)
What's in a name? This, for a start (7)
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Rufus FLOG Beat in a round of golf (4)
Thrash in the return game (4)
Beat female record (4)
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Rufus UNDERWEAR Possibly slips beneath surface of river (9)
Possibly slips beneath surface of the river (9)
Clothing that is never worn out (9)
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Rufus REVILE Part of army base is run down (6)
Denigrate soldier's base (6)
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Rufus DUGOUT Canoe shelter (6)
Crafty sort of shelter for troops (6)
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Rufus INUNISON Belonging to different unions but working together (2,6)
Agreement among different unions (2,6)
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Rufus OPPRESS Tyrannise work force (7)
Clamp down on workforce (7)
Ride roughshod over workforce (7)
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Rufus SACKS Dismisses part of the wind section, we hear (5)
They are used for holding coal fires (5)
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Rufus FAIRGAME Aunt Sally, for example, may be legitimate prey (4,4)
It warrants attack, but there must be no cheating in it (4,4)
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Rufus NUTSHELL Brazil's outer defence? (8)
Bananas he will find in fruit container (8)
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Rufus EASTERLY Daisy enters city from the west (8)
Set off in good time towards the dawn (8)
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Rufus TEMPER Moderate one's anger (6)
You'd be angry if you lost it (6)
Even when frayed, it should be kept (6)
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Rufus SANITY One has no reason to want it (6)
One has no reason to want it (6)
Reason for raising money in state (6)
Reason to speak about raising money (6)
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Rufus ABUT Meet in a bar (4)
Come up against an objection (4)
Come very close to a qualification (4)
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Rufus DECLAIM Inveigh against medical treatment (7)
Badly presented medical lecture (7)
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Rufus STORE Keep to right between two points (5)
Keep shop (5)
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Rufus ANARCHISM Irresolute chairman's lack of control (9)
A rich man's form of lawlessness (9)
Chairman's out to provide violent opposition to the government (9)
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Rufus YANKED Turned key and pulled (6)
Turned key and pulled (6)
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Rufus ALLOUT Completely exhausted, but making maximum effort (3,3)
Maximum effort at the end of the innings (3,3)
Nobody working to maximum capacity (3,3)
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Rufus METHOD Acting technique depicting part of Hamlet's madness (6)
Become acquainted with brick carrier's way of working (6)
A way of acting part of Hamlet's madness (6)
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Rufus OVERT It's obvious the minister was brought up in the Old Testament (5)
Public minister raised in the Old Testament (5)
Public minister about to return? Quite the opposite (5)
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Rufus TAKESTOCK Review what warehousemen shouldn't do (4,5)
Shopkeepers must - shoplifters do (4,5)
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Rufus USING Availing oneself of an American gin sling (5)
Exercising we object to in middle age (5)
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Rufus CRAZE Make cracks on passing fashion (5)
Make cracks on passing fashion (5)
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Rufus SPIRITUAL Soul music? (9)
It's not material for a religious song (9)
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Rufus CRADLE An infant rock-and-roller (6)
An infant rock’n’roller (6)
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Rufus GIRAFFE An animal unlikely to be overlooked (7)
Animal whose food is superior to other animals (7)
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Rufus ATPRESENT Now for a West End gift (2,7)
Pat and Ernest have split up now (2,7)
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Rufus RELATE Report some soldiers delayed (6)
Tell king to cheer up (6)
Tell a minister off quietly (6)
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Rufus CREVASSE Rent at a high level? (8)
Ground rent at high level? (8)
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Rufus BLOODSPORT Initiates left in fox-hunting? (5,5)
Killing game (5,5)
Initiates left in fox-hunting? (5,5)
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Rufus PANORAMA Prospect for gold in American country (8)
Latin American country holding an alternative view (8)
Survey military men in Central American country (8)
View of both parents about Nora (8)
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Rufus ERITREA After work, retire to a foreign country (7)
Time to take in strange rite by the Red Sea (7)
When free, retire to a place abroad (7)
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Rufus ALADDIN Row after a youngster appears in panto (7)
A boy acquiring djinn, oddly (7)
Boy involved in a row with 1 down part (7)
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Rufus REDRAG Search the bed again for source of provocation (3,3)
Provocative article in communist paper (3,3)
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Rufus ABSURD Jack's posh way appears ridiculous (6)
Jack's posh way appears ridiculous (6)
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Rufus RAIL It flies or takes a train (4)
Track a bird (4)
Bar banter (4)
Bird run over by a train (4)
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Rufus MOVE Propose relocation (4)
Touch and go (4)
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Rufus TEUTON German, sadly far from fortunate, is in trouble (6)
German number holds out in action (6)
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Rufus LEHAR King Henry embraced composer (5)
Hard-hearted king whose widow was merry (5)
He composed some enjoyable harmonies (5)
Hard-hearted king whose widow was merry (5)
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Rufus SCOTFREE Second bed delivered without charge (4-4)
Artful secret of not having to pay a thing! (4-4)
Secret of crackers not requiring payment (4-4)
Artful secret of not having to pay (4-4)
Clear of secret corruption (4-4)
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Rufus ANON Ring a girl to come round soon (4)
Article concerning author of words of "Away in a Manger"? (4)
An outside number that's not designated (4)
An outside number that's unidentified (4)
Article concerning the unknown (4)
A French veto expected soon (4)
Article on name-dropping (4)
Girl accepts ring later (4)
A new number to be put up shortly (4)
Unidentified girl accepts a ring (4)
Unidentified girl accepts ring (4)
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Rufus SPHINX Ancient Greeks were riddled by it (6)
Man answered her riddle (6)
Ancient Greeks were riddled by it (6)
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Rufus ATMOSPHERE The pervading mood all round the world (10)
We are always enveloped in this mood (10)
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Rufus EVOLVE Develop and go round topless (6)
Develop and go round topless (6)
Develop part of a revolver (6)
21970
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Rufus CANONS Rules for clergymen (6)
General rules observed in cathedrals (6)
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Rufus STREAM Mass of people moving about in the road in the morning (6)
Master moves in current production (6)
Current file (6)
Master switch for the current (6)
Form master to assign pupils to a certain class (6)
A way to enlarge hole in spout (6)
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Rufus SET Conventional group of people (3)
Ready for collection (3)
Hard to place (3)
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Rufus RARE Unusual combination of destructive and constructive forces (4)
Excellent yet not well done (4)
Excellent yet not well done (4)
It's unusual not to be well done (4)
Combination of artist and engineer not often found (4)
It's unusual to return right on time (4)
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Rufus ARCHANGEL Chilled port for Michael? (9)
Michael, the chief financial backer (9)
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Rufus CHEYENNE Indian state capital (8)
Indian state capital (8)
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Rufus TIPANDRUN How to leave a waiter a meagre gratuity? (3,3,3)
I'd trap nun out in cricket game (3-3-3)
Kind of 23 where one's quickly in and out (3-3-3)
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Rufus SCUTTLE Move hurriedly to sink (7)
It's normally kept by the fireplace or sink (7)
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Rufus FACELIFT Clock repair? (4-4)
Brave pirate's superficial improvement (8)
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Rufus DENOTES Needs to set points out (7)
Points out, but don't see changes are necessary (7)
Needs to set points out (7)
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Rufus PUTDOWN Recorded snub (3,4)
Sneer at record (3,4)
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Rufus APERITIF Robust anger with which father overturned the drink (8)
Having strong anger, father takes up drink (8)
Suitable anger with which father sent back the drink (8)
Copyright it, provided it's served before Christmas dinner, for example (8)
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Rufus TIARA A capital investment (5)
A temple ornament? (5)
A capital decoration for a lady (5)
Crown jewels? (5)
A temple ornament? (5)
The Pope's top gear (5)
Top decoration for a woman (5)
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Rufus EAGLE One big bird or two below par (5)
It keeps a sharp eye on German and American arms (5)
Bird that is below par (5)
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Rufus SEMIDETACHED Sort of house in Cheam, its deed is mislaid (4-8)
Sort of house in Cheam, its deed is mislaid (4-8)
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Rufus DEARTH Famine for a large number on this planet (6)
Want to disguise hatred (6)
Shortage put right in the end (6)
Note the world shortage (6)
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Rufus IMPROMPTU I'm ready with first-rate ad-lib (9)
I'm bang on time with socially acceptable ad-lib (9)
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Rufus MANIAC Mother, can I distribute some fruitcake? (6)
Massachusetts' murderer brought back, a deranged person (6)
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Rufus UNUSED Remaining mint (6)
Mint that's still unwrapped? (6)
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Rufus NEEDLES Wants to be out of the French sewers (7)
Unnecessary loss of a point irritates (7)
Do they have piercing eyes? Just the opposite (7)
Stacks of chalk required by dressmakers? (7)
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Rufus CURRANT Fruit ran short outside (7)
Fruit ran short outside (7)
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Rufus MECHANIC Garage worker tuned machine to go over a hundred (8)
Garage worker tuned machine to go over a hundred (8)
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Rufus DENSE Not very bright — needs to be properly organised (5)
Needs to be close (5)
Several rooms with one key? Stupid! (5)
Not very bright, but studies English (5)
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Rufus ROUNDS Golfing or boxing circles? (6)
Sandwiches and drinks (6)
Golfing or boxing circles? (6)
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Rufus REACHES Stretches between bends (7)
Stretches between bends (7)
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Rufus MANIFESTO The form aims often may make (9)
Public declaration in the show ring (9)
Promises of party in show ring (9)
Public announcement repeated in show ring clear round (9)
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Rufus PANEL Board the wrong plane (5)
Penal reform board (5)
Penal reform board (5)
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Rufus SHAM Quiet morning? Don't you believe it! (4)
Second son of Noah was a phoney (4)
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Rufus OXTAIL End of the beef soup? (6)
A kiss in a love story, say, makes a neat ending (6)
Kiss in love story broadcast makes a neat ending (6)
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Rufus KEYHOLE An opening for an opener (7)
Yale's entrance requirement (7)
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Rufus TRIREME Its crew makes progress on three levels (7)
Are there three bank holidays for the rest of its crew? (7)
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Rufus OSLO Ducks to see in European capital (4)
Capital invested in Czechoslovakia (4)
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Rufus IMPOST I'm given shore duty (6)
I'm given picket duty (6)
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Rufus ALAMO A doctor tours the French battle scene (5)
Where Davy Crockett made his last stand, doctor-fashion (5)
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Rufus BANANA Food taken from the hand (6)
Prohibition put on two articles of fruit (6)
Fruit held in hand (6)
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Rufus DENT Beaten hollow (4)
Beaten hollow (4)
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Rufus TARANTELLA Dance with Jack before everyone retires (10)
Dance with a sailor before everybody turns up (10)
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Rufus ROCK Paradoxical criterion of stability (4)
Lady's dress topped off with diamond (4)
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Rufus THOROUGHFARE Full board in a way (12)
Complete meal for the road (12)
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Rufus DOORBELL One should admit when one is depressed (8)
A sound indicator of one's calling (8)
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Rufus SNIPE Pick off the bird (5)
Pick off the bird (5)
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Rufus TRIMARAN Neat island type of boat (8)
Vessel manoeuvring in River Tamar (8)
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Rufus CONQUEROR Victor or William, perhaps (9)
Victor or William? (9)
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Rufus MINIM A palindrome of note (5)
Reflective note (5)
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Rufus NOBALL A head with totally unsatisfactory delivery (2,4)
An extra modest sort of dance? (2,4)
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Rufus ORDER Call for peace and quiet (5)
Instruction book? (5)
Book used in class (5)
The sequence of command (5)
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Rufus DROP Fall for a medical man at work (4)
Decline and fall (4)
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Rufus STRATAGEM Scheme to unearth stone under layers of rock (9)
Plan game anew after false start (9)
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Rufus AFFABLE A loud story, not factual but friendly (7)
Football federation recalled legendary tale that's friendly (7)
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Rufus PORTFOLIO Left sheet listing one's financial assets (9)
Opt for oil production as responsibility of minister (9)
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Rufus HALTED Stopped Edward chasing Henry (6)
Bluff king and his little successor brought to a stop (6)
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Rufus FLAMENCO Sweetheart joins sergeant in dance (8)
Colour sergeant seen in Spanish dance (8)
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Rufus HUMP Depression characteristic of the camel (4)
Carry a load of despondency (4)
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Rufus DETEST Loathe endless study before exam (6)
Dislike of French cricket (6)
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Rufus ISOLDE Wagnerian heroine that is at heart betrayed (6)
Operatic heroine that is to be about to be liquidated (6)
Operatic heroine that is at heart betrayed (6)
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Rufus CHARON Greek ferry operator casts anchor (6)
Greek ferry operator taking late arrivals (6)
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Rufus ISRAELI Airs composed by priest, one living in Jerusalem? (7)
Airs composed by priest in Hebrew (7)
Middle Easterner playing solitaire, but not having to? (7)
Asian playing solitaire, but not having to? (7)
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Rufus CLIENT Patron with a legal right in court (6)
Customer's right established in court (6)
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Rufus COSSET Make much of Tesco's new blend (6)
Baby lettuce gets planted (6)
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Rufus BIND Stick together in a difficult situation (4)
Stick together in a difficult situation (4)
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Rufus SEDAN Battle for the chairman's seat? (5)
Battle for the chairman's seat? (5)
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Rufus NEPOTIC Relatively patronising (7)
Relatively favourable (7)
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Rufus GELIGNITE Set light to powerful explosive (9)
Explosive set on fire (9)
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Rufus EMPEROR Eastern politician, queen or ruler (7)
In pre-Rome constitution he was the ruler (7)
Penguin noted by Beethoven (7)
Penguin noted by Beethoven (7)
Ruler in a temper, or so it seems (7)
Ruler and a sheet of paper required (7)
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Rufus TENET It may be held up or down (5)
Principle of having it both ways? (5)
Opinion one can always go back on? (5)
Belief unchanged on reflection (5)
Belief unchanged on reflection (5)
Conviction that can be reversed? (5)
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Rufus ANCHORAGE On a charge, being drunk in port (9)
Northern city road (9)
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Rufus LOUISIANA Crude oil in a USA state (9)
Crude oil in a USA state (9)
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Rufus CAST Company project (4)
Players — or the pitch (4)
Company project (4)
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Rufus NYASA Lake in old colony, as Africans changed name to Malawi (5)
Lake in Tanzania included in many a safari (5)
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Rufus UNDO Open to defeat (4)
Prepare for take-off? (4)
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Rufus SUPPER It makes for a full retirement (6)
Parking in splendid setting for a meal (6)
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Rufus KINDLE Family led out from fire (6)
Light linked to switch (6)
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Rufus ATOP A child's toy surmounting the tree? (4)
Occupying a pre-eminent position at work (4)
A spinner at his peak? (4)
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Rufus SECRET It may be of untold value (6)
Nobody will know if we keep it (6)
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Rufus ATLAS Book a strong man (5)
Mountains in some volume (5)
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Rufus ORGANGRINDER Erring dog ran off and played in the streets (5,7)
A noted Turner? (5,7)
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Rufus STOP Close arrest (4)
Block and tackle? (4)
Finish roadwork (4)
Close arrest (4)
A full one should give you a capital start (4)
Kitty's back to stay (4)
Finish second best (4)
Block and tackle (4)
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Rufus OPENAIR New opera in a natural setting (4,3)
Outdoor opera in review (4-3)
Outdoor writer bursting into love song (4-3)
Frank! Look out! (4,3)
Available to discuss outside (4,3)
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Rufus CIVIC Numbers of Romans about the city (5)
Numbers of Romans about the city (5)
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Rufus VALE Glen's farewell (4)
Goodbye to depression! (4)
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Rufus INSOMNIA In such a state there's no need for alarm (8)
One can't sleep through it (8)
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Rufus STEPSON Boards another's child (7)
Boards with relative by marriage (7)
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Rufus EMERGE Come out East and join up (6)
Issue Oriental blend (6)
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Rufus IRISHMAN Pat his arm in error (8)
Pat his arm in error (8)
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Rufus ETHEREAL Late rising around this place — that's heavenly! (8)
Herein a peculiar tale, out of this world (8)
The brewed ale there is heavenly! (8)
Key leather treatment is delicate (8)
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Rufus ACRE A Conservative leader about to give ground (4)
Bill received in connection with port (4)
Bill about a land measure (4)
Size of field for a medley race (4)
A conservative leader about to give ground (4)
Port area (4)
A small credit note on which little can be raised (4)
A measure of port (4)
Foreign port area (4)
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Rufus CONGREGATION Worshipful company (12)
People in the services (12)
People in the services go on creating mayhem (12)
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Rufus AGGRO A short spell of hostile behaviour (5)
A short spell of hostile behaviour (5)
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Rufus EWER Vessel missed entrance to channel (4)
Vessel that has been taken out of the water (4)
We take turn and turn about in the vessel (4)
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Rufus HOPSCOTCH Game for a drink after the dance (9)
Bound to score in this game (9)
Game for a drink after hard work (9)
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Rufus ADAGIO Commercial fee for money conversion follows slowly (6)
Slowly executed movement gets a soldier in trouble (6)
Scored slowly (6)
Barber's work is to be performed slowly (6)
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Rufus APOSTLE Appointment accepted by stout preacher (7)
Preacher makes pleas to convert (7)
After getting in the beer he went round preaching (7)
Porter is about to dispatch messenger (7)
Missionary who can handle a spoon? (7)
Messenger has a job getting in beer (7)
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Rufus ABET Egg on a steak, say (4)
A sporting investment aid (4)
Give aid to a Yankee (4)
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Rufus WHALE We accept Henry as member of the school (5)
Soundly beat one in school (5)
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Rufus COUPLE Left in carriage and pair (6)
Left in carriage and pair (6)
Pair up to hearten a merry old soul (6)
Join up with the French company first (6)
Pair left in sports car (6)
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Rufus SPIDERS Leg spinners out for a catch (7)
Naturally good leg-spinners (7)
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Rufus VIENNA Girl turns up after six — capital! (6)
Girl retires after six in foreign city (6)
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Rufus SHEATHE Novel articles put in case (7)
Girl with two articles to stow away safely (7)
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Rufus AMAZON Aggressive female goes to sea (6)
Aggressive female banker (6)
An aggressive female runner (6)
River shrew? (6)
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Rufus MAIL Sound man for the post (4)
Chain letters? (4)
Post of bodyguard (4)
Post of bodyguard (4)
Post filled by a knight? (4)
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Rufus ETHANE Macbeth, for example, goes after final piece of fuel (6)
Macbeth, for example, goes after final piece of fuel (6)
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Rufus STREAMS Masses of people moving about in the morning in the streets (7)
New masters selected academic groups (7)
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Rufus ROTATE Go round with a list at half-term (6)
In turn it's consumed with decay (6)
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Rufus SKIRUN The slippery slope taken by some sportsmen (3,3)
Potential risk one in France may take in winter (3,3)
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Rufus INTHEKNOW Aware how Kent got into difficulties, when batting first (2,3,4)
Informed kin he won't be around (2,3,4)
Having private information? No, we think otherwise (2,3,4)
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Rufus REPLETE Chock-full, but eccentric peer allowed in (7)
Traveller allowed key is satisfied (7)
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Rufus PIANOFORTE A grand may be a profit one makes (10)
"Pinafore" to be transcribed for solo instrument (10)
Opera, if not comic, might be grand (10)
It may provide accompaniment to Pinafore production (10)
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Rufus ABACK You'll surprise someone by taking him this (5)
A person is surprised if you take him this (5)
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Rufus TALISMAN It may work wonders in Malta's new constit­ution (8)
Mother is surrounded by excited Latins exhibiting charm (8)
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Rufus OUNCE Tell everyone Ann lost weight (5)
Cat required? There are quite a few in the pound (5)
Cat found in a pound (5)
Cat to jump off piano (5)
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Rufus PRISONGATE Can-opener? (6,4)
Can-opener? (6,4)
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Rufus MALEFACTOR Criminal macho characteristic (10)
Truth stands between man or criminal (10)
Sex gene producing a criminal (10)
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Rufus STORAGE Charge for keeping silver in a warehouse (7)
Charge for keeping silver in reserve (7)
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Rufus HUMBUG A sucker for hypocrisy (6)
Fashionable doctor caught in embrace? That's sweet! (6)
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Rufus CREATOR First-former? (7)
Man on the make? (7)
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Rufus BIGWIG Panto dame's outsize accoutrement makes her an important person (6)
Important person gives an extensive lecture (6)
Important person for an important lecture (6)
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Rufus SESAME Sam has to look out for Ali Baba's opening word in panto (6)
A plant Sam has to look out for (6)
Opening word of the panto? (6)
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Rufus COCOA Come out with me more than once to have a drink (5)
Two officers get together for a drink (5)
Small firms get together over a drink (5)
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Rufus RELIEFMAP An outstanding example of cartography (6,3)
Did it show the way to Mafeking? (6,3)
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Rufus CANBERRA Find crab near Australian city (8)
Australian capital ship (8)
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Rufus INTERVAL New form of travel in space (8)
New form of travel in space (8)
Space travel in novel form (8)
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Rufus ESSEN Where Westphalians may go to eat in Germany (5)
Strange sense of locality in Germany (5)
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Rufus EXPECTING Looking forward to being a member of the club? (9)
Looking forward to a birthday? (9)
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Rufus TRIBUTARY Not the main course (9)
Supplementary course? (9)
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Rufus DUMBBELL Fitness aid for boxer lacking ring (4-4)
Used by a boxer without a ring (8)
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Rufus AXLE Turning point in a revolution (4)
Turning point in tax legislation (4)
Student breaks tool making a spindle (4)
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Rufus LARIAT A trail possibly taken by cowboys to the rodeo (6)
A trial leading to the noose? (6)
Officer with a song in his heart — something catchy (6)
A trail possibly taken to rodeo by cowboy (6)
A trial could result in the noose (6)
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Rufus ALUMNA Manual put out for past student (6)
Former student in manual work (6)
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Rufus NATIONALLOTTERY Millions may be involved in this gamble on race (8,7)
Gamble on race - a chance to win lots of money (8,7)
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Rufus OUTCAST Not at home with shy, friendless person (7)
He's unpopular, having dismissed the actors (7)
Not at home with shy, rejected person (7)
Striking appearance of one expelled from society (7)
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Rufus MONASTERY Abbey Arts money collection (9)
Expertise shown, taking on brother's house (9)
Order retreat (9)
Retreat on being put in command (9)
On being put in command where the abbot provides orders (9)
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Rufus LARKIN A poet not out after a spree (6)
A poet not out after a frolic (6)
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Rufus COMPEL How to make do? (6)
How to make do? (6)
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Rufus COMMENCE Hundred men come prepared to start (8)
Workers — a hundred — come out to set the ball rolling (8)
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Rufus NICOSIA Capital one invested in new casino (7)
Capital one invested in a new casino (7)
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Rufus CASTE Class found to be overbearing (5)
Class for actors, say (5)
Status of a holy man in church (5)
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Rufus SALIENT Striking entails disruption (7)
Obvious way to get round the foreigner (7)
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Rufus ANNOY In any case, a refusal will not please (5)
Trouble caused by a small number in New York (5)
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Rufus NARRATION When retired, managed share account (9)
Ran up share account (9)
Managed to come back with fair share on account (9)
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Rufus DAWN It breaks and breaks around the West (4)
Bird takes direction at first light (4)
Chorus girl? (4)
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Rufus KILLER He finishes off game with the queen (6)
He finishes off the game with the queen (6)
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Rufus GETONESHANDIN Practise how to be a pickpocket (3,4,4,2)
Practise putting on a glove? (3,4,4,2)
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Rufus EITHER One of two that is returned to the right (6)
One of two — or one in three, perhaps (6)
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Rufus USAGES Philosopher passing through American Customs (6)
Habits of well bred philosophers (6)
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Rufus PIVOTS Turns four vessels round (6)
Turns four vessels around (6)
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Rufus RIDDANCE Disposal of rum and cider (8)
Clearance resulting from free ball (8)
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Rufus APPLAUSE Acclaim new papal practice (8)
Praise custom following papal trip (8)
Acclamation of unusual papal custom (8)
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Rufus LEGEND Get the member to finish an old story (6)
The story of Achilles' heel? (6)
Was first to cover the news story (6)
A story, for example, viewed in advance (6)
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Rufus CASUALTIES Irregular liaisons result in people being hurt (10)
They have suffered from offhand relationships (10)
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Rufus ALOOF A look of being indifferent (5)
A backward idiot, apart from all else (5)
A look of being indifferent (5)
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Rufus CASTOR Oil wheel (6)
Twin helps in moving furniture (6)
Wheel oil (6)
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Rufus SATYR Wood spirit (5)
Spirit often drunk in ancient times (5)
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Rufus RIPOSTE So "Tripe" is silly retort (7)
A quick reply by one who is foiled? (7)
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Rufus STOIC Uncomplaining disciple (5)
One involved in outrageous cost was philosophical (5)
Good man in charge, with love at heart, makes a good bearer (5)
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Rufus STAIR Steps look sound (5)
Heavenly body, one seen in flight (5)
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Rufus ATWILL A fabric that is woven as and when pleases (2,4)
When one chooses a woven fabric (2,4)
When one chooses, return thanks to Shakespeare (2,4)
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Rufus IMPEND Demon with extreme menace (6)
Threaten one politician with death (6)
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Rufus JOANOFARC She died with honour at stake (4,2,3)
A French maid (4,2,3)
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Rufus GENIUS One in the biology class is very bright (6)
One in biology class is very bright (6)
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Rufus AMETHYST It's very hard, yet maths revision is essential (8)
It''s very hard, yet maths revision is essential (8)
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Rufus EMMA Nelson held her in high esteem, maybe (4)
Some of them may feature in Austen novel (4)
She has them shortened to a degree (4)
Novel companion for Nelson (4)
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Rufus PILLAR A column I will condense into a short paragraph (6)
Column I shall condense into a short paragraph (6)
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Rufus RETAINER Retire an infirm old family servant (8)
Servant's pay for help when needed (8)
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Rufus UPLIFTED Elated, having been promoted (8)
Elated, having been promoted (8)
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Rufus NEARMISS Mean error puts it just off target (4,4)
Mean error puts it off target (4,4)
Almost a hit with the girl next door? (4,4)
Narrow escape from mean girl (4,4)
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Rufus LIEFALLOW Willingly permit to remain inactive (3,6)
Willingly permit to remain inactive (3,6)
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Rufus CRACKERS Nuts and biscuits (8)
Nutty biscuits (8)
Nuts? You'll need these (8)
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Rufus ACACIA Bill joins a spy organisation as a plant (6)
Two bills I stuck on a tree (6)
Twice Bill and I get together in a gum tree (6)
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Rufus INVALID Unrecognised but no doubt patient (7)
One who is ill and not operable? (7)
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Rufus DEBONAIR Elegant fashion on a bride (8)
Elegant braid one may make (8)
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Rufus PENTAGON Confine Brown without leave to military HQ (8)
Figure of importance in American defence (8)
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Rufus PATHETIC Sad passage — quote coming up (8)
Way call-up is put together is lamentable (8)
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Rufus OFFSEASON Switch positions round the oceans, when business is slack (3,6)
Not on time, when trade is slack (3-6)
Not on time when trade is slack (3,6)
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Rufus SCRAG Has the neck to ask for credit during slump (5)
Has the neck to ask for credit during slump (5)
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Rufus GEORGE One of the men in a boat helps the pilot (6)
Name some judge or general (6)
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Rufus LEISURE The Parisian is on river for relaxation (7)
Hawaiian offering certainly enjoyed by holidaymakers (7)
In France, the one indisputable freedom (7)
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Rufus ALMAMATER University takes two scholars in exchange (4,5)
Two scholars put into reform school (4,5)
Graduate repeatedly brought in to reform old university (4,5)
Old university graduate twice blocks change (4,5)
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Rufus BUNGLE Blunder, giving bribe with a pound note (6)
Bribe goes to the French in blunder (6)
Miscalculate and tip a pound note (6)
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Rufus MOTION A moving proposal (6)
Sort of picture that's a topic for debate? (6)
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Rufus DENTISTS They may bridge the gaps (8)
They fill much of their working days (8)
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Rufus HAUL Net gain from trawling? (4)
Carry away the spoils (4)
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Rufus REALM Kingdom not fancied by many (5)
True capital of Moroccan kingdom (5)
True figure is in this region (5)
Actual number in the kingdom (5)
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Rufus TASTE Experience discrimination (5)
Discrimination makes sense (5)
One of five is unaccountable (5)
Experience state interference (5)
Experience state interference (5)
Set a test — an oral test (5)
Head of state moves to centre, showing discrimination (5)
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Rufus DAYTIME Tide may change between sunrise and sunset (7)
Light diet may be ordered (7)
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Rufus ENDIVES I've cut the tips for the salad (7)
I've cut the tips for the salad (7)
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Rufus GOA Travel to a part of India (3)
Proceed to a port in India (3)
Travel to a place overseas (3)
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Rufus TEENAGER One who hasn't made a score in years (8)
Youngster ate green fresh product (8)
What Cinderella became after twelve? (8)
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Rufus EXPOSED Dope and sex orgy gets uncovered (7)
Shown to be vulnerable (7)
Photographed out of doors? (7)
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Rufus GREEK Such language is, to me, beyond comprehension (5)
Tongue of land between Italy and Turkey (5)
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Rufus PROBED Searched for a resting place (6)
Conducted research in favour of retirement? (6)
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Rufus CLANGOUR Result of strikes in the metal industry (8)
Noise of a dropped brick? (8)
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Rufus NUDITY Sunseekers take off for this state (6)
Untidy arrangement that would horrify Mrs Grundy (6)
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Rufus OUTPATIENT A travelling case? (10)
A travelling case? (10)
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Rufus SOCRATES Greek coasters in a storm (8)
Greek coasters in a storm (8)
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Rufus REACTION Response of soldiers being introduced to battle (8)
Response of soldiers in the van of battle (8)
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Rufus REMOTE Nowhere near being unapproachable (6)
Distant meteor dis­integrates (6)
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Rufus ANDROMEDA Dead Roman, perhaps, or mythical Greek (9)
Wife of Perseus, wrongly named Dora (9)
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Rufus REAPPEAR Come again? (8)
Come again to gather fruit (8)
Return after securing a university course (8)
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Rufus SALAMANDER Alan dreams about a lizard-like monster (10)
Adam learns about a red-hot poker (10)
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Rufus LOOSE Nothing to to do at this end (5)
Fast? Perhaps not! (5)
Dissolute but not tight (5)
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Rufus TENON Saw about group composition (5)
Saw no clear profit rise (5)
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Rufus BENEFACTOR Patron who has been upset by agent (10)
He helps France to be free (10)
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Rufus EERIE Macabre how corpse ends in the lake (5)
Strange oriental lake (5)
Eastern lake found in the West? Strange (5)
Profiteer without gain — that is strange (5)
No head on the beer? That's strange (5)
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Rufus IVAN One at the front is Russian leader (4)
One on the front line in Russia? (4)
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Rufus NOOSED Caught — so done for it (6)
Caught, so done for it (6)
Done, so may be caught (6)
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Rufus JOYSTICK Girl's given credit as an air-traffic controller (8)
Girl's short time in Air Traffic Control (8)
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Rufus ARABIA In song, sailor lands far away (6)
Song about salt in Asia (6)
In song, sailor lands far away (6)
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Rufus TRUSTY Responsible for a convict getting privileges (6)
Convict getting privileges can be relied on (6)
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Rufus STITCHUP Swindle to reduce the rent? (6,2)
Reduce the rent in a swindle? (6,2)
Swindle to reduce the rent? (6,2)
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Rufus FORTNIGHT Period given to RN formation to enter battle (9)
Keep dark for a set period (9)
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Rufus ABBESS Sailor girl with unmarried sisters in her care (6)
Sailor is married to Elizabeth, a superior lady (6)
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Rufus TEACHEST Everyone is absorbed in the trial case (3,5)
Box smart during trial (3,5)
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Rufus MAGISTRATE Justice obtained by a soldier in various matters (10)
He tries to give the Three Wise Men free treats (10)
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Rufus CLOTHESPEG It keeps one's gear on line (7-3)
It may be responsible for a hold-up on the line (7,3)
Clipper of the line (7,3)
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Rufus OPERATOR Machinist's work rate poor (8)
Musical show high spot for a worker (8)
Machinist works to rule at first (8)
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Rufus AMEND Correct definition of noon (5)
Put me in and the answer's correct (5)
Morning getting close? Correct (5)
In time chaps improve (5)
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Rufus SERF One bound on a crest of a wave, we hear (4)
One among the lesser folk, historically (4)
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Rufus MANEGE Staff, say, joining English riding school (6)
Animal disease going round English riding school (6)
Skin disease going around English riding school (6)
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Rufus LOIRE French flower I have knowledge about (5)
Learning about one in the French department (5)
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Rufus ARCHER A bowed old soldier (6)
Old soldier taking flight (6)
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Rufus PROMOTION In favour of moving to get a better job? (9)
Advertising in advance (9)
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Rufus DISUSE Forms issued when there's no employment (6)
Neglect order issued (6)
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Rufus EPIGRAM Witty saying has some point with animals (7)
Witty saying has some point with animals (7)
Maxim could create PR image (7)
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Rufus FOREGO Sacrifice made in the interest of self-esteem? (6)
Give up because of one's self-image? (6)
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Rufus REALISTIC True-to-life articles I reviewed (9)
Is recital composition unsentimental? (9)
Article is made true to life (9)
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Rufus WAGON Travel in colourless form of transport (5)
It carries a load past between points (5)
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Rufus JAMB Wedge, we hear, in the doorway (4)
Become wedged, we hear, in the doorway (4)
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Rufus CRICKET Some find it slow, but naturally it's lively (7)
Fair game? (7)
A game little insect (7)
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Rufus CACTI Such plants have their points (5)
Key edict of Parliament, one raising awkward points (5)
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Rufus LAWLESS Wild, wild Wales in the 50s (7)
Wild, wild Wales in the ’50s (7)
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Rufus SEADOG Jack has aged so badly (6)
Old sailor tries to raise a case for publicity (3,3)
Pet for the ancient mariner (3,3)
Old sailor moves back without notice (3,3)
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Rufus PERPETUALMOTION Impossible dream of engineers leads to endless debate (9,6)
It goes on all the time (9,6)
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Rufus ACIDDROP Bitter sweet (4,4)
A sharp fall in sweet production (4,4)
Sweet sort of rain fall (4,4)
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Rufus ACCLAIM Chasing a double century, I hit out and get this (7)
Honour bill on demand (7)
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Rufus RAINDROP Soldiers parachuting — a bit of a shower (8)
Spot of wet weather (8)
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Rufus OTHER The alternative holds the alternative (5)
Alternative article in gold (5)
Different from the inside or outside (5)
The gold edging makes this different (5)
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Rufus HAHA Exclamation of surprise when doubled up in laughter (2-2)
Laughter's boundary (2-2)
It won't be seen as a boundary (2-2)
The boundary of laughter (2-2)
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Rufus ANDROCLES He played a lion-tamer plus about 100 parts (9)
Wild lion scared no-one, certainly not him (9)
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Rufus SIMILE A comparison which makes one break into a grin (6)
Look pleased about one literary comparison (6)
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Rufus WEEP Cry, having very little money (4)
Little quiet cry (4)
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Rufus UNEARTHED Turned up in shocking condition? (9)
Found out such appliances are dangerous (9)
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Rufus TSAR In retreat, a holy man leads king and emperor (4)
Sailor entertains son for emperor (4)
A good man rises to king and emperor (4)
Holy man turns to a king and emperor (4)
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Rufus WISECRACK A crew sick at sea? That's a joke! (9)
It's sensible to have a break and a joke (9)
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Rufus UNDERSTUDY Reserve player (10)
One taking part in an emergency (10)
Reserve player (10)
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Rufus EARSHOT Heart so affected sounds can be heard within it (7)
Listeners burning to get within hearing distance (7)
You won't hear a sound out of it (7)
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Rufus PRESIDENT Grant, say, a minimal amount to occupant (9)
I'd put in now for a position in society (9)
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Rufus INATRICE One certain to be replaced immediately (2,1,5)
One certain to be replaced immediately (2,1,5)
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Rufus RISEN Ascended a small hill to the north (5)
How bread's gone up! (5)
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Rufus TIGER Large cat making a row about midnight (5)
Formidable opponent of note in a row (5)
Blake's night-burner? (5)
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Rufus CLEANEDUP Made a tidy profit? (7,2)
Put in order and gained financially (7,2)
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Rufus DEMEAN Lower form emend a composition (6)
Humble cleric embraced me (6)
Humble cleric taking me to heart (6)
Humble cleric takes me in (6)
Humble cleric covering the Middle East (6)
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Rufus STRING A bit of a racket in pearls and horses (6)
The way to the Circle Line (6)
Horses right to take for a ride outside (6)
Horses used in a racket (6)
A number of horses making way to arena (6)
Train racehorses (6)
One of four on the fiddle (6)
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Rufus TIMEPIECE Watch for magazine article (9)
Watch, say, for a magazine article (9)
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Rufus EARNINGS Grannies making money (8)
The wages of sin — and anger (8)
Grannies making money (8)
Returns from work (8)
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Rufus STATEMENT New Testament account (9)
What the bank has to say of your account? (9)
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Rufus SUPPORTER Stay to eat and drink (9)
One cheers up after second drink (9)
Stay to drink and drink (9)
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Rufus DEATHWARRANT An order for despatch (5,7)
A despatch note? (5,7)
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Rufus SUSPECT Dubious character? (7)
American small change being found in school is dodgy (7)
States small change in school is doubtful (7)
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Rufus CHARTERHOUSE School teacher upset about hours being changed (12)
School teacher upset about hours being changed (12)
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Rufus CROSSOVER Change one's bank, perhaps (5,4)
Incensed by having to change banks? (5,4)
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Rufus ABASH A party put down (5)
Cause embarrassment at a party (5)
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Rufus AFFLUENT A loud and voluble description of a very rich society (8)
Members of this society have a lot in common (8)
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Rufus SCRUM Pushing forwards (5)
Pushing forwards gets all-round credit (5)
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Rufus ACCOMPLISHED Performed with a high degree of skill (12)
Carried out by expert (12)
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Rufus ISOTHERM Displayed by weatherman in his other map (8)
A hotline to the weatherman (8)
Mother is composing a line to the weatherman (8)
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Rufus SORELY Painfully secretive about foreign money (6)
Painfully secretive about foreign money (6)
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Rufus BEARCUB A grizzly infant? (4,3)
What this youngster's mother did? (4,3)
A grizzly infant? (4,3)
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Rufus BASSINET Fish I caught in a basket (8)
Dog is put outside in a pram (8)
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Rufus PICNIC Piece of cake eaten out of doors (6)
Eat out of house and home (6)
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Rufus APRESSKI Social activity following high jinks (5-3)
Father returns with skiers out for social activity (5-3)
Father returns with skiers out for social activity (5-3)
Social activity after high jinks (5-3)
Social activity after high jinks (5-3)
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Rufus ABRADE Wear a well-styled beard (6)
Scrape a new beard (6)
A variety of bread to grind (6)
Wear a well-trimmed beard (6)
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Rufus MEMO It takes me only a jiffy to write a note (4)
It will remind me to go to the doctor (4)
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Rufus RAFT Craft without a prow (4)
It floats right at the back (4)
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Rufus CAYENNE Foreign money invested in source of sugar and spice (7)
Red-hot stuff (7)
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Rufus ICICLE A drop of ice (6)
One result of eavesdropping in winter? (6)
It is suspended when it is very cold (6)
It's suspended when it is very cold at Christmas (6)
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Rufus GASOMETERS Some grates are designed to save fuel (10)
Some grates designed as fuel-savers (10)
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Rufus SIGHTS Things seen on guns (6)
Spectacles in which bulls appear (6)
Spectacles used by marksmen (6)
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Rufus ILLTREATMENT Therapy for abuse? (3,9)
I shall receive therapy for abuse (3-9)
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Rufus THEBLUES Music of the Depression? (3,5)
Music of the Depression? (3,5)
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Rufus PUNCHLINE Assault course may be the point of the joke (9)
Joke will end with a periodical row (9)
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Rufus READY Immediately available for cash (5)
All set about going on day shift (5)
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Rufus NOISES Is included amongst those who are against rackets (6)
Is included amongst those who are against rackets (6)
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Rufus CURTAIN Last drop of drama (7)
Brief article favoured hanging (7)
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Rufus FANTASTIC Worker in firm put in charge? Great! (9)
A fact isn't treated as very odd (9)
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Rufus UPTO Capable of scheming (2,2)
Capable of being put out out with oxygen (2,2)
Put out, nothing is fit for the job (2,2)
As far as one is able (2,2)
So far fit for the job (2,2)
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Rufus GAMECOCK Main contender (8)
Ready to stand up to trained fighter (8)
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Rufus TASKS The initial demands for jobs (5)
Enquire in the backstreet for jobs (5)
Model requests jobs (5)
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Rufus NOES Ones needing reform? These don't agree (4)
Bill's opponents (4)
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Rufus NIGHT Near to the start of darkness (5)
Strange thing, but it's time for bed (5)
Nearly time - for bed? (5)
Nearly time to see the moon? (5)
When to see the moon near the end of August (5)
Fall behind it at the end of day (5)
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Rufus ESTIMATE I'm engaged in property valuation (8)
Reckon I'm splitting what's left (8)
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Rufus CALAMITY A strike in the financial centre spells disaster (8)
A strike in York, say, would be a catastrophe (8)
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Rufus KNAVE A card cheat may be so described (5)
Jack found in church, we hear (5)
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Rufus ASPIDISTRA Ida strips a rampant evergreen (10)
Plant part is said to be regenerated (10)
It's as rapid a variety as a house plant enthusiast may desire (10)
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Rufus GARDEN Cultural centre? (6)
Plot involved danger (6)
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Rufus GENTRY Upper-class people discovered in low-down attempt (6)
Low-down attempt to define middle-class people (6)
Note record of people influential in society (6)
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Rufus FISTICUFFS Hand-to-hand combat? (10)
Hand-to-hand combat? (10)
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Rufus OUIJA Board has positive answers from two Europeans (5)
Board in which French and German concur (5)
Board has positive answers from two European states (5)
Board has no alternative to the French and the Germans (5)
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Rufus ASPIRE Aim ambitiously for praise, being wretched (6)
Have ambitions for a high place in the church? (6)
Aim for a high place in the church (6)
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Rufus HOLIDAY It's divine embracing girl in time off (7)
Time to be off (7)
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Rufus INMATE Resident is at home with his wife (6)
An item reserved for a jailbird (6)
Resident at home with his wife (6)
The occupant is at home with his wife (6)
Resident is at home having tea (6)
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Rufus EXODUS Big racial issue? (6)
Book a flight (6)
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Rufus OUTOFORDER Unable to work after leaving the fraternity (3,2,5)
Dismissed from brotherhood for not working (3,2,5)
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Rufus USURPERS Soft-hearted moneylenders make pretences a reality (8)
They enter offices uninvited (8)
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Rufus COSTTHEEARTH The other acts could be very expensive (4,3,5)
Was dirt-cheap? Hardly! (4,3,5)
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Rufus STIMULATED Let us admit becoming excited (10)
Let us admit becoming excited (10)
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Rufus ADULTERY Audrey in trouble, embracing naval officer in extramarital affair (8)
Lieutenant embraced by Audrey involved in extramarital affair (8)
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Rufus ABBE French cleric born in Lincoln (4)
Religious house is too much for this priest (4)
"The Church" is incomplete as the address for the priest (4)
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Rufus CONSPIRACY Swindles, theft and intrigue (10)
Studies hijacking plot (10)
Plot links prisoners to criminal activity (10)
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Rufus EXQUISITE Extremely fine and dandy (9)
Extremely fine and dandy (9)
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Rufus FRATRICIDE Tried, if car smash results in manslaughter (10)
Tried if car crash results in a death, relatively speaking (10)
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Rufus ORBS They look round for bears without fear (4)
Spheres in sight (4)
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Rufus TRADESMAN New master and merchant (9)
Skilled worker and master in reconstruction (9)
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Rufus CRYSTAL Futuristic ball (7)
Weep over last broken glass (7)
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Rufus ALB A pound for a white dress (3)
A pound put on for service (3)
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Rufus EDDY Some currency back in circulation (4)
Boy naturally opposed to the current trend (4)
Some currency back in circulation (4)
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Rufus CAROL Girl waits for its performance (5)
Girl's name on many people's lips at Christmas (5)
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Rufus MEANBUSINESS Usury appears to be very serious (4,8)
Be serious about usury? (4,8)
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Rufus ONESIDED Biased team and what may be done about it (3-5)
Being prejudiced is only right, say (3-5)
Biased team and what may be done about it (3-5)
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Rufus EFFECTS Carries out personal property (7)
Radio makes sound use of them (7)
Impressions left by the dead (7)
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Rufus INAPT Spilling a pint — clumsy! (5)
Not suitable in a part (5)
Shown to be unfit during a gym session (5)
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Rufus FLANNEL Soft soap and a face-cloth (7)
Stuff and nonsense (7)
Soft soap and a facecloth (7)
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Rufus STARVE If people are not to, vaster redistribution is required (6)
Lack bite? (6)
Averts disaster, only to die of hunger (6)
Averts disaster fast! (6)
Make fast? (6)
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Rufus INN I take directions to the hostelry (3)
Popular name for a pub (3)
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Rufus SATISFACTION A challenging demand (12)
A challenging demand (12)
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Rufus PELLET No big shot in the gunnery world (6)
No big shot in the gunnery world (6)
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Rufus MANSE It's the minister's place to designate names (5)
Names changed to accommodate the minister (5)
Male quarters in a minister's house (5)
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Rufus CREEPS Moves stealthily and quietly among Native Americans (6)
Feeling of revulsion goes slowly (6)
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Rufus ABRAHAM People's leader, such as Lincoln (7)
Jewish father puts fresh bar on some pork (7)
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Rufus BIRCH Flog what might be silver (5)
Growing form of punishment (5)
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Rufus DETERMINED Decided to be resolute (10)
Settled in a resolute way (10)
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Rufus POODLE It's looped around a dog (6)
It's looped around a dog (6)
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Rufus BRIG US prison ship (4)
End of the spinnaker in large sailing ship (4)
End of spinnaker in large sailing ship (4)
Key equipment in a sailing vessel (4)
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Rufus SAFE Peter is out of danger (4)
Secure top of foresail in rough sea (4)
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Rufus SENTINELS Guards ordered to go in the Spanish spearhead (9)
Guards ordered to breached lines (9)
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Rufus CASTABOUT Look round for a way to throw a fight (4,5)
Look round for a way to throw a fight (4,5)
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Rufus OAR Part of a boat's centreboard? (3)
Blade for a cutter perhaps (3)
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Rufus IRONCROSS Award for Brand X (4,5)
Smooth foil used for decoration (4,5)
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Rufus URBAN Abraham's birthplace has to proscribe municipal status (5)
Ancient city prohibition applies to all cities (5)
City game to lift boycott (5)
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Rufus ILLFAME The notoriety only a hypochondriac would enjoy (3-4)
What's enjoyed by a sick celebrity? (3,4)
Reputation for enjoying poor health? (3,4)
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Rufus HIPS Fruit attached to the trunk (4)
Fruit attached to the trunk (4)
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Rufus BEGGAR A self-employed solicitor? (6)
He has no choice, poor chap (6)
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Rufus DANISH A Pole in vessel from another country (6)
Describing Hamlet and his difficulty (6)
Describing Hamlet and his rotten state (6)
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Rufus INSIDE Where such dealers may end up? (6)
Where such dealers may end up? (6)
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Rufus TREASURED Bound to be in step — and rated highly (9)
Walkabout certain to be rated highly (9)
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Rufus STOPPRESS A good man to torment for the latest news (4,5)
Cease to insist on the latest news (4,5)
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Rufus ELEMENT One constituent of fire may be oxygen, for example (7)
He is a colourless one (7)
Fire, or part of one (7)
Appalling melee at National Trust unit (7)
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Rufus SPONDEE Making speed on foot (7)
A foot of water in the diocese (7)
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Rufus TEHERAN Rebuilding near the capital (7)
Exploded near the capital (7)
Moves near the capital (7)
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Rufus ADDER Sliding calculator (5)
A summer danger (5)
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Rufus ANIMAL Horse, for example, backed for plate (6)
Armadillo, for example, has plate all round (6)
Mounted plate displaying a horse, say (6)
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Rufus NURSES They tend to rush over certain points (6)
They tend to hurry back before the ship rounds the point (6)
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Rufus PATIENT One with a complaint but is prepared to wait (7)
With or without complaint? (7)
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Rufus TUSSLE Struggle with various results when not right (6)
Lets out American imprisoned in brawl (6)
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Rufus MARITAL Master takes female, over 50, in marriage (7)
Master takes female, 50, in marriage (7)
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Rufus IMPROVISE Is in a better position to speak off the cuff (9)
Make an ad-lib? One's better without it (9)
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Rufus SELFDENIAL One doesn't have to practise it (4-6)
Christian virtue fills a need, somehow (4-6)
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Rufus NAILS Proverbially hard on one's toes? (5)
They are driven to join things (5)
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Rufus ARSENAL A London club magazine (7)
Reserve of strength in a football team (7)
Footballers' magazine (7)
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Rufus TWAIN He wrote books in two parts (5)
A writer Kipling never expected to meet (5)
Old couple who wrote amusingly (5)
Mark II (5)
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Rufus BRAHMS He composed music to support RN vessel (6)
Composer of number in brash arrangement (6)
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Rufus EXPOSURE Disclosure made by a photographer (8)
International trade fair certain to get publicity (8)
Disclosure in open court or in camera (8)
A photographer's hypothermia? (8)
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Rufus PRODUCER Radio executive sets up record (8)
Director has staff dressed in purple — king or queen coming (8)
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Rufus JUSTINCASE Man takes court action, hoping judge will be this (4,2,4)
Man takes action as a precaution (4,2,4)
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Rufus ACADEMIA A chartered accountant meant to take up scholastic life (8)
A rebel with intent to rise in the teaching community (8)
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Rufus TANGLE T-junction snarl-up (6)
Contend with an involved situation (6)
T-junction jam (6)
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Rufus FLAT Residence with no outstanding features (4)
A low-key dwelling? (4)
A low-key dwelling? (4)
Dull character on the staff (4)
Uninteresting piece of scenery (4)
Note such a battery is unserviceable (4)
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Rufus BANISTER Is jesting about providing support in flight (8)
It reduces the risk of accidents on flight (8)
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Rufus COPSE Wood works in church (5)
Police chase ends in wood (5)
Police chase ends in the wood (5)
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Rufus ALLOWANCE Sum granted to repair ocean wall (9)
A cut restricts meagre grant (9)
A cut limits inadequate grant (9)
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23198
Rufus DENIM Dug up some strong fabric (5)
Material that's dug up (5)
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Rufus CHEF French master responsible for courses (4)
Heartless head cook (4)
I leave head cook in charge (4)
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Rufus STIRRUPS Footholds on the mount (8)
They are important to one's standing as a rider (8)
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Rufus CATARACT Fall that impairs vision (8)
Downpour makes it hard to see (8)
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Rufus ULTIMATUM The very last word in negotiations? (9)
The final demand in dispute (9)
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Rufus ANEMONE New name given to a single bloom (7)
Plant name one needs to change (7)
Holding soldiers up in a unit is a bloomer (7)
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Rufus PELT Run and hide (4)
Hide zip (4)
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Rufus NARRATOR He has a telling part in play (8)
He has a telling part in play (8)
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Rufus THESAURUS Utah's sure to be incorrect in this reference book (9)
He's coming in to sign reference book (9)
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Rufus SUE The girl to take action (3)
Prosecute for wrong use (3)
She means to seek legal redress (3)
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Rufus BETTERHALF Dutch punter gets over 50% (6,4)
Bet it's the wife! (6,4)
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Rufus LAIDOUT Displayed a willingness to invest? (7)
Spent money on things like free range eggs (4,3)
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Rufus ENTERPRISING Bold break-in using a jemmy? (12)
Bold break-in using a jemmy? (12)
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Rufus NADIA Help an upstanding girl (5)
Give a hand to an upset girl (5)
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Rufus AGINCOURT A spirit to woo meant victory for Henry (9)
Battle to get a gang leader on trial (9)
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Rufus EGOIST An extremely self-conscious person (6)
It goes amiss to be a selfish type (6)
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Rufus REINFORCEMENT Check for mortar to be used in fortification (13)
Additional strength check for mortar (13)
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Rufus NOTABLE VIP turning up on schedule (7)
Extraordinary refusal by the board (7)
A celebrity, despite lack of talent (7)
VIP's back on the board (7)
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Rufus SETINORDER Monks' party? Correct (3,2,5)
Tidy instruction for the anagram solver (3,2,5)
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Rufus ENGAGED Signed up in preparat­ion for match (7)
Occupied in planning to marry (7)
Betrothed and already fighting (7)
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Rufus ANARCHY Cunning required in any lawless state (7)
Chief required in some lawless state (7)
Chief is in some confusion (7)
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Rufus EDUCATED Taught to be literate (8)
Trained cadet due for promotion (8)
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Rufus ASIDES Remarks not intended for the other players (6)
Remarks we're not supposed to hear when the team comes in (6)
Remarks players ignore as the team comes in (6)
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Rufus EAR Organ repairs regularly required (3)
It may be pierced, or just pricked (3)
Organ with a drum (3)
Heart-to-heart listener (3)
One hasn't been taught to play by it (3)
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Rufus ENMITY Hostility here, yet I'm resolved about one point (6)
It is displayed when mien changes extremely threateningly (6)
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Rufus THRILLER When stream enters the river it provides excitement (8)
Novel album by Michael Jackson (8)
Book an hour in the "Plough" (8)
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Rufus SORBONNE German university resentful about French one (8)
French university in German city's resentful about it (8)
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Rufus ROUNDOFF Complete cancellation of a golf match? (5,3)
Complete section of boxing match cancelled (5,3)
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Rufus BLOCKADE Ordered to get round secure barrier (8)
Told to include security to prevent access (8)
Ordered security in city investment, perhaps (8)
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Rufus SLUG Garden pest pellet (4)
Live ammunition? (4)
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Rufus REACH Come up to stretch between bends (5)
Make master, finally, a head (5)
Make master, finally a head (5)
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Rufus DEAR It's not cheap, love! (4)
Expensive address (4)
Expensive address (4)
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Rufus PARADEGROUND Private drilling site (6,6)
It has many stamps on it (6,6)
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Rufus WINCHESTER Gunnery school? (10)
City's victory over another (10)
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Rufus CLOSE Stop up for the end of play (5)
Stop being stuffy (5)
The end is nigh! (5)
Stop being mean (5)
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Rufus AUTHENTIC Teach unit in way that's unorthodox, but reliable (9)
Teach unit members to become trustworthy (9)
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Rufus MIAMI I'm returning with foreign friend to a US resort (5)
Bohemian girl seen around a US resort (5)
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Rufus INCURIOUS Contract debts without interest (9)
Get into debts without interest (9)
Get into debt? Not interested (9)
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Rufus OGRE He's a monster — and so regressive! (4)
I got up to receive the king - a terrible person (4)
He may play a part in panto, great in size (4)
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Rufus CONSOMME NCO arranged battle course (8)
Clear course of action after study (8)
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Rufus SCRAP Refuse to fight (5)
Debris of battle (5)
A bit of a punch-up (5)
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Rufus LEO Sign the French love (3)
Behold around the East, a sign! (3)
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Rufus EIFFEL Creator of well-known Paris tour (6)
Feel free, if inside tower (6)
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25221
Rufus TREBLE Suitable voice for a high score? (6)
This singer, given a chance, could win a fortune (6)
Quake, losing heart with a high-pitched voice (6)
A singer in a trio? (6)
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24666
Rufus MACE Staff employed in cooking (4)
Club with a bit of spice (4)
Michael's first card is a club (4)
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Rufus FOREST A softer sort of wood (6)
Softer sort of wood (6)
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Rufus ASH A warning to say nothing about evidence of arson (3)
Remains in a silent order (3)
Growing or burnt timber (3)
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Rufus TEMPTS Tries to seduce casual worker, a good man, to get a rise (6)
Entices casual worker with way to get a rise (6)
Politician in new test case appeals (6)
Appeals for casual worker, a good man, to return (6)
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22762
Rufus SOSO Fair appeal for help and love (2-2)
Twice as fair (2-2)
Very, very fair (2-2)
Thus duplicated, it's mediocre (2-2)
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Rufus MOPED Banned from motorways, was unhappy (5)
Bike was blue (5)
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Rufus STAYED Stopped wearing corsets (6)
Kept going, having support (6)
Remained sober, we hear (6)
Kept going — or didn't (6)
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Rufus GAMBIT Move that shortens the game a little? (6)
Good opening with scope for clever move (6)
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Rufus THEORIES Speculations arise when he is accepted by the Conservative Party (8)
There is nothing amiss in such speculations (8)
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Rufus EXPANSE Stretch of river occupied by vessels (7)
Stretch of river accommodating some vessels (7)
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Rufus REINSTATE Restore control to the country (9)
Check condition and restore (9)
Restore control, say (9)
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Rufus ORDERLY Regular soldier? (7)
Regular soldier? (7)
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Rufus EDISON Inventor is done for misrepresentation (6)
A famous man, yet there's no airs about him (6)
Inventor having no team backup (6)
An inventor having no team for back-up (6)
Here indeed is one man of genius (6)
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Rufus CADET He is working on a commission (5)
He is working on commission (5)
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Rufus SIGNAL Remarkable way to communicate (6)
Remarkable way to communicate (6)
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Rufus TRACES Discovers remains (6)
Discovers there's not much left (6)
Signs liable to be kicked over (6)
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Rufus TURNSTILE It results in one admission after another (9)
Revolver may be used when approaching big game (9)
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Rufus GHOSTS Shades of Ibsen (6)
Finally toasting the party-givers in spirits (6)
Does the writing for another Ibsen play (6)
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24792
Rufus CORANGLAIS Sing a carol, playing an instrument (3,7)
It's instrumental in Calor Gas distribution (3,7)
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Rufus OUTSTRIP Run faster in striking football kit (8)
How to beat the streaker? (8)
Barely beat the opposition? (8)
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25341
Rufus BERLIN He wrote songs to provide capital (6)
Capital example of a walled city, once (6)
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26347
Rufus LAWN Fine stuff for sitting on in summer (4)
Fine stuff for sitting on in Summer! (4)
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22048
Rufus DRAW Popular entertainer gets minor rise (4)
Get weapon out but don't win (4)
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26897
Rufus NOTION Thought it will turn up in time (6)
Thought it would be back in time (6)
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Rufus IMPAIRED MP's excuse for absence is weakened (8)
Spoilt little brat put on display (8)
MP's excuse for absence is weakened (8)
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Rufus ANNA She's writing a reflective article (4)
Either way it was once of some value in India (4)
She takes part in a Victorian nativity play (4)
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Rufus ERA Time to bend an ear (3)
Maybe many decades are viewed in retrospect (3)
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Rufus NEEDLESS Aggravates school head? That's not called for (8)
Unnecessary to curtail one's requirements (8)
Superfluous things on the tree at the end of Christmas (8)
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Rufus REEFS Nautical hazards means one shortens sail (5)
Shortens sail on seeing dangerous rocks (5)
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Rufus BALL Sphere of the dance? (4)
Not a square dance? (4)
Bouncer for the dance (4)
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Rufus ONCE A small number back church no longer (4)
Twice reduced by 50% (4)
About the church in former times (4)
One-time or one time (4)
Small number turn up at church no longer (4)
Twice reduced by 50% (4)
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Rufus PURSUER One after another (7)
It's one after another (7)
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Rufus INHALE One way to get inspiration (6)
Have an inspiration? (6)
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Rufus DAUGHTER Guard the stupid girl (8)
Guard the unruly girl (8)
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Rufus PRAYERS Mixed up Presbyterians not best in these? (7)
Wishes of a worshipful company (7)
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Rufus OUTDO A barbecue might be best (5)
Inaccurate serve results in defeat (5)
Inaccurate serve results in defeat (5)
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Rufus INURED Ruined, has to become used to it (6)
Ruined, becoming used to it (6)
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Rufus RASCAL Car's crashed with a learner — a culpable character (6)
A car's crashed and left by villain (6)
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Rufus UNIVERSAL Type of joint that may be found worldwide (9)
Ivan's rule: terrible in general (9)
Ivan's rule - terrible, in general (9)
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Rufus HARDCHEESE It's bad luck if you prefer Brie (4,6)
He crashed awkwardly before the end of the race - bad luck! (4,6)
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Rufus GRENADE It should have a safety pin (7)
Possible range of French projectile (7)
Uncertain range of French explosive projectile (7)
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Rufus ACCOLADE It means raising the subject at the palace (8)
Touching display of regal appreciation (8)
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Rufus METHUSELAH Old man showing a lot of bottle (10)
Old man provides me with so sound an uplift (10)
Old man from Maine so well in retirement (10)
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Rufus ETERNAL Constant distress alter one, nonetheless (7)
Point learnt afresh for all time (7)
Point learnt afresh, always to be remembered (7)
There's no end of such things (7)
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Rufus LAPS Audible fault in circuitry (4)
Rounds of drinks? (4)
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Rufus UNAWARE A French and a Western leader are in the dark (7)
Girl has the goods, but doesn't seem to know it (7)
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Rufus USER Employer provides course in the City (4)
University course right for employer (4)
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Rufus MAHOUT Man in control of a grounded jumbo (6)
Jumbo pilot? (6)
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Rufus SCATTY Volatile feline put in an enclosure (6)
Wild feline put in a pen (6)
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Rufus SPAREPARTS Uncast replacements? (5,5)
Uncast replacements? (5,5)
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Rufus SPHERE Field the ball (6)
First signs of spring have arrived, let's have a ball (6)
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Rufus FUTILITY Waste of a key public service (8)
Waste of key public service (8)
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Rufus FREE The charge is about right, but you don't have to pay (4)
Clear, loud and always rising (4)
No charge is made, so get release (4)
Untie a reef knot (4)
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Rufus DEDUCE Conclude it's a nasty deed, when copper admitted being upset (6)
Conclude the meeting of French and Italian leader (6)
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Rufus DILIGENCE Once a public transport industry (9)
Coach industry (9)
Horse-drawn vehicle industry (9)
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Rufus INSISTS Is set in this month's presses (7)
Demands its sins be found out (7)
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Rufus CLASSIC Form shown by Olympic finalists in big race (7)
Top quality work produced by pupils in college, initially (7)
Form gets 99 in Latin — great work! (7)
Top quality work produced by pupils in college, initially (7)
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Rufus LICENTIOUS Profligate client settled debts (10)
Dissolute client upset over debts (10)
Profligate client settled debts (10)
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Rufus BENGAL Part of India once producing oddly designed bangle (6)
Sort of Indian bangle of odd design (6)
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Rufus TANTALUS Mythical king who never quite got what he wanted (8)
Mythical king who never quite got what he wanted (8)
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Rufus ALIGHT A flimsy perch (6)
Settle on a solution in the crossword (6)
Get off for a match (6)
Get off for a match (6)
Get off with a blonde (6)
A fair land (6)
Come down on fire (6)
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Rufus SUBPOENA Prepared bean soup served by a court officer (8)
It may be served when bean soup is off (8)
Freshly made bean soup may be served (8)
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Rufus LIECHTENSTEIN State it is lent, hence restitution is required (13)
State it is lent, hence restitution is required (13)
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Rufus TRUE Right in line (4)
Constantly right (4)
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Rufus CULDESAC Possibly accused about fifty, but it comes to a dead end (3-2-3)
Learner driver accused, getting lost in blind alley (3-2-3)
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Rufus YIELDS Gives up the struggle with crops (6)
Returns and surrenders (6)
Capitulates and provides youth leader with new slide (6)
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Rufus ATONETIME Formerly agreeing with great healer (2,3,4)
Formerly together (2,3,4)
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Rufus ASCOT Where to see runners, as on a bed (5)
Charm, going topless at fashionable race meeting (5)
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Rufus DEPOSIT Down payment I posted off (7)
Security is lifted in the store (7)
Security is lifted in the store (7)
Security is brought back into the store (7)
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Rufus HATE Husband consumed with enmity (4)
Loathe articles in disorder (4)
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Rufus MAKESHIFT Change gear as temporary measure (9)
Improvised fashion garment (9)
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Rufus MANTRA It is said to aid concentration (6)
It is said to aid meditation (6)
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Rufus RESPITE Note given to the ill will get a rest (7)
Pause as priest turns a key (7)
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Rufus IOTA I return to a trivial item (4)
I need nothing, thanks, or very little (4)
I take round thank-you letter (4)
I turn to a matter of trivial importance (4)
I love getting a thankyou letter (4)
I return to a character of little importance (4)
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Rufus DRESSER She puts on other people's clothes (7)
A shelved medical assistant (7)
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Rufus COPPERS Change the law! (7)
They nick money (7)
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Rufus PUTUPJOB Accommodate a man who suffered in fraud (3-2,3)
Accommodate a man who suffered in fraud (3-2,3)
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Rufus HORNPIPE Dance band instruments (8)
A piece for brass and wind instruments (8)
Dance involving sailors — one form of exercise (8)
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Rufus HANDOVER Transfer worker superfluous to requirements (4,4)
Transfer worker to deliveries (4,4)
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Rufus APART A bit on the side? (5)
Separate audition is held for a role (5)
Separate craft in which father's conveyed (5)
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Rufus STRUT A brace affected gait (5)
Take vain steps to provide support (5)
A brace affected gait (5)
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Rufus ALAS A girl finally loses direction, sad to say (4)
A girl reaches no conclusion, sad to say (4)
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Rufus YESANDNO Andy's one to provide a non-committal answer (3,3,2)
Andy's one to provide a non-commital answer (3,3,2)
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Rufus ATTRACT A pamphlet said to make a personal appeal (7)
Appeal when vehicle has to retire in a race (7)
Tact as well as art may be needed to draw (7)
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Rufus ARRANGE Fix the score to suit the players (7)
Organise row on a river (7)
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Rufus RENOWN On Wren moved to find fame (6)
Wren strangely receives no claim to fame (6)
Fame made owner change name (6)
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Rufus BIGDEAL Major transaction sarcastically acclaimed! (3,4)
Major transaction sarcastically acclaimed (3,4)
Important contract gets scornful response (3,4)
Great stroke of business? I''m not impressed (3,4)
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Rufus EGGTIMER It suffers periodic reversals in the kitchen (3,5)
It suffers periodic reversals in the kitchen (3-5)
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Rufus SETTLE Resolve to pay one's debts (6)
Make firm pay up (6)
Decide not to go on? (6)
The bench is alight (6)
Pay to stay (6)
Pay for a seat (6)
Pay for a seat (6)
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Rufus ODIOUS It's unpleasant, but return to discharge debts (6)
Do rise above debts admitted to be bad (6)
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Rufus CHECKMATE Final defeat in test match (9)
Restrain a friend in final defeat (9)
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Rufus FALLFLAT Don't drop round — it will produce no response (4,4)
Happen to be on the level but produce no response (4,4)
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Rufus DRYROT It can ruin a good deal (3,3)
Humourless nonsense, but it could bring the house down (3,3)
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Rufus GRIMACED Showed annoyance in grating nutmeg? (8)
Showed annoyance in grating nutmeg? (8)
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Rufus MOAT It should contain enough water to go round (4)
All-round defence in depth? (4)
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Rufus LITRE In decimal, it represents just over 1pints (5)
In full, it represents a cubic decimetre (5)
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Rufus TRANQUIL Still managed to snuggle into quilt, when drunk (8)
Snuggled into a new quilt, managed to remain undisturbed (8)
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Rufus MISTLETOE A Christmas overhead? (9)
Stole time off - for Christmas? (9)
A Christmas hangover suffered by the host (9)
Christmas decoration? Some let it get out of hand (9)
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Rufus GALLANT Dashing fellow who went to the top at sea (7)
Dashing chap with exotic tan on cheek (7)
Flirt and annoy worker (7)
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Rufus ANNIVERSARY Girl seen on river, say, dressed up for celebration (11)
Girl arrives drunk at year celebration (11)
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Rufus CARTRIDGE Vehicle free, say, to return, carrying ammunition (9)
Sort of paper round? (9)
A charge will be made for this case (9)
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Rufus INTERESTED Though concerned, possibly resented it (10)
Concerned, but not impartial (10)
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Rufus EXECRATE Former spouse to create trouble, resulting in hate (8)
Former partner to create trouble, leading to censure (8)
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Rufus EASTER A tree's transformed in springtime (6)
Bearing blossom in March or April (6)
Bearing a flower in March or April? (6)
Oriental flower festival (6)
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Rufus EBENEZERSCROOGE His Christmas present was one of three (8,7)
His Christmas present was one of three (8,7)
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Rufus ASSET Advantage point in a number of games (5)
Girl comes back with something useful (5)
Advantage of adjustable seats (5)
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Rufus VINEGAR In grave trouble, certainly in a pickle (7)
In grave trouble, certainly in a pickle (7)
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Rufus READING Elementary subject for a university (7)
University study (7)
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Rufus CHAPTERANDVERSE Source reference provided before the start of the lesson (7,3,5)
Source reference provided before the start of the lesson (7,3,5)
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Rufus RECUMBENT Top-class doctor residing in modern flat (9)
Posh doctor living in modern flat (9)
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Rufus COMMISSION An officer's percentage? (10)
A cut above the other ranks? (10)
A cut above other ranks? (10)
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Rufus OBAN Old bar in Scotland (4)
On first of October turn collar up in Scotland (4)
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Screw SEMI Type of house almost set by busy road (4)
Regularly sees main match before final (4)
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Screw ORANG One might swing by for angel cakes (5)
Swinger didn't get called (5)
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Screw WARMISH Want to secure extension in pretty close (7)
How arm is holding bags quite close (7)
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Screw DATA Figures sold at auction houses (4)
Info's slightly retrospective (4)
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Shed SCALPEL Places left in a mess by surgical instrument (7)
Sequence of notes involving piano and lute - head surgeon's instrument (7)
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Shed POKER Jabber of game (5)
Stick to game (5)
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Shed FRET Worry on which to put your finger (4)
Feature of fingerboard causes worry (4)
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Shed MERCURY Happy to admit copper's a metal (7)
Slightly drunk, admitting copper's an element (7)
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Shed DIORAMA Light entertainment for 10 in play (7)
Light show depicting cowgirl in exciting sequence of events (7)
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Shed CLIENT Service user putting the "E" into Eastwood? (6)
Eastwood receives his first customer (6)
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Shed CAPER It adds flavour to antic (5)
Holidaymaker wanting male bud (5)
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Shed MANDARIN Language of island issuin' challenge (8)
Language also adopted by serviceman, almost (8)
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Shed OPAQUE Impenetrable composition leading to audience's discomfort (6)
Pop a question that's not entirely obscure (6)
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Shed UNCOUTH Not abridged, containing nothing hot or vulgar (7)
Not censored, containing nothing hot or rude (7)
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Shed TREAT Deal with rubbish round about (5)
Right nipple brought out as a special favour (5)
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Shed NARNIA Crazy Iranian losing head in fantasy world (6)
A country raised to conceal name of fictional realm (6)
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Shed MAID Servant given a month in France and Germany (4)
Servant's crazy about Italy (4)
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Shed NATASHA A male feature in North American woman (7)
Article about facial hair on a girl (7)
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Shed ROCKER Popular musician's chair (6)
Was Chair in Old Popular Music his raison d'etre? (6)
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Shed SCORSESE Director's to purchase drugs, popping first of sugared pills (8)
Director of Music Manuscripts binds Schubert's First with Elgar's (8)
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Shed PASS Succeed with a saucy suggestion (4)
Decline to respond to come-on (4)
Turn down improper proposal (4)
Licence to overtake (4)
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Shed EASYCHAIR Where to relax with light music after church (4,5)
9's professional sinecure (4,5)
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Shed ESTOP Legally ban illegal stimulants and (contrariwise) depressant (5)
Bar's to bar drunken poets (5)
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Shed CANALETTO He painted a European in a boat, mostly (9)
Painter depicts a block in verses (9)
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Shed THETIS Nymph, or person of faith, with misplaced conclusion (6)
Demonstrative about alien goddess (6)
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Shed BARDIC Shakespearean crustacean I'd eaten up (6)
Shakespearean sea creature concealing identity, after reflection (6)
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Shed LINTEL Part of the architecture of artificial intelligence (6)
Beam about impediment to love (6)
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Shed GLOAMING Old substitute for drug in brilliant twilight (8)
Look into what happens in casinos at twilight (8)
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Shed OSSELET Growth of large steel refinery (7)
Compound of steel, sulphur and oxygen creating problem for horse (7)
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Shed ALABAMA State from which Mahler's wife received a degree (7)
State taking wing by degrees (7)
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Shed IGBO Big boy's tongue (4)
African soldier raised stink (4)
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Shed CROATIA Spooks harvesting right grass seed in the country (7)
Bad actor going to Italy (a country) (7)
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Shed IDLE Pointless role model, allegedly (4)
Superstar said to be out of work (4)
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Shed MUSKRAT Animal shelter overturned, engulfed by unpleasant smell of animal (7)
Otter's not a total inversion of another aquatic mammal (7)
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Shed MASTERCRAFTSMAN Foreign parent FRCS treats ineptly, being introduced to expert (6,9)
Paper about flower and ship by island expert (6,9)
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Shed DRAPER Shopkeeper and medic admitting violation (6)
Medic admitting abduction of tradesman (6)
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Shed TANNERY Bid to admit woman to skin treatment centre (7)
Attempt to admit girl to skin treatment centre (7)
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Shed CANOPUS Preserve composition by star (7)
Star may work (7)
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Shed CARPENTRY Bear locked up inside craft (9)
Craft's contribution to "The Dictionary of Fish"? (9)
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Shed ASBESTOS Material decrees to restrict yobs swamping the east of France (8)
Drunks returning to base unsteadily with banned material (8)
Restraining orders protecting unruly set from health hazard (8)
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Shed REVEAL Have a good time, taking in a show … (6)
Have a good time, taking in a show (6)
Release information about meat (6)
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Shed PARISH District capital's hospital (6)
Flock's home with a capital H (6)
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Shed ANKLE Joint not beginning to fester (5)
An imposing animal twisted joint (5)
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Shed UMBERTOECO Firm brown digit set before novelist (7,3)
Writer's boss takes to Cree dancing (7,3)
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Shed LEASE Let student relax (5)
Let energy fields come first (5)
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Shed ASLEEP Snake taking shelter when at rest (6)
Inactive snake takes shelter (6)
Euphemistically dead fish gobbled up by snake (6)
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Shed RUMPUS Drink putrid stuff in commotion (6)
Ass in America leading to American kerfuffle (6)
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Shed AGED Elderly artist not quite making a comeback (4)
Elderly painter largely rejected (4)
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Shed SICKBED Thus honour deceased invalid's support (7)
Patient support for tasteless plot (4,3)
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Shed SHORTAGE Want inshore label? (8)
Want coast to receive label (8)
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Shed RECUMBENT City, seized by strange inclination, goes belly up (9)
City seized by strange inclination when lying down (9)
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Shed SLUG Gardener's enemy gets shot (4)
Pellet, or its victim? (4)
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Shed SACRAMENTO Bones guys take to US city (10)
City's a study in artificial stone (10)
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Shed TRIREME Roundhead boarding weary compiler's boat (7)
Worth getting up to catch beginning of reveille on oriental boat (7)
Troops occupying shipshape Oriental ship (7)
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Shed METHAMPHETAMINE Stimulant - speed - given to terrorists on road enveloped by gas (15)
Drug (speed?) bringing partner round, one choked by gas (15)
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Shed TREFOIL Labour to keep arbitrator in clover (7)
Strive to keep arbiter in clover (7)
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Shed EVENT … happening while there's still time (5)
Spain's opening fixture (5)
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Shed MOOSE Animal of low bearing (5)
Animal's low points (5)
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Shed ARCHER Fletcher's customer featured in soap? (6)
Protester decapitated by old soldier (6)
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Shed TAPSTER Come to point about pious character's drinks dispenser (7)
Connoisseur entertaining quiet bartender (7)
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Shed OBELUS Honour student with American dagger (6)
Dishevelled blouse bears the mark of the printer (6)
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Shed GREENBEAN Bird receiving directions to an edible pod (5,4)
Relation swallowing three pills, keeping note of vegetable (5,4)
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Shed REVAMP Overstate politician's makeover (6)
Makeover for cleric with loudspeaker (6)
Our leader's to issue positive statement about makeover (6)
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Shed ARTLESS Later abandoned ship, being unaffected (7)
Innocent as an empty gallery? (7)
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Shed GONDOLIER Boatman, one doomed to ship broken idol (9)
Old region revisited by boatman (9)
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Shed AUGUST Bend after a blow, though dignified (6)
A blow grips university, falling between academic years (6)
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Shed ABSENTEE Poet, born out of time, who's in the wrong place (8)
Missing person dispatched in the middle of a competition (8)
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Shed MANTRA Raised weapon, apprehending soldier's prayer (6)
Invocation causing upturn in cunning little war (6)
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Shed OLIVER Nothing on the organ is musical (6)
Orphan's Cheesy Wotsit contains offal (6,5)
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Shed TINDRUM Unconventionally packaged spirit aurally recounted by 23 down? (3,4)
Grass production reportedly preserved spirit (3,4)
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Shed MISHMASH Chaotic result of major road accident outside hospital (8)
Motorway pile-up with hospital involved: a confused mess (8)
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Shed MEDUSA Journalist in "Total Recall", a ghastly woman (6)
Nasty end for Alexandre Dumas' ghastly woman (6)
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Shed ORNAMENT Scriptures containing the last word on gold decoration (8)
Alternative title for books on decoration (8)
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Shed SOBER Sedate singularly famous cricketer (5)
Like judge's robes to be disorderly (5)
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Shed ERECT Build up (5)
Up before the court? (5)
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Shed SIRIUS Star teacher is going round university (6)
Second union flag hoisted by star (6)
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Shed ROOST Marsupials on top of the hen house (5)
Bunch of birds in ruler's domain? (5)
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Shed SCAB Someone who's not out for a crust (4)
French exams rising to form crust ... (4)
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Shed ROLEMODEL Good example of oriental-style bread coating (4,5)
Hero from Biblical kingdom (Eastern) turning up in list (4,5)
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Shed MILITATE Tell partner to keep Shed drunk (8)
One drunk couple about to carry weight (8)
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Shed STRETCH Increase length of time (7)
Put on rack in custodial sentence (7)
Porridge makes good person feel sick (7)
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Shed THORNY Difficult time to get aroused (6)
It's difficult to get model aroused (6)
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Shed BENISON Kingsley's performing - that's a blessing (7)
Kingsley's playing for sacerdotal approbation (7)
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Shed DERANGE Drive mad queen into jeopardy, almost (7)
Drive mad queen into perilous situation, almost (7)
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Shed DANCEATTENDANCE Wait to catch volunteers, returning, breaking balls (5,10)
Bow and scrape when news is broadcast between balls (5,10)
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Shed CLARITY One captivated by muddy transparency (7)
The French king filling Paris, perhaps, with brightness (7)
Slowing down earthbound light (7)
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Shed POTATO Root around books on summit (6)
Primate devouring a vegetable (6)
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Shed ROAST Zoroastrian''s source of Sunday lunch? (5)
Ruler keeping nothing back from cook (5)
How to cook duck to be eaten by returning emperor (5)
Aggressively criticise head of state maintaining nothing's up (5)
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Shed AISLE Beer is consumed in passageway (5)
Drink is getting in the way (5)
The compiler is to report to the gangway (5)
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Shed MODERNISATION Turn evil during temperance drive by New Labour? (13)
Updating original sin in reasonable quantities (13)
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Shed SALMON Squirrel's introduction to nut curtailed by fish (6)
Swimmer performing hymn without piano, previously (6)
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Shed EXEGESIS River on which servicemen absorb points for interpretation (8)
Explanation in reverse is, say, dividing old flames (8)
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Shed GLIDER German taking cover from aircraft (6)
Good songs lacking electronic conveyance (6)
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Shed LIEGE Say something insincere about European city (5)
Lord of a Belgian town (5)
Porky, say, returning to Belgian city (5)
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Shed LOTUS Plenty flanking underground flower (5)
Position conducive to contemplation of flower? (5)
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Shed FRUMPISH Dowdy toper similatively pinching bottom (8)
Dowdy boozer swallowed back end (8)
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Shed NOMAD Signal to take in scholar, one of no fixed abode (5)
Retiring academic interrupted by Scholar-Gipsy, perhaps (5)
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Shed RARITY Right one in cultured surrounds ã one in a million? (6)
Right cultivated, collecting one collector's piece (6)
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Shed GRASS Novelist and teller of tales (5)
See 3
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Shed MANDALA Not quite the end of the road in the Song of the Mystic Symbol (7)
Statesman swapping energy for a mystic symbol (7)
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Shed BOMBSAWAY "Let them have it!" - local Indian proverb? (5,4)
"Drop them!" - proverbial expression in Asian city (5,4)
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Shed UNIQUE One question taken by a European sole (6)
Queuing endlessly, misguidedly - there's no match! (6)
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Shed SHEPHERD Guardian compiler seen outside pub (The Royal) (8)
Agricultural worker parking woman in outhouse (8)
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Shed FINAL Last bit of fish? One left (5)
Home in autumn, almost non-negotiable (5)
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Shed REAR Bring up what gets brought up? (4)
Raise rump (4)
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Shed AMBER Companion leaves the room with preserving agent (5)
Honour accorded to a king supplies cautionary signal (5)
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Shed AGGRO Past involving former king in bullying tactics (5)
Ructions as head gilder separates silver from gold backing (5)
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Shed ELEMI Resin occurring in diesel emissions (5)
I brawl endlessly over plant extract (5)
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Shed STRUMPET Set about 30 8 of 18 3? (8)
Shady lady's second instrument (8)
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Shed LAMB Sacrificial animal to beat back, initially (4)
Give birth to male in experimental site (4)
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Shed HERA The woman's a goddess (4)
The lady's a goddess (4)
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Shed ELIDE Cut short from midfield to cover point (5)
Suppress cover within borders of Eire (5)
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Shed COURT Where to try to win affection (5)
Press suit where suits are pressed (5)
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Shed CARPEDIEM Medicare provision initially shambolic? Go for it! (5,4)
Complained one has space for hedonistic philosophy (5,4)
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Shed STAB Attempt to raise fliers (4)
Go mad backwards (4)
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Shed PARENT Yearn to introduce soldiers to Mum or Dad (6)
Progenitor's yearly charge (6)
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Shed STRAIN Try hard to produce melody (6)
Type of express, perhaps, chasing its tail (6)
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Shed ESSEN Poles in German city (5)
Monster drops one, going back to German city (5)
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Shed RAIL Bird's mode of transport (4)
Voice objections to the transport system (4)
Purveyor of pork pies raised by bird (4)
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26144
Shed TRESTLE Support new settler (7)
Frame funny letters (7)
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Shed ANIMATE Make a cartoon about terrorists capturing former African dictator (7)
Bird 20 to cause a stir? (7)
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Shed RHEUM Strong drink secures explosive discharge (5)
Discharge ambassador in peculiar circumstances (5)
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Shed SCREW Extort from S8 (5)
Twist with second hands (5)
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Shed FREEBIE One bitter about ironclad perk (7)
Drink returned amid expression of contempt for perk (7)
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22379
Shed ANIL Kind of blue, having got a very low score (4)
A love for indigo (4)
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Shed CANTINA May, a girl with a catering 1ac (7)
Twice preserve a bar (7)
Is woman allowed into bar? (7)
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Shed UNCLENCH Relative going to northern Switzerland to relax (8)
Relative — nephew, cousin, husband? — starts to loosen up (8)
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Shed MARINER King in state runs from sailor (7)
Seaman Silas circumnavigates Italy (7)
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Shed ESTOC Bluestocking's secret weapon (5)
Weapon carried by livestock? (5)
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Shed ERODENT Caustic electronic mouse, maybe (7)
Rushed around, keeping study caustic (7)
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Shed NEGLECT Child, originally gentle, disturbed by lack of attention (7)
Name chosen to encapsulate gerbil's initial lack of attention (7)
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26584
Shed SALAMI Setter is, unfortunately, upset by sausage (6)
Some sausages à la Milanese? (6)
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Shed SPARKLER Kings in medical setback almost sent up firework (8)
Rep larks around with firework (8)
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Shed ASEPTIC Germ-free secret agents up for apprehending part of tribe (7)
Preventing corruption of backward spooks receiving 30 days (7)
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Shed HANDICRAFT Art of Chinese sleuths raised aquatic transport (10)
Trade cards with one on ship (10)
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22221
Shed KNOB Handle monarch and aristocrat (4)
Some think no better bit of butter can be found (4)
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Shed EPISTLE Message to beginner penetrating eastern slope (7)
Letter from Spain gets left near the bottom of the slope (7)
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23354
Shed RECIPROCAL Police car turning right first, cutting both ways (10)
Two-way processing of force''s third police car (10)
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Shed DRAMA Measure a sensational event (5)
Play prosecutor penning sheep (5)
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Shed HOCUSPOCUS Nefarious business, coppers standing in for models in hot spots (5-5)
Conjuring house point for officer in America (5-5)
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Shed OPHITE Work to strike energy from rock (6)
Ethiop breaking rock (6)
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Shed OKLAHOMA State that's acceptable to priest keeping house (8)
Corral by which holy man keeps house in state (8)
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22957
Shed REVELATION The last book to bring joy to the cleric (10)
English verse tale about 3 (10)
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24041
Shed OBSTACLE Let jazzmen into joint, mostly, on reflection (8)
Let jazz fans into joint, endlessly upset (8)
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Shed ELEMENTARY Simple city housing oriental soldiers and sailor (10)
Nearly meet mixture of ingredients (10)
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Shed THERMAL Current articles about marines written on laptop (7)
Current providing insulation (7)
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Shed WORSHIP Dispute over vessel in divine service (7)
Largely inferior joint service (7)
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Shed STARVELING Underprivileged person's goggle-eyed, gathering currency up (10)
Skinny specimen of bird seizing victory (10)
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Shed VENUS Locations abandoned by Oriental deity (5)
Love reversing gas guzzler around Tyneside etc (5)
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24041
Shed GADGET Lord of old to acquire gismo (6)
Move aimlessly and pick up something useful (6)
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26144
Shed MARIMBA Snake eats up Irish instrument (7)
Snake receiving religious instruction from music maker (7)
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22161
Shed LARBOARD Fat pig entered and left (8)
Left fat pig inside (8)
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22957
Shed SCRAPE Where academics relax with copy of "The Predicament" (6)
Tight corner to fight with energy (6)
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26486
Shed CONSTANT Faithful, but getting new man into bed (8)
Unremitting claptrap on the way in (8)
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Shed EXTIRPATE Get rid of emigr* carrying timber (dishonoured) to Spain (9)
Root out a text ripe for reappraisal (9)
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24681
Shed TESTOSTERONE Examiner, one holding up drunk male driver (12)
Examiner covering drunken sot's unique hormone (12)
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22467
Shed POPPYCOCK Bloom's bird nonsense (9)
Flower crower? Piffle! (9)
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Shed OYSTER Onyx set near every other jewel's origin (6)
Reputed aphrodisiac in the world of proverb (6)
Little boy's terrified of shellfish (6)
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22943
Shed REPORTER Bearer of news about the comic relief in Macbeth? (8)
Journalist's banger (8)
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Shed RECUR Make second appearance with bishop pocketing old coin (5)
Happen again on bishop accepting gold coin (5)
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Shed SINCERE Meant to go wrong with wax (7)
Unaffected by bad behaviour with wax (7)
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Shed DESIST Leave off, taking second to interrupt believer (6)
Stop believer throttling sceptic, initially (6)
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Shed BREWER Bishops taking sheep for drink producer (6)
Drink manufacturer's little brown jug (6)
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Shed ENTANGLE Get into a muddle with e-books on fish (8)
Symbol not beginning to draw into web (8)
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Shed SARDONIC Pasquale, perhaps, cross-culturally cross-dressing, cold and dry (8)
Fellow in woman's clothing, cold and contemptuous (8)
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Shed ELVER Junior swimmer continuously bearing left (5)
Always accepting meal ticket for fresh fish (5)
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Shed MEADOW Drink to old women in rural setting (6)
Catcall drowning fuss in the field (6)
Drink to town centre's pastoral setting (6)
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24366
Shed ROUGE Debauchee drinking gallons of make-up (5)
Make-up requiring slight adjustment of Palin's going self-description (5)
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Shed SEMOLINA Cooking oil means food (8)
Look back into unfinished class of sweet (8)
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Shed TIME Spell "occasion" (4)
No more drinks on the magazine! (4)
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Shed TURN Point to boring routine - "Return To Go" (4)
Fit wheel (4)
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Shed DIGIT A number show enthusiasm for computer applications (5)
Finger perhaps discovering how to make a hole? (5)
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23993
Shed INTERIM Fit to grasp point of gap (7)
Meanwhile having fit about Oriental (7)
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21937
Shed CHIMERA Ring artist to get vision (7)
Ringer with a vision (7)
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24366
Shed EMPYEMA Austen heroine embraces Peake hero at noxious gathering (7)
Site of infection getting payee 2,000 off? (7)
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26486
Shed GENERAL Top brass is not particular (7)
Enlarge to become all-encompassing (7)
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Shed GODFATHER … animal tender almost taking Defender of the Faith for another (9)
Had to forget about the underworld boss (9)
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Shed ANGORA Goat to make an attempt on artist (6)
An ape's ill, missing a rabbit (6)
23006
22663
Shed RIGHTS See 8
Claims to have turned up mercury in prison (6)
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22179
Shed PARDONABLE Story about academic with an excuse (10)
Instructive tale about academic not beyond forgiveness (10)
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26486
Shed UPPERMOST Pouts petulantly about new look on top - on top (9)
Top-ranking, high-class hairdo featured in the Mail (9)
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Shed EGYPT Implausibly good type ruined country (5)
Hurt in alien country (5)
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Shed GROUND Worn for a reason (6)
Bring down, crushed (6)
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22672
Shed DEFENCE Excuses for the respect the Queen's lost (7)
Want to cuddle female upset by church's apology (7)
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24681
Shed HYENA Audibly intoxicated female, a great laugher (5)
Laugher longing to interrupt brief laugh (5)
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25069
Shed STEWS Overdoes things in dubious establishment (5)
House of ill repute is agitated (5)
Cooks in house of ill repute (5)
23542
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22247
Shed GREENGAGE Force to resume hostilities yielding fruit (9)
Force to renew involvement with fruit (9)
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23031
Shed REEK Smell smoke (4)
Smell smoke (4)
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23456
Shed ORIGAMI Order to include capital "I" in paperwork (7)
Paperwork enabling state to enter final state, retrospectively (7)
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24650
Shed TRIPTYCH About 30p exchanged for artwork (8)
Artwork seen in excursion to church on outskirts of Troy (8)
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26584
Shed KIMONO Robe for girl with nothing on previously (6)
Yob getting hold of New Order's 22 garment (6)
23691
25579
Shed LANGOUSTE Seafood the force throw out into the street (9)
Crustacean to depose government before entering thoroughfare (9)
22651
26218
Shed WINDOW Former partner seizing new opportunity? (6)
Opportunity for survivor to adopt name (6)
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24706
Shed STALWART Begin to apprehend outlaw, being reliable (8)
Reliable tool hoisted in the beginning (8)
22931
22663
Shed INTERMIT Pause for popular insect with no bottom (8)
Pause for popular pest cut short (8)
27386
22379
Shed AJAX A vote for German 10, or Greek hero (4)
Greek warrior provides a vote for German 10 (4)
27386
22116
Shed TITAN Moon's metal-clad volunteers (5)
Bird with an impressive figure (5)
21983
25510
Shed SEASONAL Guarantee covering a boy at certain times only (8)
Guarantee securing a boy for a limited period (8)
21983
22992
Shed STODGE On reflection, say spots result from an unhealthy diet (6)
Heavy stuff, say, with little marks coming up (6)
21812
22101
Shed GARBLE Confuse lager with bitter, initially (6)
Cause confusion by putting rooftop into roof end (6)
21812
21908
Shed HACK One in Grub Street getting the chop (4)
Journalist given chop (4)
22543
22330
Shed PROTRACTOR Capsized craft interrupting official draughtsman's instrument (10)
Mathematical equipment on side of agricultural vehicle (10)
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27246
Shed ENAMEL Plate attaining celebrity among the Spanish (6)
Protective coat for former lover returning to Spain (6)
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23633
Shed SPONSOR Patron to trail round the poles (7)
Trail taking bridge team to benefactor (7)
22838
22555
Shed HILTON Ne plus ultra concerning Paris? (6)
As far as you can go working for hotel (6)
24276
21908
Shed REEFER Make allusion about drug joint (6)
Allude to taking drug in joint (6)
24276
22735
Shed CLANGOUR Audible mistake made by bell-ringers? (8)
Boob reportedly making a lot of noise (8)
24276
26164
Shed SWAMI Teacher travelled by water to Italy (5)
Religious instructor is eating, belly up (5)
24276
23070
Shed EXTRUDE Push out redundant artist missing 4 (7)
Put out electronic message, not initially vulgar (7)
22467
26218
Shed EMERITUS Non-fliers, holding US wheel-protector back, honourably discharged (8)
Retired non-fliers, overweary at heart (8)
26809
24101
Shed BEAM Ray's biblical eye trouble (4)
Radiate support (4)
21947
22543
Shed MYSTIC Obscure compiler's inconclusive threat (6)
"Heavens, it's turning cold", declares seer (6)
22064
23006
Shed TACTILE Sensitive bit of roof covering bit of drama (7)
Cream, mostly, and fan thereof, turning touchy (7)
26538
26378
Shed DIVEST Strip joints given time (6)
Strip joints on time (6)
27451
23932
Shed RUBBERY Tough composer endlessly set in stone (7)
Polish fruit, cored, is chewy (7)
Gemstone with 60% beryl content is pretty tough (7)
27451
23006
22356
Shed INCURABLE Cop for fit that's beyond remedy (9)
Become liable to fit (but not to become fit) (9)
27451
21983
Shed EASY Requiring little effort to be relaxed (4)
Promiscuous and, without question, a bit sick (4)
27177
25338
Shed PORTAL Entrance friend eating golden treacle to begin with (6)
Article left beneath left entrance (6)
27177
22724
Shed KNOWING Ruler accepting present from fly (7)
Aware ruler receives present (7)
26538
22943
Shed PRESIDENT Important person's documentation found in here (9)
Leader's gift including driving licence, say (9)
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27051
Shed RAMADAN Month's notice received by Royal Academy Fellow (7)
Restraining a loony, moved fast — fast! (7)
22251
24783
Shed EASTERNER Asian always keeping near the back (9)
Oriental writer in the audience (9)
22251
22890
Shed DABCHICK Detective catching Bach out with bird (8)
Bird with modern date reflected on old one with bumpkin (8)
23691
22247
Shed UNDERDOG Likely loser unfortunately grounded (8)
Don't cook enough goulash, initially, for the outsider (8)
Cook insufficiently good: not a likely winner (8)
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25738
Shed ABSENT Worker catches disease on leave (6)
Missing books on poet (6)
23433
23055
Shed TANKTOP Casual dress in the turret, maybe (4,3)
The jumper in the turret? (4,3)
21746
23749
Shed CENOTAPH "The Monument" is a church - not a pub! (8)
Can't hope to be resurrected by monument (8)
22801
23902
Shed NURSEMAID Resurrected dead Sumerian child minder (9)
Ladies one interrupted hurry back to the childminder (9)
23236
21663
Shed SAMURAI Fighters concocting a tiramisu? Forget it! (7)
Swordsman's one lily-like reflection (7)
26318
22152
Shed ALLIGATOR Snapper of everyone on list soldier's drawn up (9)
Everybody Russian keeps a model 13 (9)
26318
22161
Shed SOSTENUTO Drawn-out tune (Tchaikovsky's first?) rearranged in mediocre setting (9)
Prolonged note after 10 in mediocre surroundings (9)
25768
22890
Shed SCRATCHY Second and Third of Borodin in memorable old recording, perhaps (8)
Song's opening's memorable: "King's caught in grating" (8)
21768
23775
Shed FLOSS Mill-bearing strands? (5)
For dental hygiene on Eliot's river (5)
22049
21798
Shed CONQUEST Study "Endeavour" and "Victory" (8)
Victory for many aboard the "Endeavour" (8)
22801
22064
Shed CHINESE Hastens to order rice menu with nasty consequences! (7,10,8)
Language of novelist in church (7)
22801
23667
Shed ILEAC Alice's disorder of the bowel (5)
Alice suffers discombobulation of the gut (5)
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24041
Shed ALTERCATION Cent in change causes dispute (11)
Dispute about key change (11)
26045
23055
Shed TANG Zest for dance with nothing wanting (4)
Dynasty with taste (4)
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25069
Shed ETERNAL Dinner, maybe, with no starter, involving bird with no end (7)
Incorruptible Queen's name amid the raised dead (7)
26318
22776
Shed SALAMANDER Holy man eaten by smoother amphibian (10)
Amphibian and fish-eating mammal (10) (10)
22064
22591
Shed DREAR Dull but costly recipe included (5)
Uninspiring, beginning to drop behind (5)
Tiresome introduction to drunken bum (5)
25723
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25338
Shed TARRAGON Sailor to keep teasing Herb? (8)
Flavour of salt on cooked organ (8)
23163
21636
Shed SUSAN Turning North American to South American woman (5)
Poles taking in country girl (5)
24783
24041
Shed ARDOUR Passion's audibly more macho in the East End (6)
Passion sounds more complicated in EastEnders (6)
27314
21685
Shed CRUMHORN Instrument for putting spirit, hot, into excrescence (8)
Hot drink first put into cereal -- you were supposed to blow on it (8)
22064
21812
Shed CORONER Court officer's trap catches nothing (7)
Investigator of death trap concealing nothing (7)
23265
26378
Shed STREAM Differentiate flow (6)
Continuous flow of runs secured by second 11 (6)
22838
24247
Shed AMUSED An inspiration in modern times, unlike Victoria (6)
Tickled to find inspiration in commercial (6)
22801
23006
Shed ESTATE What's left in France is consumed (6)
With a will unopened, what's left in it? (6)
23969
22663
Shed TRIBADE Lover of ladies is in the same place, being stuck in traffic (7)
People with something in common take notice of dyke (7)
24348
22901
Shed INCLINED Partial to popular brand in compact disc (8)
Popular disc including verse from In the Mood? (8)
22533
26486
Shed SOLITUDE Arrangement for Delius to take retirement (8)
The Loneliness of the Outside Left (8)
22629
22116
Shed GEMINI Twins seen as something precious in Italy (6)
Sign of stone in icecap (6)
22568
22629
Shed THEOREM Proposition others about mineral source (7)
Proposition third parties receiving aggregate (7)
22724
22483
Shed TURGID Plough furrow backwards, becoming swollen (6)
Plough furrow up - it's not very exciting (6)
26809
21836
Shed OPUS Aquatic animal losing month's work (4)
Love to shove Unfinished Symphony, say (4)
27386
22483
Shed IMITATIVE My turn to pursue musical backing that''s onomatopoeic (9)
Musical Rice and I mount is not very original (9)
22330
22467
Shed PUSHCHAIR Encourage moderate transport for the young (9)
Reportedly pedal president's buggy (9)
22672
24366
Shed GANJA A 19 car returns, fuelled by new 8 (5)
A jockey's first horse pulled up on grass (5)
26538
23055
Shed CAPULET Blood-feuder's pill contains uranium (7)
Member of feuding family given pill containing uranium (7)
24425
23410
Shed SMUG Sticks up, self-satisfied (4)
Unduly pleased with the south face (4)
23853
23172
Shed DESKTOP Sat up, binding knight to computer (7)
Silly sod kept publishing (sort of) (7)
23433
22853
Shed STAMINA Semi-staged, "The Talking Bird" requires staying power (7)
Unflagging vigour provides way to get a bird (7)
21746
25338
Shed ASSIGN When to indicate or appoint (6)
Post in the form of an omen (6)
22853
22663
Shed PARCHMENT Bridge hands in training get something to write on (9)
On which to write role involving churchmen (9)
23031
22790
Shed BRAT Second-rate low-lifer's objectionable offspring (4)
Objectionable progeny born to traitor (4)
23265
25768
Shed TOPIC Hat put on head of Canadian subject (5)
Subject to snap? (5)
25723
22901
Shed ORIFLAMME Banner displaying duchess's home back in Rome, perhaps (9)
Revolutionary France's memorial banner (9)
23433
23387
Shed DINNER German article about pub grub (6)
Socialist revolutionary eating pub lunch (6)
21983
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Shed AGLIMMER Silver and jade, like Yeatsian midnight (8)
Arm and leg I'm breaking with a twinkle (8)
21884
22635
Shed DRAWN Opened and closed without a winner (5)
Depicted looking stressed (5)
21663
22483
Shed MINISTER Endless wine Shed's knocked back with officiant (8)
Senior politician's first to interrupt labourer (8)
25541
25738
Shed PEACHESANDCREAM Complexion of papers about novelist, revolutionary and vegetable, in reverse order (7,3,5)
22 down came to hand out healthy complexion (7,3,5)
23265
22443
Shed RHIZOME Capital inwardly greeting Zambia's rootstock (7)
Welcome Zambia into capital root system (7)
26809
22651
Shed SCRAPPY Lacking coherence, fight plenty but lose fast (7)
Poorly organised society of very poor quality (7)
22543
23372
Shed SARONG Woman's returned girl's first garment (6)
Lied about a king's garment (6)
23902
22568
Shed BALDRIC Bare one concealed by Catholic sash (7)
Belt out incomplete bird call (7)
23163
23214
Shed CLARET Poet gets time to drink (6)
Drink and drug covered with mud (6)
24247
22758
Shed LOOFA Back scrubber turning a trick (5)
Money wrapped in note to scrubber (5)
27276
23031
Shed STRICKEN Crippled gun, putting some hay in it (8)
Afflicted three bridge players receiving what they play for (8)
21685
22221
Shed TENDRIL Shoot nurse with endless stream (7)
Shoot with a 10-bore, almost (7)
26235
23354
Shed STIR Move to secure accommodation (4)
Commotion in place of confinement (4)
23214
21746
Shed PREDILECTION First choice tip the Parisian accepted (12)
Advance warning about the foreign taste (12)
21983
23456
Shed LIMB Wing, maybe, taking nothing from nowhere (4)
Member taking nothing from nowhere (4)
24747
26218
Shed ISOLATE Is 10 dead, being cut off? (7)
Ostracise one well after time (7)
Identify one god and goddess (7)
21884
23477
22379
Shed STELLAR Famous artists upset about famous marksman (7)
Feature of 6 carrying a measure of itself (7)
Measure taken by vermin raised to be popularly acclaimed (7)
23229
22307
22890
Shed CICADA Agents ensnared amoral character with bug (6)
One accountant has daughter pinched by another - a chirpy creature (6)
21685
23749
Shed STREAMER Radish top getting into cooking vessel results in severe cold (8)
Pennant showing king's aboard ship (8)
27386
23932
Shed GALILEO One prisoner raised sign to champion of 4 (7)
Astronomer, one in ship mostly (7)
22853
23133
Shed EPHESUS ... where one was sent to the lost sheep of America (7)
Oriental pushes off to ancient city (7)
Confused sheep's turn in the old town (7)
21663
22853
21636
Shed DIAGNOSTIC Identifying condition of quoted number given help (10)
Showing what's wrong with "Giant Disco" remix (10)
23902
23749
Shed STARVE Look hard, taking in 5, and go hungry (6)
Wooden strip holds king fast (6)
Want food to lead to victory (6)
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22931
Shed WORSTED Beaten by uncultured Rod Stewart remix? (7)
Material set out in program (7)
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26486
Shed BARK Outer coating of vessel (4)
Animal utterance involving trunk? (4)
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22663
Shed NIRVANA Trump nets king; North leads: it's an ideal situation (7)
Vehicle in pouring rain in perfect condition (7)
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Shed LACERATE Wound dead plant internally (8)
Tear open with spike charge (8)
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21937
Shed THETA Letter of thanks appended to article (5)
Article on origins of troubled adolescent character (5)
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25567
Shed DIGS Where to put up with provocative remarks (4)
Temporary home of excavations (4)
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27246
Shed POLAR River god adopting extreme position (5)
Unquiet tree at one extreme or the other (5)
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21685
Shed ARGUE Make case for inclusion of star guest? (5)
Contend a herb carries little weight (5)
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22790
Shed HARVEST Bring in largely unyielding undergarment (7)
Return on investment by wealthy folk bearing right at junction (7)
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Shed HASH Mess with 8 (4)
Grass in a mess (4)
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Shed PORTEND Show signs of being left to last (7)
Threaten to be left to finish (7)
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Shed RASPUTIN Artists apply to less than saintly monk (8)
Artists apply to notorious preacher (8)
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22221
Shed BATTLEDORE Fought over ancient racket (10)
Rode back into fight, making a racket (10)
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23006
Shed ANCHORESS Things to be done in response to solitary soul (9)
Religious lady's short reply about housework (9)
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22790
Shed VIVA Hooray for exam! (4)
Examination about part of Israeli city (4)
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22748
Shed ANKLET Adornment for turning deer into insect (6)
Leaderless war engine impeded by chain (6)
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22516
Shed COHORT Hooker reportedly in bed with armed band (6)
Nothing interrupts torchlit military band (6)
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24276
Shed MIASMA Farrow's mum's noxious emission (6)
Maternal grandmother inhaling Italy's noxious air? (6)
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26584
Shed ELITIST Discriminatory fifth-rankers catching seventh note (7)
Snobbish model is wearing hat backwards (7)
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23082
Shed CURATE Copper to upbraid churchman (6)
Dog's dinner was made of the churchman (6)
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22221
Shed REEBOK Animal smell concealing that of human (6)
Antelope's knockout booze-up (6)
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24783
Shed THERMIDOR Back-to-front anchorite with back-to-front staff for a month in revolutionary France (9)
Month implausibly mired in divinity (9)
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Shed SOLE Unique piece of footwear (4)
Fish gets trodden on (4)
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22568
Shed SOFA Piece of furniture to date inconclusively (4)
Item of furniture as yet unfinished (4)
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25338
Shed BESTRIDE What the winning jockey has to straddle? (8)
Walk over winning jockey's performance? (8)
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22179
Shed WAXY Easily impressed by kiss en route? (4)
Easily impressed by kiss en route? (4)
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Shed SACKBUT Wine barrel shortened by instrument (7)
Dismiss objection from the old brass (7)
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23775
Shed BLACKSPOT Boycotts narcotic in dangerous location (5,4)
Boycotts drug in dangerous location (5,4)
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24650
Shed CANONICAL Established operative in charge in waterway (9)
Unknown poet in charge in state is in all the anthologies (9)
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22467
Shed TYRANT Stern ruler of 20 gutted by intemperate speech (6)
Soldier, perhaps, under war god and despot (6)
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27246
Shed PUFFY Plug 50-odd characters experiencing minor swelling (5)
A little wind makes your head swollen (5)
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22943
Shed DISCONTENT Shakespeare's 'Winter's Tale' initially follows record-playing 10 (10)
Record being played in front of mobile home causes unrest (10)
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22913
Shed TRESS Performer of no account in "Hair" (5)
Safe place for cut hair (5)
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24681
Shed ANIMUS Bad feeling caused by game down under? (6)
Hostility of bird turning on American (6)
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21937
Shed PLASTERED Gave coat to drunk (9)
Drunk goes for pre-salted nuts (9)
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22161
Shed FESTER Clown and king go off (6)
Go off right, pursuing clown (6)
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22179
Shed HYSTERIA Laughter that is hearty - extravagantly so? (8)
Suffering this year from psychiatric disorder (8)
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22663
Shed BOLERO Cricketer drops point before round dance (6)
Some more lobsters turned up to dance (6)
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26294
Shed SCIMITAR Armistice cut short and broken by the sword (8)
Shaky armistice cut short by weapon (8)
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27246
Shed ASTRAKHAN Air Force's target — Eastern ruler's lambskin? (9)
Best part of starry ruler's fabric (9)
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23006
Shed AGREED Done a sin (6)
Went along with article on one of 1 down (6)
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23082
Shed MUTATISMUTANDIS Dog is eating a short dog and is being treated accordingly (7,8)
Nudity evens out autism twice after necessary adjustments? (7,8)
22776
26378
Shed GLEE Song of mirth (4)
Song to delight (4)
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21937
Shed ENDOW Confer on purpose with old women (5)
Present goal preceding cry of pain (5)
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26911
Shed LEVI Half-float father of tribe (4)
Compiler's left standing by tribal forefather (4)
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22748
Shed GESTAPO Leave, receiving directions to bug secret service (7)
Postage fixed by the police (7)
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22710
Shed CUTIE Smart girl prompt to take note (5)
Pretty girl's copper neckwear (5)
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27276
Shed TROUBLEMAKER Head of Treasury meeting worker in Russian Mint — one fomenting unrest? (12)
Time with successful Russian business person, one causing unrest? (12)
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26911
Shed PLANGENT Pathetic, low-down infiltrator put outside (8)
Mournful map chap (8)
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27276
Shed WHINE Irritating noise? It's 5 down (5)
Moan, if drink's drunk hot (5)
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26378
Shed STINKHORN Pan's little chum in cropped fungus (9)
8 gives way to ancient scribe's equipment (9)
22101
22307
Shed EMBLEM Logo with spaces for inclusion of Belgium and Luxembourg (6)
Badge backing Scary Spice and Shed (6)
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23881
Shed STARLING Agog about origin of Liver Bird (8)
Bird agog about plate (8)
Outside left looking hard at bird (8)
26809
22568
26144
Shed SPLURGE Be profligate, returning records on impulse (7)
Splash out on "Luxem-bourg in Bloom" (7)
22073
21685
Taupi OUTCAST Inaccurate mould is one that's rejected (7)
One shunned for striking players (7)
24670
22332
Taupi ELOPE Run away girl drops pen (5)
Run away from people without power? (5)
21980
22770
Taupi EXCERPT Clip king in bar (7)
Run to seed: save cutting (7)
22861
24080
Taupi ANTELOPE Cash put up to cover stake returning a buck (8)
Open late to make a quick buck (8)
22598
23368
Taupi NUDITY Latest song on radio gets total exposure (6)
Naked bodies in untidy mess (6)
24131
23112
Taupi MAKESHIFT Expedient to run up loose dress (9)
Temporary fashion garment (9)
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23368
Taupi AGREE Come to terms to do with time-out (5)
Almost a colour match (5)
23585
23558
Taupi DEIGN Condescend to plan lacking direction (5)
See fit to plan Sunday outing (5)
Think fit to speak European (5)
22832
24670
22205
Taupi HYPERBOLA Par hole by playing for curve (9)
Barely hop around curve (9)
21835
21699
Taupi CHARABANC Coach horse has a lot of opportunity to go outside (9)
Coach horse to take most of risk on the outside (9)
24613
22789
Taupi PIECEMEAL Church that eats sandwich gradually (9)
Bit at a time for smorgasbord? (9)
24613
22832
Taupi SPARROW Flier uses rod and line (7)
Overturned covers trapping gold bird (7)
22131
24080
Taupi GRUB Town sent back the food (4)
Gentle dig (4)
22308
22687
Taupi THERAPY They knock internal treatment (7)
The scapegoat takes unknown treatment (7)
22131
21995
Taupi RUINATION One race after sport's collapse (9)
Collapse of sport with one race (9)
22648
22861
Taupi LATHI What some Asians call a thick stick? (5)
Stick bell at high part (5)
22877
22332
Taupi ISIS A short nun's goddess (4)
This island's deity (4)
22157
21792
Taupi NANNY Kid's minder? (5)
Name an American university, which Thatcher derided (5,5)
21631
22770
Taupi FINANCE Good workers delivered bankroll (7)
One engaged about new money matters (7)
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21631
Taupi TENABLE Well-founded arrangement of numbers includes small space (7)
Board admits points can be kept (7)
23829
22223
Taupi IDENTIKIT Suspect picture producer's carelessly inked it twice (9)
Wanted picture producer? (9)
23829
23585
Taupi PLENIPOTENTIARY Appoint entirely new ambassador (15)
Inept in reply to a roving ambassador (15)
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24294
Taupi ITALIC In a type of list (6)
Rightly inclined to get one's powder over one (6)
22432
24131
Taupi STRATEGIST One finding ways to capture class soldier? (10)
Artist gets mucked about by planning authority (10)
22932
24649
Taupi SUNSHADE Use hands to build light shelter (8)
Blind to bright yellow, perhaps? (8)
22932
21699
Taupi HASTE Urgency shown by topless virgin (5)
Formerly own ecstasy and speed (5)
22616
24116
Taupi PACKAGE Kind of deal that can be wrapped up (7)
Box to fill time (7)
22739
22293
Taupi AUDIO As used daily in our heads that relates to hearing (5)
Reproductive system, we hear (5)
24533
22157
Taupi EARN Deserve to be informed when left out (4)
Deserve to get vessel delivered (4)
24533
23368
Taupi TRUMP Reliable person that's first back (5)
Ruff at rear end of body (5)
24533
23878
Taupi ENFORCE Impose measure to benefit church (7)
Impose directions to make salicet salient (7)
22109
24116
Taupi CREDO About to act over principles (5)
The belief of a sacred order? (5)
24418
22109
Taupi TANGENT Beat man overturning cot (7)
Browning's man that's refined touching line (7)
22186
23727
Taupi FURORE Pelt rock in rage (6)
Old city protected by warning of driver's rage (6)
22186
23043
Taupi MOONSHINE Seen in the still of the night? (9)
Spirits glow in the dark (9)
22186
22861
Taupi TOPIARIST One cutting a trim figure? (9)
Strange sprit to a natural sculptor (9)
22040
23558
Taupi NOOSE The knot to slip ... (5)
Running loop quickly swung point (5)
23176
23585
Taupi AMUSE Divert midstream uselessly (5)
Entertain morning service (5)
23176
21757
Taupi LATIN It's spoken retrospectively by some in Italy? (5)
It's heads on American quarter and tails on thieves' dog (5)
23990
22701
Taupi THAI Sound match for easterner (4)
People without hairgrips (4)
23081
23112
Taupi OPULENCE Times one is about to whine for luxury (8)
Whine to be surrounded by former luxury (8)
23444
22355
Taupi REIGN Check statement as a rule (5)
Give up when squadron leader's going to prevail (5)
24056
24316
Taupi ABSTAIN Don't pick a second-grade mark (7)
Do not vote using a black mark (7)
24751
22807
Taupi INVERSE Poetry is so reciprocal (7)
The opposite is never wrong (7)
24751
22223
Taupi ASSESSOR Adviser to judge fools in case at hand (8)
Fools' gold takes in second one to give an estimate (8)
23648
22770
Taupi HAMMER A very short way to split the woman's pound (6)
Lots are under it (6)
23767
22308
Taupi LOWER Neat put down (5)
Less neat, say (5)
22468
22223
Taupi LIBIDO Basic drive in pool that pockets black one (6)
Basic urge to turn crude about proposal (6)
23223
22131
Taupi LANDSHARK Profiteer comes down to listen (9)
Catch big fish - one that takes holding (9)
23471
22832
Taupi MUSIC I can start after reversing aggregate score (5)
Air that's more usually seen in cheerleaders (5)
23390
22052
Taupi TRANSOM The first to redeem is put on the cross (7)
Matron's breaking into bar through window (7)
Member that's horizontal managed to split the best part up (7)
22260
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23420
Taupi ILIAD Paper detailed one uplifting epic (5)
One cover binds a long story (5)
22514
23955
Taupi SIMULACRA Curve on mineral is coming up in images (9)
Kind of light chemical is raising images (9)
22616
24339
Taupi SEPIA Constant in one of 7's colour (5)
Colour copies holding one up (5)
21995
24236
Taupi REGARD Consideration about 5 (6)
Concern about oral protection (6)
24613
23184
Taupi IMITATE Take off a couple without it (7)
One couple takes it to reproduce (7)
22701
22789
Taupi ALTITUDE High position is titled - au contraire (8)
Dilute at 13's level of verticality (8)
21905
23342
Taupi TRENT Explosive features concerning river (5)
State capital not on river (5)
23134
24670
Taupi SKEWER Pinner has gardens bordered by southeast's river (6)
Sinkhole holding king's spit (6)
22877
22789
Taupi DIRGE Opposite of, say, free song? (5)
Good part of awful song (5)
24339
23513
Taupi PERTURB Put out saucy book about old city (7)
Cheeky to rub out trouble (7)
21995
23558
Taupi BOGUS Mock attempt to reverse in vehicle (5)
Spurious attempt to climb on board vehicle (5)
23917
24670
Taupi REPLICATE Energy particle is complicated to clone (9)
Copy traveller's tale about animal (9)
22468
23739
Taupi ELECTORAL Non-British brocatelle is woven by choice (9)
The foreign material raised around peak of voting (9)
22109
21792
Taupi SPOT Immaculate to not make out so much (8)
Place to make out (4)
Pick out location (4)
24418
22332
24294
Taupi DUNGEON Brown's gone away to prison (7)
Waste to get long spell in prison (7)
24116
22861
Taupi GOLDFISHBOWL Does life here expose one's id? (8,4)
Where one's id is exposed? (8,4)
22503
23609
Taupi CONDENSATE Study studies consumed by dew, say (10)
Study twice to fully satisfy the result of becoming thicker (10)
23990
22223
Taupi LAWLESS Unruly as well as lacking a design (7)
Unruly without holding boring instrument (7)
23917
21980
Taupi ROBUST Sturdy or else broken (6)
Well-built vehicle's in decline (6)
21905
22432
Taupi PROCRASTINATION A way in replacing energy that's lost to generating delay (15)
Rubbish in Croatian port's off-putting (15)
24316
22157
Taupi NIRVANA A stew-up without heart is bliss (7)
Contented state leaders in rainstorm (7)
22157
22832
Taupi EXTANT Surviving when on-board equipment doesn't show south (6)
Top aid for sailor surviving (6)
22932
24294
Taupi THEBELL See 27
See 5 (7)
23767
22503
Taupi MAN See17
See 13
24418
24080
Taupi BENIN African republic is kindly but not good (5)
Summit meeting in the country (5)
23558
23609
Taupi DEPUTY Lawman's obligation to keep record (6)
Algerian governor maintains place for representative (6)
23585
23905
Taupi ATTIC Room with window that doesn't open or close (5)
"Room at the Top" in Greek (5)
24131
21980
Taupi EMBRACE Willingly accept Morecambe's not flash resort (7)
Hold them informally at start of boating contest (7)
23829
24670
Taupi MATADOR In form at a do requiring specialised performer (7)
Without lustre, love curtailed one giving the coup de grace (7)
24533
23739
Taupi LUCID Top-class detectives initially left in clear (5)
Clear cover protecting caps? (5)
21699
24254
Taupi AGELONG An honour the Spanish bestowed for lasting a while (7)
Silver rings solidify on evergreen (3-4)
22308
24080
Taupi NIGHTINGALE Almost thrilling sensation when bagging a bird (11)
Close to thrill about a singer (11)
Florence's 1 down (11)
24316
22157
23184
Taupi SCAB One disparaged for working for a crust? (4)
With a thousand out, is for returning to work? (4)
22528
22807
Taupi ABLE Take ends off slab to make it fit (4)
Skilful delivery of "I'll be back" (4)
22468
24649
Taupi IGLOO Experimental biology sheds by arctic quarters (5)
Whitehouse has one sticker, reportedly (5)
23767
21877
Taupi LEATHER Hide European in foam (7)
Hide awhile at Hereford's cloisters (7)
21792
24254
Taupi SLEDGEHAMMER Big hitter trimmed hedge in prison (12)
One pretending to be occupied with shelf for big tool (12)
21757
24131
Taupi ARENA Ring up a date (5)
Second to leave the Gunners and last to go in field of play (5)
Venue providing a time for reflection (5)
22186
23342
24670
Taupi LETHARGY Lacking energy to have any real gumption yourself leads to it (8)
Unnatural doziness could be greatly enhanced with hydrogen (8)
23471
22616
Taupi SPINES Longboat's carrying quills (6)
Backbones yielding steaks with 31 (6)
22514
24432
Taupi NIECE Relative reversal of city (German one) (5)
Fine point is taken as relative (5)
23134
22332
Taupi EXTRA More is not left in cutback (5)
Possibly a wide face in the crowd on screen (5)
22109
22807
Taupi GREYHOUND Runner has honey laced with drug (9)
US coach for runner (9)
23767
23289
Taupi ECHO Sound returns with this city house (4)
Nymph with one choice that's not on ice (4)
24533
23420
Taupi DITTO Indeed, it totals the same (5)
Some did it together just the same (5)
23471
23223
Taupi LANTERN Description of "Jaws" might be magic (7)
Illumination of following point (ditto included) (7)
24056
21995
Taupi STIGMATA Bad marks for parts on style (8)
It's turning heads to get more attention than academic marks (8)
23211
24670
Taupi CUTICLE Smart to take in one hundred and fifty on the nail (7)
It's always dead on the nail (7)
23444
23390
Taupi RATE See 1
Deserve rebuke (4)
22932
22807
Taupi RAIN See 10
Said to be monarch's downfall (4)
22877
23134
Taupi ETERNAL Carrying on outside with stolen kiss (7)
Without end or without five relevant changes ... (7)
23767
24339
Taupi OSIER Pollarded more promising willow ... (5)
Basket maker that's old raised cash in Brazil once (5)
23223
22503
Taupi THREATEN Menace by piercing a few with point (8)
Menace in 1810 (8)
23471
24533
Taupi CADET Trainee acted in play (5)
Trainee caught taking notes (5)
22109
23727
Taupi HINGE Neigh out of turn (5)
Something else's turning point (5)
24613
21792
Taupi AVERT Turn away from right way when other way round (5)
Turn aside from way that's right (5)
23990
24649
Tramp LAYDOWN Make love to broken record (3,4)
Give up place: pile (3,4)
26416
26332
Tramp ENEMA Form of medication — drug going the wrong way, so be it? (5)
Fluid piece from René Magritte (5)
26416
27499
Tramp COLOUR See 19
See 2
27626
26542
Tramp MOON Second working satellite (4)
Show behind heartless idiot (4)
26416
27175
Tramp ELECTRO Like a pioneering 13 broadcast, back to Victoria Coren Mitchell: ace (17)
Study of reactions here? Strictly Come Dancing (16)
26517
26303
Tramp DEATHROW Day airport doesn't open place for terminal departure? (5,3)
Spot for murderers — each cast supporting director (5,3)
27032
26620
Tramp IMBUE Fill Tramp's puzzle in the end: incomplete Tramp's for filling (5)
Steep road up and down, Lucy's first to go (5)
27431
26722
Tramp ALES No head on men's drinks (4)
In centre of Grassy Knoll, he finally drinks (4)
27104
26112
Tramp RESET Place again on TV (5)
Place again on the box (5)
26805
27336
Tramp AGENTS American guys, they deal with business (6)
Spies where George Michael cruised? (6)
26707
25471
Tramp CISTERN Part of toilet cold on one's rear (7)
Head for lavatory — is tension breaking into location of hadron collider? (7)
27595
25416
Tramp OWNED Had ring, got married around noon (5)
Had one drawn with parts (5)
27032
26057
Tramp STING Mostly tight musician (5)
Smart one controlling puppet? Not right (5)
26475
26267
Tramp STUMP Tail-end wicket (5)
Good person out of bed, male breaks in to confuse (5)
26542
27126
Tramp SWING Have casual sex and drink around noon (5)
Women, entering to perform main vocal part, avoid work (5,3,4)
27104
27458
Tramp EARDROPS They help pick up each run with dribbles (8)
These might help one pick up jewellery? (8)
26892
26321
Tramp ACTRESS Player with loads of space taking time — back to Scholes (7)
Recasts terrible performer (7)
26892
26707
Tramp DECORUM Grace period at end of year with no booze (7)
Good behaviour last month, no booze (7)
27254
26223
Tramp ASAP Quickly ace goes to moron … (4)
Son stops drivers parking right now (4)
26892
26936
Tramp CLEANUP Rest to enter competition to make big bucks (5,2)
Bank stopping competition to make big profits (5,2)
27626
26363
Tramp BRASSICA Plant one in 11 in leaves, so given Alan's tip (8)
Plant one roughly on cheek (8)
25848
26722
Tramp ERADICATE Remove poster found in Morecambe by end of June (9)
Destroy one caught — time to see catch (9)
26936
26590
Tramp ANTS Conservationists seeing that about social creatures (4)
First to post off knickers for soldiers (4)
26590
25525
Tramp PLUMAGE Cat say returning to house left feathers (7)
Peacock shows this? Best to decline (7)
27012
27381
Tramp BYHEART Past: pluck from memory (2,5)
Times to menopausal treatment, committing each in the memory (2,5)
27145
26303
Tramp BINGO Got it in mouth back to front! (5)
That's it! Lose board game (5)
26133
27381
Tramp WHITE “Reinventing the wheel” inapt: it’s not needed (5,8)
See 20
26385
26915
Tramp TARANTINO Director managed to cut rubbish ("in loop") (9)
Director and topless celebrity against denial (9)
26385
26057
Tramp JIGSAW Picture cut up — Spielberg ultimately is outside during film cut (6)
Puzzle creator to shake over horror film? (6)
26590
26667
Tramp PAYCASH Praise oddly covers half-hearted disco song — hard to use notes? (3,4)
No credit for tennis player having "time out" for injury, ultimately (3,4)
26181
26303
Tramp BABE Love child (4)
Perhaps attractive Miss Piggy in film? (4)
27551
26267
Tramp EROGENOUS Sexy one to go on about "me" (9)
Sexy and single — blood repelled American (9)
26475
26667
Tramp TIME Tense withdrawing record label's money commercially? (4)
See 31
25693
26133
Tramp LIGHT Insubstantial Daybreak (5)
See 25
25591
26620
Tramp CINEMA Retiring from game, nice to make movies (6)
Pictures home with space around houses (6)
26892
27032
Tramp FIFA Detailed healthy, large sporting body (4)
Sporting people provided nothing to entertain (4)
26680
26746
Tramp EPISTOLARY English piece having advanced lines in the form of letters (10)
Relating to letters, early post sorted around one (10)
26680
26967
Tramp TELEPHONER One calling out "help" on programme after turning over film (10)
One calling helper, confused with tone (10)
26805
26267
Tramp POST See 13
Pole position (4)
26995
27569
Tramp USED Exploited, took drugs (4)
Exploited the Guardian journalist (4)
26995
26223
Tramp GRUESOME Terrible Harry Grout mostly with yours truly taking drugs (8)
Horrible German to be sorry? A little (8)
26995
26746
Tramp IRAQI Is to protect right? Answer question for person from former war zone (5)
One from Middle East terrorist group joining 11 programme (5)
27237
25525
Tramp NOISE "No to Independence" group nearly clash (5)
Row over current smell (5)
26363
26805
Tramp PILE Tart crossing legs, initially, to make packet (4)
Mansion? Fortune down (4)
26396
26475
Tramp TEEM Throw it down and be full (4)
Bucket to collect going round (4)
26396
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Tramp IMPEL Urge forward, one to mark short footballer … (5)
Urge forward — without a goal, player doesn't finish (5)
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Tramp CHICAGO A first for Groucho in his brother's show (7)
With it, answer and leave show (7)
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Tramp ILEUM Line that is to bag — let me see part of gut (5)
One left European Union — member which might help form motion? (5)
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Tramp DISPOSE Get shot of Sun model after turning over papers (7)
Arrange rubbish at front of carriage (7)
Arrange good-looking person, ignoring hot model (7)
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Tramp THERESA Girl is in that place: America (7)
In that place (South America) for May? (7)
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Tramp HIPPO Creature in river? (5)
Penultimate set from Aretha Franklin — kept tape for wallower (5)
Animal in river? (5)
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Tramp SETTEE Place to sit for crossword solver? (6)
Place to rest? (6)
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Tramp ORIGAMI Going up — a regular payment to support setter's work in paper (7)
Independent and i hold up small supplement — men at the top make paper work (7)
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Tramp ANTI Wine cocktails shaken the wrong way? (13)
Opponent books into first class (4)
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Tramp NOTORIOUS Rejection for Duran Duran song? America is infamous (9)
Well-known American after Olympics rejection? (9)
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Tramp FLATCAP Working class under this perhaps even better? (4,3)
Spooner's opening for pet cover (4,3)
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Tramp ANTIPASTI One to pour out wine for starters (9)
A new suggestion for wager — Ascot, firm going, Dettori finally getting his starting orders? (9)
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Tramp ASBO Strasbourg's punishment for yobs? (4)
Christmas box contains something given for playing loud music? (4)
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Tramp TREAD Time to solve Tramp? (5)
Plod tense — do this in library? (5)
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Tramp ROMEO Play jam one louder, it's mad (5,3,6)
Ladies' man, Tramp, in jumper (5)
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Tramp HEAD See 17
Lights in HMP Slade out around one (9)
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Tramp SAFARI Adventure mostly harmless and dry (6)
Find beasts on this Animal Farm so oddly moving (6)
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Tramp NAVY Tone reflects section of The Lady Vanishes (4)
By yard reversing vehicle for service (4)
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Tramp FORD In the 1980s, perhaps, one picking up hitchhiker's guide to galaxy? (4,6)
Two presidents in one, JFK was shot (4,7)
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Tramp RIGID Firm's doctor with badge (5)
Stiff with or without female on top (5)
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Tramp MOSAIC Work in pieces — big one breaking microphone (6)
Mysterious name from masonic tiles? (6)
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Tramp VAMP Volume on speaker for siren (4)
Five in the morning with quiet attractive girl (4)
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Tramp IMAGE Picture that is cover for Playboy? (5)
See 17
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Tramp TASER Took paper again, turning over to reveal a shocker (5)
Shocker! Had another go at paper when upset (5)
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Tramp SODSLAW Saying about overdoses with line: "If it can go wrong it will" (4,3)
Oswald's assassinated — if it can go wrong it will? (4,3)
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Tramp CELEBRATING Clubs excite Beatle — Ringo's not old and is at party … (11)
Out on the town: certain half of Belgians drunk (11)
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Tramp EBBS English books section declines (4)
Goes out with European babes regularly (4)
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Tramp ONCE Former Catholic entering United (4)
Just after leg and jacket for creature (4)
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Tramp NOGOAREA Where bars prohibit entry? (2-2,4)
Head couples to nose — Gonzo's arm's easy section with restricted movement (2-2,4)
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Tramp EXCITED Left nets caught up (7)
Left accepts Conservative is up (7)
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Tramp BRIDGE Game couple (6)
See 7
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Tramp ESCORT See 10
Partner would make supermarket run if opening of tills moved to the earliest slot (6)
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Tramp PAINTING See 4
Picture headless cartoon character in short episode (8)
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Tramp PRIMARY Rory McIlroy nearly up a shot — like either of two that make green? (7,6)
Or twice cut Plaid Cymru off — see red? (7,6)
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Tramp WATER Game Paltrow's playing with heartless one (5,4)
See 6
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Tramp SAND Downed one Sex on the Beach? (4,4)
Centre to massage with rub down (4)
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Tramp PIMP Fancy man, married, spreading seed around? (4)
Power to rogue solicitor (4)
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Tramp ADIEU America to pass on uranium: cheers! (5)
I'm going to pass on gold frames (5)
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Tramp PENANCE Little money for investment, an atonement? (7)
Writer, number one, describing punishment (7)
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Tramp PETER Time to look outside cell (5)
Fondle that woman, husband's away so it's safe (5)
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Tramp KICKSTART Provoke thrill — Banksy's work? (4-5)
Gives up bitter? Get going! (4-5)
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Tramp LAMPS See 2
Left musical equipment and lights (5)
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Tramp STUD Contract office boss (4)
Place on board mostly for boss (4)
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Tramp INCOME Screw with it and climax (6)
Revenue work out economics: detailed cost hidden (6)
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Tramp MACHINE Speed of sound: nothing going for current engine (7)
See 14
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Tramp SAW Watched horror film (3)
Watched Statler and Waldorf's opening sequence (3)
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Tramp RESISTS Avoids Sun, papers put outside (7)
On models, section in middle sticks out (7)
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Vlad WRENCH Pull woman Romeo's into (6)
Pull young lady? Get right in! (6)
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Vlad BERN Picked up torch in Swiss city (4)
Rubberneckers going round city (4)
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Vlad SIDES Slips left out in banks (5)
Parties (some) withdrawing — case dismissed (5)
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Vlad EPITOME War and Peace? Not about to provide brief summary (7)
Not concise from the outset — War and Peace, perhaps, a good example (7)
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Vlad SIGNORINA Miss cut mostly home and away (succeeded initially) (9)
Miss cue on air — sorry! (9)
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Vlad BEHEST Order cream — what's in it? (6)
Top man in command (6)
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Vlad IBSEN Writer's book is out around second half of the month (5)
He wrote about British Isles in French (5)
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Vlad TORYPARTY Do nothing in endeavour to start with the right people (4,5)
May, with many others, try to pray for improvement (4,5)
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Vlad DIEGO Passes to Maradona (5)
Stop working with Pep and his fellow countryman? (5)
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Vlad ISAIAH Commonly told to look up prophet (6)
Savings scheme — one that's good making profit, reportedly (6)
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Vlad TALE Lie shown up by relative (4)
Lie back when listening (4)
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Vlad CHAPERONE Minder — Terry initially absent from start of story (9)
Fellow, bird … nothing to stop them? She might have done (9)
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Vlad TOOL Possibly saw money being picked up (4)
Someone used rifle during uprising (4)
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Vlad HEART See 8
Pick up top off that bottle! (5)
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Vlad PEER Look round three particular shows (4)
Look equal (4)
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Vlad ISLE Disheartened and confused Lewis? (4)
Misleading element could be key (4)
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Vlad OFFSET Make up for going on TV (6)
Make up for not shooting? (6)
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